Tichifunga ndima iyi pamusoro penhau yemarathon, ndiani akakunda marathon yokutanga yeOlympic.
Context:Apo maOlympic emazuva ano akatanga muna 1896, vatangi nevagadziri vakanga vachitsvaka chiitiko chikuru chokuita kuti chizivikanwe, vachiyeuchidza nezvorukudzo rweGirisi yekare. Pfungwa yokumhanya nhangemutange yemarathon yakabva kuna Michel Bréal, uyo aida kuti nhangemutange yacho iiswe muMitambo yeOlympic yemazuva ano yokutanga muna 1896 muAthens. Pfungwa iyi yakatsigirwa zvikuru naPierre de Coubertin, muvambi weOlympics yemazuva ano, pamwe chete nevaGiriki. MaGreek akaita nhangemutange yekusarudza yeOlympic marathon musi wa22 Kurume 1896 (Gregorian) [b] iyo yakakundwa naCharilaos Vasilakos mumaawa matatu nemaminitsi gumi nemasere (nemukundi wenguva yemberi wemuOlympic Games marathon, Spyridon "Spyros" Louis, achiuya wechishanu pamutambo wechipiri masvondo maviri gare gare). Akakunda marathon yokutanga yeOlympic, pana April 10, 1896 (mujaho wavarume bedzi), akanga ari Spyridon Louis, mutakuri wemvura wechiGiriki, mumaawa 2 nemaminiti 58 nemasekondi 50. Mujaho wamaratoni wemaOlympics ezhizha ra2004 wakaitwa nenzira yechinyakare kubva kuMarathon kuenda kuAthens, ichipera paPanathinaiko Stadium, nzvimbo yemitambo yeOlympics yezhizha ya1896. Marathon yevarume yakundwa neItaly Stefano Baldini mumaawa maviri nemaminitsi gumi nemasekondi makumi mashanu nemashanu, nguva yekurekodha yenzira iyi kusvika isiri-Olympics Athens Classic Marathon ya2014, apo Felix Kandie akaderedza rekodhi yenzira kusvika maawa maviri nemaminitsi gumi nemasekondi makumi matatu nemashanu.
Spyridon Louis ndiye akanga ari mukundi wokutanga weOlympic Marathon musi wa 10 April 1896.