1. In which year was the first Olympic Marathon race (from Marathon Bridge to the stadium in Athens) held?   1800   1890   1896   1900   2. 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 ?   Jon Brown   Stefano Baldini   Mebrahtom Keflezighi   Vanderlei de Lima   3. Who was the inspiration behind the idea of the Marathon race?   Pheidippides   Spiridon Louis   Michel Breal   Herodotus   4. Who won the Marathon race in the 2004 Athens Olympics?   Jon Brown   Vanderlei de Lima   Mebrahtom Keflezighi   Stefano Baldini   5. Name the first Australian runner to win a medal at Olympic Marathon.   Lisa Martin   Cliff Young   Rob Castella   Ian Thorpe   6. Name the first Asian woman athlete to win a Marathon race at the Olympic games.   Fatuma Roba   Naoko Takahashi   P. T. Usha   Mizuki Noguchi   7. In which year was the race distance for Marathon events in the modern Olympic games standardized ?   1896   1900   1908   1924