88 Marathon Running Trivia Questions with Answers
88 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which marathon is the only World Marathon Major held in Japan?
Answer
Tokyo Marathon
Which marathon became the sixth Abbott World Marathon Major in 2013?
Answer
Tokyo Marathon
Which runner set the women’s marathon world record of 2:15:25 in 2003?
Answer
Paula Radcliffe
Which stadium hosts the finish of the Athens Marathon, the Authentic?
Answer
Panathenaic Stadium
Where does the Boston Marathon traditionally begin?
Answer
Hopkinton
Which runner became the first athlete to win two Olympic marathon titles?
Answer
Abebe Bikila
What is the name of the marathon held annually in Berlin, Germany?
Answer
Berlin Marathon
Which runner won the men’s marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
Answer
Samuel Wanjiru
What is the name of the 31st-mile marker hill in the Comrades Marathon?
Answer
Polly Shortts
Which runner was disqualified after leading the 1908 Olympic marathon into the stadium?
Answer
Dorando Pietri
Who founded the London Marathon with John Disley?
Answer
Chris Brasher
Which runner became the first man to break 2:03 in a marathon?
Answer
Dennis Kimetto
Who won the first New York City Marathon in 1970?
Answer
Gary Muhrcke
Who won the men’s marathon at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics?
Answer
Mamo Wolde
Who won the men’s marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics?
Answer
Thomas Hicks
Who won the men’s marathon at the 2012 London Olympics?
Answer
Stephen Kiprotich
Which Newton, Massachusetts hill is famous in the Boston Marathon?
Answer
Heartbreak Hill
Who won the first women’s London Marathon in 1981?
Answer
Joyce Smith
Who won the first Boston Marathon in 1897?
Answer
John J. McDermott
Which runner won the women’s marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
Answer
Joan Benoit
Which city hosts the finish of the annual New York City Marathon?
Answer
New York City
Which race awards the famous green jacket to its men’s wheelchair division winner?
Answer
Boston Marathon
Which race is known as the oldest annual marathon in the United States?
Answer
Boston Marathon
Which runner won the first World Athletics Championships men’s marathon in Helsinki in 1983?
Answer
Robert de Castella
Which Ethiopian runner won Olympic marathon gold barefoot in 1960?
Answer
Abebe Bikila
Which marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon?
Answer
Boston Marathon
Who holds the women’s marathon world record with a time of 2:09:56?
Answer
Ruth Chepngetich
Who holds the men’s official marathon world record with a time of 2:00:35?
Answer
Kelvin Kiptum
Which runner won the 1896 Olympic marathon in Athens?
Answer
Spyridon Louis