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{{Wiktionary|Marathon|marathon}}
'''Marathon''' has multiple meanings
* ''']''', an athletic event
* ''']''' (and the ''']'''), after which the sport was named
* Other places with the name
** in the ]
*** ''']'''
*** ''']'''
*** ''']'''
*** ''']'''
** ''']''' in ]
* Until ], the name in the ] for a ''']''' bar
* ] (unrelated to the candy above) is a candy that was available in the US from 1973-1982.
* The ''']''' computer game
* ''']''', a Korean film
* ''']''', an ] corporation
* ''']''', an ] joint venture
* The Greek word (μάραθον) for ''']'''
* A ''']''' where a number of episodes of a ], or ] linked by a theme, are broadcast back to back. For example a station might have a ] marathon or ] marathon.


A ''']''' is a foot race for humans for a distance of {{convert|42.195|km|mi}}.
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'''Marathon''' also may refer to:
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==Places==
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===Australia===
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=== Bahamas ===

* ]

===Canada===
* ]

===Greece===
* ], after which the distance race was named
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**], 8 km west of the town
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===United States===
* ]
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* ], town
* ]
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==Sports==
* ]
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* ], a Honduran soccer club
* ], a horse race in the United States

==Businesses==
* ], a Greek airline
* ], maker of Sabrett hot dogs
* ], producers of the Marathon automobile
** ], vehicles manufactured by Marathon 1911–1914
* ], a US-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company
* ], a US-based oil refining, marketing, and pipeline transport company.
* ], an Ecuadorian-based athletic company that distributes athletic equipment to sports teams
* ], a French manufacturer of Panhard powered light sports cars in the 1950s
* Marathon Automated Test Systems, a system for automated testing of printed circuit boards from ]

== Candy ==
* Marathon candy bar, a Mars' rival to ] in the US from 1973 to 1982
* ] candy bar, marketed under the name "Marathon" in the United Kingdom and Ireland until 1990

== Entertainment ==
=== Film and television ===
* ], a TV program production and distribution company
* ], a 1919 film starring Harold Lloyd
* ], a 1968 Czechoslovak war film directed by Ivo Novák
* ], a film starring ].
* ], a sport-drama film directed by Terence Young
* ], a Spanish film about the Barcelona Olympics directed by ]
* ], a South Korean film about an autistic marathon runner
* ], the sequential broadcast of a number of related media programs
* ] a French production company and animation studio in Paris
* ], viewing of multiple consecutive movies
* ], an episode of ''Law & Order''
* ], an episode of ''The Flash''

===Video games===
* '']'', a video game series for the Macintosh developed and produced by Bungie in the mid-1990s
** ], the first in the trilogy (1994)
** '']'', the second in the trilogy (1995)
** '']'', the third in the trilogy (1996)

=== Music ===
* ], a type of multi-day charity event, popular in the US in the 1920s and 1930s
* ], a music production company based in Sweden
* ], an annual live concert of all of the music of The Beatles
* ], an R&B group whose alter ego was "The Marathons"

==== Albums ====
* ], by American rapper Nispey Hussle
* ]
* ], by Carlos Santana
* ], by Swedish singer Alina Devecerski

==== Songs ====
* ], from the album ''Power Windows''
* "Marathon", by August Burns Red from the album '']'' (deluxe edition)
* "Marathon", by Dilated Peoples from the album ]
* "Marathon", by Helene Fischer on the 2013 album '']''
* "Marathon", by Kayo Dot from the album '']''
* "Marathon", by Tennis from the album '']''

==Vehicles==
* ], an automobile model from Checker Motors Company
* Aircraft:
** ], British four-engined light transport
** ], American design for powered parachute
** ], American home-built aircraft design

== Other uses ==
* A typeface created by ]
* A container orchestration system that is part of ]

==See also==
*]
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*{{intitle|Marathon}}

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Latest revision as of 13:15, 28 October 2024

A marathon is a foot race for humans for a distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi).

Marathon also may refer to:

Places

Australia

Bahamas

Canada

Greece

United States

Sports

Businesses

Candy

  • Marathon candy bar, a Mars' rival to Curly Wurly in the US from 1973 to 1982
  • Snickers candy bar, marketed under the name "Marathon" in the United Kingdom and Ireland until 1990

Entertainment

Film and television

Video games

Music

Albums

Songs

Vehicles

Other uses

See also

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