Modern marathon
The modern marathon became an event of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, and its current length was determined in 1908 Summer Olympic Games.
The distance of marathons in the previous four Olympic Games was set by the organizers at will. 1896 Athens Olympic Games, the marathon ran less than 40 kilometers; 1900 At the Second Summer Olympic Games held in Paris, the distance was about 40 kilometers; At 1904? At the Lewis Olympics, the distance was about 4 1 km. 1908 Olympic Games, in order to let the British royal family enjoy the marathon, the starting point of this marathon is located outside the British royal nursery and the ending point is located in Baicheng Sports Ground. The total length of the track is 42. 195 km, which is set as the standard for all Olympic marathon events in the future.
rules of a contest/competition
The distance of the official marathon is 42km 195m. After 1980s, half marathon (2 1km) rose among the people. Because the marathon is held on a regular highway, the track is different, so there is no world record, only the world's best result as the champion's record.
However, on the first day of 2004, IAAF announced a new decision: road races and walking races, including marathons, will bid farewell to the era when only the world's best results were available and start to have world records.
After IAAF announced this decision, British long-distance runner Radcliffe was officially recognized as the world record holder of women's10km, 20km and marathon, while Polish Craiz Nowski was the first world record holder of men's 50km race.
ultramarathon
As the name implies, it is a race of more than 42 kilometers, or an endurance race. It is a new type of endurance race that has only emerged in recent years.
Taiwan Province Province, such as the Taipei County Marathon Association, once held the100km marathon in Taipei University. In addition, Soochow University also held a 24-hour marathon before 2005.
In addition, on August 19, 2006, an American long-distance runner ran a marathon of about 40 kilometers every day for 50 consecutive days, completing a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers.
On September 6th, 2006, French marathon runner Serge Girard ran from Paris to Tokyo in one breath, which lasted for 276 days and completed the distance of1.9000 km, breaking the record of "non-stop marathon" and becoming the first person to run across five continents in history.
On February 22nd, 2007, Lin Yijie and others from ultramarathon, Taiwan Province completed the feat of crossing the Sahara desert for 75,000 kilometers. Become the world-famous king of polar marathon.
But the only bottleneck in ultramarathon is the athletes' physical fitness, and the athletes must maintain a certain state, because the longer time goes by, the physical strength will be gradually lost, and the only strength to complete the competition is willpower. Therefore, ultramarathon's contestants will be required to have international competition experience to avoid accidents.
In 2007, the results of Sparta 246 km race were reported. 37 1 player registration, 124 player completion. Among Asian countries, there are 4 players from Taiwan Province Province, 12 from South Korea and 77 from Japan. It is more difficult to finish the road in high temperature and alpine valleys than any super horse race in the world. The contestants are world-renowned and powerful top players.
important event
Olympic marathon events
Houston Marathon
Beijing International Marathon
shanghai international marathon
Xiamen International Marathon
Boston Marathon
Stockholm marathon
Hong kong standard chartered marathon
london marathon
ING international marathon
ING new York marathon
ING ottawa marathon
Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands
ING Brussels marathon
ING Taipei international marathon
ING Thai temple marathon