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Answer the following questions related to the Olympic Marathon events. |
1. Who was the inspiration behind the idea of the Marathon race? Pheidippides Herodotus
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
Michel Breal
Spiridon Louis
Answer: Spiridon Louis 5. Who was the first runner to win the gold medal in two successive Marathon events? Michael Johnson
Emil Zatopek
Abebe Bikila Carl Lewis
Answer: Abebe Bikila 6. Who won the Marathon race in the 2004 Athens Olympics? Vanderlei de Lima
Stefano Baldini Jon Brown
Mebrahtom Keflezighi
Answer: Stefano Baldini 7. Name the first Australian runner to win a medal at Olympic Marathon. Cliff Young
Ian Thorpe
Lisa Martin Rob Castella
Answer: Lisa Martin 8. Who won the Men's Marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games in? Dorando Pietri
Carmine Petracca
Michael Johnson
Gelindo Bordin
Answer: Gelindo Bordin 9. Who was the first woman to win a Marathon race in the Olympic games ? Grete Waitz
Joan Benoit Diane Dixon
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. Mizuki Noguchi
Fatuma Roba
P. T. Usha
Naoko Takahashi
Answer: Naoko Takahashi 12. Name the athlete who won the Marathon race consecutively at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games. Carlos Sousa Lopes
Frank Shorter
Waldemar Cierpinski 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 ? 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 1896 Athens Olympics
1900 Paris Olympics
1988 Seoul Olympics
Answer: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
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