To prepare for a marathon, you have to work on your cardio, but with that of the next Olympics, you will also have to revise your history lessons.

Indeed, the route of the Olympic marathon, unveiled this Wednesday afternoon at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, follows the route of the women's march of October 5, 1789 who, leaving the Hôtel de ville, joined Versailles to require the king to ratify several texts including the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen.

And additional wink, the announcement of the course was made on October 5th.

“We wanted to pay tribute to these women, confirms Tony Estanguet, president of the Games Organizing Committee (Cojo).

And that's good the round trip Paris-Versailles is 42 km.

And, even if it had already been announced, it is the women's event which, for the first time, will close the Games.


A spectacular, demanding, and unprecedented race!


Discover the official route of the #Paris2024 Olympic marathon 🔥


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"The City of Paris is committed to inclusion, to solidarity and this course celebrates women and the place of women", for her part welcomed Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris.

In addition, for her, organizing "the departure from the Hôtel de ville is an extraordinary symbol, because it is the home of Parisians".

Valérie Pécresse also present, attacked in a more playful tone by "thanking for having chosen a marathon from Anne to my home, who is elected from Versailles and where I live".

To make the trip every day, the president of the Ile-de-France region assures that the return from Versailles promises an "absolutely magical view of Paris for the athletes".

An “extremely demanding” course

The latter will also have a hard time with an “extremely demanding” course in the words of Tony Estanguet and totaling 438 m of elevation gain.

“We are well aware of the challenge that this represents but there will be suspense throughout the race with major difficulties on the way there and back,” he added.

"It will be a very complicated marathon, which will break your legs," said athlete Yohan Durand.

In general, we look for the flattest possible marathons but here we will take all the elevation in 17 km.

We will have to change things in training and preparation.

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But it's not just professional marathon runners who will suffer since, in line with the slogan "Let's open the Games wide", 20,024 bibs will be offered to Sunday runners (we're exaggerating a bit).

“To obtain one, you will have to be 20 years old on December 31, 2024 and be a member of the Paris 2024 club”, specifies the president of the Cojo.

The bibs are distributed at each event around the Olympics, such as Paralympic day this Friday in Bastille, and 3,000 of them have already found takers.

The aim is for them all to be “distributed by the end of 2023 so that people have time to prepare”.

In addition, 20,024 bibs will also be distributed for the 10 km.

Finally, the entire route will be free except for the arrival at the Invalides with 7,000-seat grandstands.

To conclude, let's leave the final word to Jon Ridgeon, the director of World Athletics: “It's a real challenge for the athletes and it's the most exciting marathon we've known in Olympism.

" At least.

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  • Paris

  • Ile-de-France

  • Castle of Versailles

  • Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Marathon

  • Tony estanguet

  • Anne Hidalgo

  • Valerie Pécresse