The 41st Athens Marathon on November 9-10 is less than a month away. This year’s race is expected to break new participation records, as it will bring together around 73 thousand runners across all distances.
It is typical that runners from 152 countries come to Greece to participate in this great sporting event. On Sunday (11/10) the Authentic Marathon will be held and at the same time the 10 km. in the center of Athens and the children’s race.
21,000 runners are expected to take part in the historic Athens Marathon distance and 10km. 15,000 runners.
This year, for the first time, on Saturday night the city will be lit up by the approximately 26 thousand runners who will participate in the 5km. and Student Struggle, in a celebration that will be unprecedented. The presence of 2,600 students from 110 Universities from different parts of the world will contribute to this.
As every year, the Faliro Indoor Stadium will host from the 6th to the 9th of November the OPAP MARATHON Expo 2024, the official exhibition of the Authentic Athens Marathon, which annually brings together more than 90,000 visitors from all over the world.
AMA is an event that connects history with current affairs, transmits the sport’s messages across the planet and is a great social event, at the same time as a great celebration of runners from all over the world.