The first Boston Marathon
Fifteen runners start from Metcalf's Mill in Ashland and run about 24.5 miles (39.4 km) to the Irvington Oval near Copley Square. John J. McDermott of New York wins in 2:55:10. The race is organised by the Boston Athletic Association's John Graham, who had managed the American team in Athens the previous year and brought the idea back with him. It has been held every year since, which makes it the oldest annual marathon in the world.
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Subjects
- Boston Marathon · route · United States
- Boston Athletic Association · organisation · United States · not located
- Boston · city · United States
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History of the Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon was first run on 19 April 1897 from Ashland over about 24.5 miles, won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the course was lengthened and the start moved to Hopkinton in 1924; Bobbi Gibb ran unofficially in 1966, Kathrine Switzer with a bib in 1967, and women were admitted officially in 1972. V55 verification basis: baa.org was refused by this session's egress proxy; the page was read only through attributed search summaries and contemporary Boston Globe reporting cited within them.
Boston Athletic Association · Partly verified
https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/history/
Recorded on Boston Marathon
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