Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba ngomlando womjaho wama-marathon, ubani owawina umjaho wama-marathon wokuqala osemthethweni wama-Olympic.
Context:Lapho ama-Olympic anamuhla eqala ngo-1896, abasunguli nabahleli babefuna umcimbi omkhulu owenza abantu bathande, okhumbuza inkazimulo yaseGrisi lasendulo. Umqondo womncintiswano wama-marathon wavela kuMichel Bréal, owayefuna ukuba lo mncintiswano ufakwe eMidlalweni Yama-Olympic yokuqala yanamuhla ngo - 1896 e - Athens. Lo mbono wasekelwa kakhulu uPierre de Coubertin, umsunguli wama-Olympic anamuhla, kanye namaGreki. AmaGrikhi ahlela umjaho wokukhetha i-Olympic marathon ngo-22 Mashi 1896 (Gregorian) [1] owawunqotshwe nguCharilaos Vasilakos ngamahora ama-3 nemizuzu engu-18 (ngomnqobi wesikhathi esizayo we-marathon yokuqala yama-Olympic Games, uSpyridon "Spyros" Louis, eza endaweni yesihlanu emjahweni wesibili emasontweni amabili kamuva). Umnqobi womjaho wokuqala wama-Olympic, ngo-April 10, 1896 (umjaho wabesilisa kuphela), kwakunguSpyridon Louis, umshayeli wamanzi ongumGreki, owathatha amahora amabili nemizuzu engu-58 nemizuzwana engu-50. I-marathon yama-Olympic asehlobo ka-2004 yayiqhutshwa ngendlela yendabuko esuka eMarathon iya e-Athene, iphelela ePanathinaiko Stadium, indawo yama-Olympic asehlobo ka-1896. Leyo marathon yamadoda yanqotshwa yiNtaliyane uStefano Baldini ngamahora ama-2 imizuzu engu-10 nemizuzwana engama-55, isikhathi esiphezulu salolu hambo kuze kube yi-Athens Classic Marathon engeyona eyama-Olimpiki ka-2014, lapho uFelix Kandie ehlisa irekhodi lomgwaqo laya emahoreni ama-2 imizuzu engu-10 nemizuzwana engama-37.
USpyridon Louis waba ngumnqobi wokuqala we-Olympic Marathon ngo-10 Ephreli 1896.