Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whakataetae marathon tuatahi i tū i te United States i te Mahuru 19, 1896, e rima marama i muri i te
Ko te marathon tuatahi o te Olympics, hei wāhanga o te hui o te ngahuru o te Knickerbocker Athletic Club o New York City. I te wa e whakahaerehia ana nga huihuinga tuuturu me te waahi i te Columbia Oval (kei roto i te rohe i taua wa ko tetahi waahanga o Williamsbridge engari ko Norwood inaianei, i te rohe o Bronx), e rua tekau ma waru nga kaitakaro, tata katoa mai i te rohe o New York City, i haere wawe mai i te tereina ki Stamford, Connecticut mo te whakataetae marathon. I tiimata te akoranga i te Stamford Armory, ka haere ma Riverside, Cos Cob, Greenwich, Port Chester, Rye, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, New Rochelle, East Chester, Woodlawn, me te Piriti o William, ka mutu me nga porowhita e rua i runga i te Columbia Oval. Ahakoa i whakaatuhia te huarahi he roa, he tawhiti e rite ana ki tera o te Olympic Marathon, i tata nei kua whakahaeretia e te kairangahau tatauranga a Hugh Farley he whakahoutanga pai o te huarahi e whanganga ana i te.