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The first London Marathon

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Chris Brasher and John Disley run the race Brasher had conceived after New York in 1979. About 20,000 people apply, 7,747 are accepted and 6,255 finish. Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen cross the line together in a deliberate dead heat on Constitution Hill. The race is a copy of a model, made on purpose, and it becomes the template for the charity-fundraising marathon.

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  1. Story
  2. Chris Brasher and John Disley run the race Brasher had conceived after New York in 1979. About 20,000 people apply, 7,747 are accepted and 6,255 finish. Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen cross the line together in a deliberate dead heat on Constitution Hill. The race is a copy of a model, made on purpose, and it becomes the template for the charity-fundraising marathon.
  3. Knowledge
  4. London
  5. The mass-participation city marathon
  6. London Marathon
  7. Chris Brasher
  8. The first London Marathon
  9. Connections
  10. London Marathon
  11. Chris Brasher
  12. The mass-participation city marathon
  13. London
  14. Chris Brasher
  15. London
  16. Abbott World Marathon Majors
  17. New York City Marathon
  18. The first London Marathon
  19. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
  20. Tigst Assefa sets a women-only world record in London
  21. The first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race
  22. London Marathon
  23. The first London Marathon
  24. Tokyo Marathon
  25. New York City Marathon
  26. New York goes to five boroughs
  27. The first London Marathon
  28. The first Tokyo Marathon
  29. Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line
  30. The first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race
  31. Tea
  32. Afternoon tea
  33. Tea first shipped to Europe by sea
  34. Boston Tea Party
  35. Commutation Act cuts British tea duty
  36. First Assam tea auctioned in London
  37. London Marathon
  38. New York City
  39. White City Stadium
  40. The 1908 Olympic marathon fixes 26 miles 385 yards
  41. The first London Marathon
  42. The Great Exhibition
  43. Google DeepMind
  44. Evidence
  45. The London Marathon was founded by Chris Brasher and John Disley after Brasher ran New York in 1979; the first race on 29 March 1981 accepted 7,747 of about 20,000 applicants, had 6,255 finishers, and ended in a dead heat between Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen. V55 verification basis: read through an attributed search summary. Note that the URL carries a former sponsor name and may redirect; a curator should replace it with the current organiser URL.
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