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Marathon Start (MRS)卫星地图 (希腊奥运会场馆)

The famous Marathon race has its roots back to an ancient Greek legend, where a Greek herald named Phidippides, ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory against the Persians at the battle of Marathon, a small village back then, but with a great historic value to modern times.

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The marathon race is very popular in Greece, as a symbol of the revival of the Olympic Games, also because the first gold-medal athlete in the marathon race in 1896 was the Greek Spyros Louis.

The marathon route at the 2004 Olympic Games will be identical to the original one run by Phidippides during the ancient years and by Spyros Louis at the 1896 Olympic Games. Its starting point will be in Marathon, called the Marathon start and the finishing line at the Panathinaikon Stadium - the famous Marble Stadium known as "Kallimarmaro" where the Games were revived in 1896.

The Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works is responsible for the construction of the Marathon Start.

Sport: Marathon
Competition Schedule:
22 August (Women),
29 August (Men)
Athletes participating: 100 men, 80 women
Total land surface: 56,815 sq m (42,195m route)
Distance from Olympic Village: 47.2km
Completion Date: 30 June 2004
Official Opening: 21 August 2004
Press seats: 29 written press, 10 photographers
Spectator Services: Free transportation from Metro station, trolleys with soft drinks-water, WCs

Aerial view