Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I kōwhiria te tawhiti o te 40 km nā te mea koinei te tawhiti e wehe ana i a Marathon me Athens. Ko te tawhiti o te whakataetae inaianei ko te 42.195 km, i whakapumautia e te IAAF i te tau 1921 hei roa paerewa o te marathon, whai muri i te whakataetae Olympic 1908.
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