Later, when the Greeks started the Olympic Games, they featured the marathon as an event, with the 26 miles and 385 yards run by Phidippides used as the standard distance.
腓力邊跑進城門邊喊著說，但話剛說完，人就不支倒地，從此，奧林匹克運動會上開始有了馬拉松賽，而當年腓力的跑程也就成為固定的比賽距離。