Which stadium hosts the finish of the Athens Marathon, the Authentic?

The Athens Marathon, the Authentic, finishes at Panathenaic Stadium.

The race follows a route from the town of Marathon to central Athens, commemorating the ancient battlefield and the modern Olympic tradition. Its finish inside the marble Panathenaic Stadium gives the event a setting unlike most major road races.

Panathenaic Stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. It was rebuilt largely in marble on the site of an ancient stadium and is also known as the Kallimarmaro, meaning “beautifully marbled.”

The Athens Marathon is sometimes confused with the Olympic marathon held in Athens in 1896. The modern annual race developed later, but both events connect the city with the marathon’s Greek origin story.