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title: "What's the length of a marathon race?"  
description: "What's the length of a marathon race?"  
author: "Baishakhi Ghosh"  
published: 2023-09-23  
updated: 2023-09-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100790/what-s-the-length-of-a-marathon-race  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["sports"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What's the length of a marathon race?



## Answers

### Answer by Kshitij Agrawal

**A [marathon](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81396/corona-effect-on-new-york-marathon) is a [long distance](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38567/name-the-long-distance-runner-who-has-been-named-as-the-sports-person-of-the-year-during-the-india-sports-awards-2015) running race with an [official](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93540/is-kidszone-different-from-official-mindstick) [standard](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23223/naming-convention-or-coding-standard) distance of 42.195v kilometers, which is approximately 26.2 miles. The [length](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2439/sat-exam-its-length) of marathon was standardized in 1908 London [Olympics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87523/why-india-didn-t-get-one-gold-medal-in-the-olympics-2024) when the race was held over this distance to accommodate the royal [family](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43867/family-rv-parks-in-las-vegas-and-laughlin)'s desire to start the race at Windsor Castle and finish it in front of the royal box at the Olympic stadium.**

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