See my post [USMA:16446] Re:Depressing... Briefly, from my understanding, IOC recognizes the International Association of Athletics Federations as the governing body setting rules for running events. The IAAF rule book is on line at their website as a PDF file http://www.iaaf.org/index.asp . Here is an excerpt:
"SECTION VIII - ROAD RACES RULE 240 Road Races 1. The standard distances for men and women shall be 15km, 20km, Half-Marathon, 25km, 30km, Marathon (42.195km), 100km ....." Scott C. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Barbara and/or Bill Hooper > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:08 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:16489] Re: marathon > > > Marcus (and others) have stated: > > > > The marathon *official* length IS 42.195 km. This has been > declared as such > > by the highest authority in the sports business, the IOC! > > Does anyone have an official reference to this effect? If we wanted to use > this as an argument with marathon race organizers anywhere, it > would be good > to be able to quote them the source from which we get this information. > > Regards, > Bill Hooper > > ============ > Keep It Simple! > Make It Metric! > ============ >
