Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Mgbe egwuregwu Olympic nke oge a malitere n'afọ 1896, ndị malitere ya na ndị haziri ya na-achọ ihe omume na-ewu ewu, na-echeta ebube nke Gris oge ochie. Echiche nke ịgba ọsọ marathon sitere n'aka Michel Bréal, bụ́ onye chọrọ ka ihe omume ahụ pụta ìhè n'egwuregwu Olympic nke oge a nke mbụ na 1896 n'Atens. Pierre de Coubertin, bụ́ onye guzobere egwuregwu Olimpik nke oge a, nakwa ndị Gris kwadoro echiche a n'ụzọ siri ike. Ndị Gris haziri asọmpi nhọrọ maka marathon Olympic na 22 Machị 1896 (Gregorian) nke Charilaos Vasilakos meriri n'ime awa 3 na nkeji iri na asatọ (na onye mmeri n'ọdịnihu nke asọmpi marathon Olympic, Spyridon "Spyros" Louis, na-abịa nke ise na agbụrụ nke abụọ izu abụọ mgbe e mesịrị). Onye mmeri nke marathon Olympic mbụ, na 10 Eprel 1896 (ọsọ nke ụmụ nwoke), bụ Spyridon Louis, onye na-ebu mmiri nke Gris, n'ime awa 2 nkeji 58 na sekọnd 50. Marathon nke 2004 Summer Olympics
A na-agba ọsọ ahụ n'ụzọ ọdịnala si Marathon gaa Atens, na-ejedebe n'Ámá Egwuregwu Panathinaiko, bụ́ ebe a nọ mee Egwuregwu Olimpik nke Oge Okpomọkụ nke 1896. Onye meriri marathon ụmụ nwoke bụ onye Itali Stefano Baldini n'ime awa 2 na nkeji 10 na sekọnd 55, oge ndekọ maka ụzọ a ruo mgbe Marathon Athens Classic nke na-abụghị nke Olimpik nke 2014, mgbe Felix Kandie wedara ihe ndekọ ahụ na awa 2 na nkeji 10 na sekọnd 37.