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1981-03-29 · Recorded · mobility
The source states this happened, and its date is not in the future. The word the source used for it is historical.
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.
- Source
- London Marathon Events · https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/news-media/media-resources/history-london-marathon/in-the-beginning/
- Standing
- This record: partially verified · publisher: partially verified
- How it arrived
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- Where
- At a canonical Atlas object, placed and checked by a curator.
- Subject
- London Marathon · PERSON_CHRIS_BRASHER · PHENOMENON_MASS_PARTICIPATION_MARATHON · London
Sources polled — usgs: newest 2026-09-10 · nws: newest 2026-08-31 · jpl-cneos: states no publication time, last reached 2026-09-10 · Official source connected · Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain) — marks are drawn only from sourced coordinates