Boston Marathon

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annual sporting event marathon road running race

The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious long-distance running races, attracting elite and amateur runners from around the globe each Patriots’ Day.

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Boston Marathon route 2
BAA Boston Marathon 1
Boston Marathon course in Newton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual sporting event ⓘ
marathon ⓘ
road running race ⓘ
abbreviation Boston Marathon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BAA Boston Marathon
allows charity runners without qualifying times ⓘ
attracts amateur runners ⓘ
elite runners ⓘ
broadcastOn online streaming platforms ⓘ
television ⓘ
charityImpact raises tens of millions of dollars annually for charities ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
courseCertification certified by USA Track & Field ⓘ
courseType point-to-point course ⓘ
distance 26.2 miles ⓘ
42.195 kilometres ⓘ
economicImpact major tourism and economic impact on Greater Boston ⓘ
fieldSize tens of thousands of participants ⓘ
finishLocation Boylston Street, Boston ⓘ
Copley Square, Boston ⓘ
firstOfficialWomenRace 1972 ⓘ
firstWheelchairDivision 1975 ⓘ
genderInclusion men ⓘ
non-binary category (introduced 2023) ⓘ
women ⓘ
hasHashtag #BostonMarathon ⓘ
hasReputation one of the most prestigious marathons ⓘ
inception 1897 ⓘ
isOldest world’s oldest annual marathon ⓘ
location Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
notableFeature Heartbreak Hill ⓘ
Oak Hill, Newton ⓘ
surface form: Newton Hills
notableIncident 2013 Boston Marathon bombing ⓘ
occursOn Patriots’ Day ⓘ
organizer Boston Athletic Association ⓘ
paraAthleticsDivision para athletes divisions ⓘ
partOf World Marathon Majors ⓘ
qualificationRequirement time-based qualifying standards for most entrants ⓘ
securityChangesAfter enhanced security measures after 2013 bombing ⓘ
spectators hundreds of thousands of spectators along the course ⓘ
sport long-distance running ⓘ
startLocation Hopkinton, Massachusetts ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
typicalDate third Monday in April ⓘ
typicalStartTime morning local time ⓘ
wheelchairDivision men’s wheelchair race ⓘ
women’s wheelchair race ⓘ
worldAthleticsLabel World Athletics Platinum Label road race ⓘ

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Boston Marathon → abbreviation → Boston Marathon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BAA Boston Marathon
Patriots’ Day → associatedEvent → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Martin Richard → associatedWith → Boston Marathon ⓘ
2013 Boston Marathon bombing → event → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Heartbreak Hill → firstMajorUse → Boston Marathon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Marathon course in Newton
World Marathon Majors → hasComponent → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Boston Athletic Association → hasPart → Boston Marathon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Marathon elite athlete program
Patriots’ Day → hasTraditionalActivity → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Boston Strong → linkedTo → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Natick, Massachusetts → locatedNear → Boston Marathon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Marathon route
Heartbreak Hill → locatedOnCourseOf → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Boston, Massachusetts → majorEvent → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Boston Athletic Association → organizes → Boston Marathon ⓘ
Heartbreak Hill → partOf → Boston Marathon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston Marathon route