marathon

Summary

marathon is a sports discipline^[1]. marathon ranks in the top 0.93% of sports_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,351 views/month, #3 of 324).^[2]

Key Facts

• marathon's instance of is recorded as sports discipline^[3].
• Battle of Marathon is named after marathon^[4].
• marathon is a type of racing^[5].
• marathon is a type of long-distance running^[6].
• marathon's sport is recorded as athletics^[7].
• marathon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marathon running^[8].
• marathon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marathons^[9].
• marathon's record held is recorded as Dennis Kipruto Kimetto^[10].
• marathon's record held is recorded as Eliud Kipchoge^[11].
• marathon's record held is recorded as Eliud Kipchoge^[12].
• marathon's record held is recorded as Kelvin Kiptum^[13].
• marathon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[14].
• marathon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• marathon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[16].
• marathon's hashtag is recorded as marathon^[17].
• marathon's has part is recorded as Cheering Zone^[18].
• marathon's has part is recorded as finish line^[19].
• marathon's has part is recorded as timepiece^[20].
• marathon's practiced by is recorded as marathon runner^[21].
• marathon's event distance is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+42.195'}^[22].
• marathon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

marathon's instance of is recorded as sports discipline^[3]. Recorded subclass of include racing^[5] and long-distance running^[6].

Origins

Battle of Marathon is named after marathon^[4].

Influence

Things named for marathon include telethon^[24].

Why It Matters

marathon ranks in the top 0.93% of sports_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,351 views/month, #3 of 324).^[2] marathon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] marathon is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for marathon include telethon^[24].