Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa18 July 1896 Paris Marathon yokutanga yakarongwa naPierre Giffard achimiririra "Le Petit Journal". Chiitiko chacho chakatora nzvimbo yokubudirira kwemarathon mumitambo yokutanga yeOlympic muna 1896 muAthens. Giffard akatanga nhangemutange pamberi peboka guru revanhu paPorte Maillot, uye yakatevera nzira kuenda kuVersailles ndokupedza pamberi pevatariri ve2,000 pabhiriji pamusoro perwizi rweSeine muConflans-Sainte-Honorine, chinhambwe chinenge che. Mukati memakwikwi zvinonzi zvinwiwa zvake zvaisanganisira muto wemaranjisi negirazi rechampagne. Hurst akawana mubayiro wamafranc 200 munguva inokunda ye 2:31:30; maminitsi 27 nokukurumidza kupfuura chiratidzo cha 2:58:50 chakagadzwa naSpiridon Louis weGreece mwedzi mitatu pamberi pezvi pa
marathon yokutanga yeOlympic muAthens, Greece musi wa 10 April 1896. Yakagadzirirwa pane zvidzidzo zviduku pane izvo zvino zvakagadziriswa daro re 42.195 km (26 mamaira 385 mayadhi), zviitiko zveLouis naHurst hazvina kumbobvumirwa zviri pamutemo sezvinyorwa zvenyika mumarathon.