Marathon is a long-distance running events compete for time to run the 42.195km.
Video, is the state of the women's marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes
The competition area
- Distance of the course, the error must be less than or equal to 42m and, in more than 42.195km.
Start
- Gun after the starting signal will be; "(prepared set) Set".
- (Aka Flying) will not be allowed in each race only once a false start.
Finish
- Will finish when the body of the player reaches the finish line.
- Record is the time taken to pass through the finish line from the starting signal will be the official record.
The road to gold medal
- Without dividing the semi-finals-qualifying round, such as, do only one round of the finals.
World Record / Japanese record
Marathon
| Record | Name | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
World | 2:03:38" | Patrick Makau ( | 2011/09/25 |
World | 2:15:25" | Paula Radcliffe ( | 2003/04/13 |
| Japan | 2:06:16" | Kotobuki growth Takaoka | 2002/10/13 |
| Japan | 2:19:12" | Mizuki Noguchi | 2005/09/25 |