Greater St. Louis Marathon

The marathon event associated with St. Louis has its roots in the 1904 Olympic Games, the first time the Olympics were held in the United States and the first Olympic marathon run on American soil. This marathon was conducted as part of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the 1904 World's Fair, held in St. Louis to commemorate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase.\n\nThe course for the 1904 marathon was approximately 24.85 miles in length, as the standardized marathon distance o