Recently announced as the newest member of the World Marathon Majors, Tokyo held its first race in 2007, drawing an impressive 30,870 runners. Incredibly, the 2013 Tokyo Marathon has already received close to 300,000 entries—with only 35,500 bib numbers available.
Marathon Events
World Marathon Majors: Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York City, Tokyo
Berlin Marathon
The first run took place in 1974. Today approx. 40.000 runners participate in this race, which belongs to one of the most spectacular and high-quality marathons of the world.
Boston Marathon
Boston is for sure the most traditionally city marathon of the world. Started up with 15 athletes in 1897, the marathon grew up to about 20.000 runners nowadays.
Chicago Marathon
In 1977 the first Chicago Marathon took place with about 4.200 attendees. Today, the circuit is one of the fastest races of the world and belongs to the big five marathon events.
London Marathon
Chris Basher is the founder of the London Marathon in 1981. Since then the race is one of the major events of London , which attracts more then 1 million audiences every year.
New York City Marathon
Since the first New York Marathon in 1970, the event grew up to meanwhile 37.000 runners every year. Compared to the most other races, the New York Marathon is not a round circuit.
