Quiz on Summer Olympic Games - Marathon Events |
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1. Who was the inspiration behind the idea of the Marathon race? • Herodotus • Pheidippides • Michel Breal • Spiridon Louis Answer: Pheidippides 2. In which year was the first Olympic Marathon race (from Marathon Bridge to the stadium in Athens) held? • 1800 • 1890 • 1896 • 1900 Answer: 1896 3. What is the standardized race distance of the modern Olympic Marathon race? • 26 miles and 385 yards • 24 miles and 85 yards • 30 miles and 800 yards • 20 miles Answer: 26 miles and 385 yards
4. Who was the winner of the first Marathon race in the 1896 Athens Olympics? • Pheidippides • Herodotus • Spiridon Louis • Michel Breal Answer: Spiridon Louis 5. Who was the first runner to win the gold medal in two successive Marathon events? • Michael Johnson • Abebe Bikila • Emil Zatopek • Carl Lewis Answer: Abebe Bikila 6. Who won the Marathon race in the 2004 Athens Olympics? • Vanderlei de Lima • Jon Brown • Stefano Baldini • Mebrahtom Keflezighi Answer: Stefano Baldini 7. Name the first Australian runner to win a medal at Olympic Marathon. • Cliff Young • Lisa Martin • Ian Thorpe • Rob Castella Answer: Lisa Martin 8. Who won the Men's Marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games in? • Gelindo Bordin • Dorando Pietri • Carmine Petracca • Michael Johnson Answer: Gelindo Bordin 9. Who was the first woman to win a Marathon race in the Olympic games ? • Grete Waitz • Diane Dixon • Joan Benoit • P. T. Usha Answer: Joan Benoit 10. Name the first Asian runner to win a Marathon race in the Olympic games. • Shoryu Nan • Naoto Tajima • Masao Harad • Kee-Chung Sohn Answer: Kee-Chung Sohn 11. Name the first Asian woman athlete to win a Marathon race at the Olympic games. • Naoko Takahashi • Mizuki Noguchi • Fatuma Roba • P. T. Usha Answer: Naoko Takahashi 12. Name the athlete who won the Marathon race consecutively at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games. • Carlos Sousa Lopes • Waldemar Cierpinski • Frank Shorter • Abebe Bikila Answer: Waldemar Cierpinski 13. Name the marathoner who managed to win the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, even after his lead position in the race was interrupted by a protester ? • Stefano Baldini • Vanderlei de Lima • Mebrahtom Keflezighi • Jon Brown Answer: Vanderlei de Lima 14. In which year was the race distance for Marathon events in the modern Olympic games standardized ? • 1896 • 1900 • 1908 • 1924 Answer: 1924 15. Since when is the Women's Marathon race held in Olympic games ? • 1896 Athens Olympics • 1900 Paris Olympics • 1988 Seoul Olympics • 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Answer: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
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