Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mitambo yemazuva ano yeOlympic payakatanga muna 1896, vaitungamirira uye vaironga mitambo yacho vaitsvaka chiitiko chikuru chaizoita kuti vanhu vakawanda vafarire, chichiyeuchidza nezvokubwinya kweGirisi 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) 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. Nhamba
nhangemutange yemarathon yeMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2004 yakamhanya munzira yechinyakare kubva kuMarathon kuenda kuAthens, ichipera paPanathinaiko Stadium, nzvimbo yeMitambo yeOlympic 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.