Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 18 ga Yuli 1896 Pierre Giffard ya shirya bikin buɗewa na Marathon na Paris a madadin "Le Petit Journal". Wannan taron ya biyo bayan nasarar tseren marathon a wasannin Olympics na farko a Athens a 1896. Giffard ya fara tseren a gaban babban taron jama'a a Porte Maillot, kuma ya bi hanya zuwa Versailles kuma ya gama a gaban 'yan kallo 2,000 a kan gada a kan kogin Seine a Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, kimanin nesa na. A lokacin tseren an bayar da rahoton cewa abubuwan shakatawa sun hada da ruwan 'ya'yan itace da gilashin shampen. Hurst ya sami kyautar 200-franc a cikin lokacin nasara na 2: 31:30; minti 27 da sauri fiye da alamar 2: 58: 50 da Spiridon Louis na Girka ya kafa watanni uku da suka gabata a
Marathon na farko na Olympics a Athens, Girka a ranar 10 ga Afrilu 1896. An saita a kan hanyoyin da suka fi guntu fiye da nisan kilomita 42.195 (26 mil 385 yadi), ba a taɓa amincewa da wasan kwaikwayon Louis da Hurst a matsayin tarihin duniya a cikin marathon ba.