Size Duel deck / Places and long things
A marathon
Length: official race distance
42.195 km (26.22 mi)
The odd distance has been the standard since 1921.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-10-19: Claude (AI build agent): Wikidata statement compared, second-source quote verified in the fetched page. Quotes are short passages from each source, in their original language.
“Maraton er et langdistanseløp på 42 195 meter”Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian): source, retrieved 2026-10-19“athletes run a distance of 26 miles and 385 yards (42.195km)”World Athletics: source, retrieved 2026-10-19
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