The distance of the first modern Olympic Marathon in 1896 was 40 km (24 miles 85 yards), so why, at the 1908 London Olympic Games, was it run over its now-standard distance of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards)?
Why was the running of a record-breaking sub-two hour marathon (26.2. miles), in Vienna in October 2019 by an internationally well-known athlete, not recognised as an official world record?
Cuba first participated in the modern Olympic Games in 1900 but then missed the Games from 1908 to 1920, and again in 1932 and 1936. Since the 1948 Games when it again took part how many Games has Cuba missed or boycotted?
