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marathon: Quick Facts

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Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya smiles and holds the Kenyan flag above his head after winning the Berlin Marathon, wearing a white running kit and race bib.
Large crowd of runners approaches the finish line on Boylston Street during the Boston Marathon, with international flags lining both sides of the street.
Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs barefoot past cheering spectators during the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics, wearing bib number 11 and leading the race.
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Joan Benoit Samuelson
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American runner
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya smiles and holds the Kenyan flag above his head after winning the Berlin Marathon, wearing a white running kit and race bib.
Eliud Kipchoge
Kenyan distance runner
Radcliffe, Paula
Paula Radcliffe
British distance runner
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Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Kenyan runner
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner
Marathon runner Abebe Bikila
Abebe Bikila
Ethiopian athlete
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Grete Waitz
Norwegian athlete
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Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete
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Spyridon Louis
Greek marathon runner
Shorter, Frank
Frank Shorter
American athlete
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Waldemar Cierpinski
East German athlete

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