| Marathon at the Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Burton Holmes' photograph entitled 1896: Three athletes in training for the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Gender | Men and women |
| Years held | Men: 1896 – 2024 Women: 1984 – 2024 |
| Olympic record | |
| Men | 2:06:26 Tamirat Tola (2024) |
| Women | 2:22:55 Sifan Hassan (2024) |
| Reigning champion | |
| Men |  Tamirat Tola (ETH) |
| Women |  Sifan Hassan (NED) |
The marathon at the Summer Olympics is the only road running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.