Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whiriwhiria te tawhiti o te 40 km na te mea ko te tawhiti e wehe ana i Marathon mai i Athens. Ko te tawhiti o tēnei wā o te whakataetae ko te 42.195 km, i whakatūria e te IAAF i te tau 1921 hei roa paerewa o te marathon, whai muri i te
Ko te whakataetae Olympic i Rānana i te tau 1908.