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Answer the following questions related to the Olympic Marathon events.

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1.

Name the first Australian runner to win a medal at Olympic Marathon.

  Cliff Young

  Lisa Martin

  Rob Castella

  Ian Thorpe

 

2.

Who was the first woman to win a Marathon race in the Olympic games ?

  P. T. Usha

  Grete Waitz

  Diane Dixon

  Joan Benoit

 

3.

What is the standardized race distance of the modern Olympic Marathon race?

  20 miles

  24 miles and 85 yards

  26 miles and 385 yards

  30 miles and 800 yards

 

4.

Who won the Marathon race in the 2004 Athens Olympics?

  Vanderlei de Lima

  Mebrahtom Keflezighi

  Stefano Baldini

  Jon Brown

 

5.

In which year was the race distance for Marathon events in the modern Olympic games standardized ?

  1896

  1900

  1908

  1924

 

6.

Since when is the Women's Marathon race held in Olympic games ?

  1984 Los Angeles Olympics

  1900 Paris Olympics

  1896 Athens Olympics

  1988 Seoul Olympics

 

7.

Name the first Asian runner to win a Marathon race in the Olympic games.

  Shoryu Nan

  Kee-Chung Sohn

  Naoto Tajima

  Masao Harad

 


 
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