Twenty-seven-year-old Joan Benoit of Freeport, Maine, waves the American flag enthusiastically on Aug. 5, 1984, in Los Angeles after finishing the first-ever Olympic women's marathon in the ...

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands celebrates after winning gold in the women’s Olympic marathon in Paris on Sunday. (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press) Lhamo needed another hour and a half to finish ...

Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, men have competed in the marathon and cycling road race, but women wouldn’t get that opportunity for another 88 years.

The women's marathon race will be broadcast live on USA Network. Simulcasts can be streamed on Fubo , offering a free trial, and Peacock. Daytime coverage of the event will be on NBC at 12 p.m. ET.

Tracksmith has officially introducted Tracksmith Stamata ahead of the 2028 U.S. Marathon Team Trials. Stamata is a women's ...

The three-time Dutch Olympic champion will test her speed at the upcoming London Diamond League, marking her first mile race ...

Updates: Assefa, Sawe win London Marathon titles. Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia has done it, setting a women's only world record to win in 2:15:50, beating the previous record set last year by Kenyan ...

Paris Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan has committed to run in the Sydney Marathon in August after it was elevated to ...

Dutch great Sifan Hassan claimed marathon gold just days after winning two medals on the track. She is the latest star to sign up for the Sydney Marathon.

Armit will swap swap the pool for the pavement this weekend when she takes on the Gold Coast half-marathon on Saturday.

They were the two main characters in the messy Paris Olympics marathon selection drama with the fallout between former ...

Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has died. She was ...