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Great North Run

largest half marathon in the world, taking place annually in North East England each September
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Great North Run

Summary

Great North Run is a half marathon[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of half_marathon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great North Run is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Great North Run's instance of is recorded as half marathon[4].
  • Great North Run's location is recorded as Newcastle upon Tyne[5].
  • Great North Run's Commons category is recorded as Great North Run[6].
  • +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Great North Run[7].
  • Great North Run's sport is recorded as athletics[8].
  • Great North Run's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03vq93[9].
  • Great North Run's BBC Things ID is recorded as 1b1aa259-dee8-4ef6-bac4-9a4326b22652[10].
  • Great North Run's Quora topic ID is recorded as Great-North-Run[11].

Why It Matters

Great North Run ranks in the top 2% of half_marathon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Great North Run. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-north-run
MLA “Great North Run.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-north-run.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_great-north-run_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Great North Run}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-north-run}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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