Philadelphia Marathon

Philadelphia Marathon
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorAACR
Established1954
Course recordsMen: 2:13:28 (2021)
Kenya Mike Chesire
Women: 2:28:34 (2021)
Canada Leslie Sexton
Official sitePhiladelphia Marathon
Participants10,054 (2019)
9,529 (2018)

The Philadelphia Marathon (aka the Philadelphia Independence Marathon) is an annual marathon sporting event held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the third Sunday of November each year since 1954. The Philadelphia Marathon ranks among the top ten in the nation's largest marathons with over 30,000 runners, 60,000 spectators and 3,000 volunteers.[1] The 30,000 runners come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and over 42 countries.[2] The marathon course is professionally certified at 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) by the Road Running Technical Council of USA Track & Field.[3][4]

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