Editing Marathon (section)

===Inclusion of women===
For a long time after the Olympic marathon started, there were no long-distance races, such as the marathon, for women. Although a few women, such as [[Stamata Revithi]] in 1896, had run the marathon distance, they were not included in any official results.<ref name="Lovett">{{cite web|url=http://www.marathonguide.com/history/olympicmarathons/chapter25.cfm|title=Olympic Marathon (excerpt)|year=1997|work=[[Charlie Lovett]]|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.|access-date=1 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217025742/http://www.marathonguide.com/history/olympicmarathons/chapter25.cfm|archive-date=17 February 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="m-1896-women">{{cite web|url=http://69.65.11.24/~isohorg/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/102.pdf|title=Two Women Ran the Marathon in 1896|author=Karl Lennartz|publisher=International Society of Olympic Historians [[International Society of Olympic Historians|ISOH]]|access-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411003627/http://69.65.11.24/~isohorg/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/102.pdf|archive-date=11 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Marie-Louise Ledru]] has been credited as the first woman to complete a marathon, in 1918.<ref name="ARRS1">{{cite web |title=World Best Progressions- Road |url=https://arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwR.htm |work=Association of Road Racing Statisticians |access-date=1 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614221254/https://arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwR.htm |archive-date=14 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Krise, Raymond and Squires, Bill (1982). ''Fast Tracks: The History of Distance Running Since 884 B.C.'', S. Greene Press, p. 43, {{ISBN|0828904820}}.</ref><ref>Gross, Albert C. (1986) ''Endurance'', Dodd Mead, {{ISBN|0396088880}}.</ref> [[Violet Piercy]] has been credited as the first woman to be officially timed in a marathon, in 1926.<ref name="Lovett"/>

[[Arlene Pieper]] became the first woman to officially finish a marathon in the United States when she completed the [[Pikes Peak Marathon]] in Manitou Springs, Colorado, in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pikespeakmarathon.org/mystique.htm|title=First woman to run marathon in US|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211125822/http://www.pikespeakmarathon.org/mystique.htm|archive-date=11 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marathonandbeyond.com/2013/11/arlene-pieper-1st-lady-marathoner/|title=Arlene Pieper – 1st Lady Marathoner &#124; Marathon and Beyond|website=marathonandbeyond.com|date=5 November 2017 |access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202214/http://marathonandbeyond.com/2013/11/arlene-pieper-1st-lady-marathoner/|archive-date=16 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kathrine Switzer]] was the first woman to run the [[Boston Marathon]] "officially" (with a number), in 1967.<ref name="BBC 2012-04-16">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17632029|title=Boston, 1967: When marathons were just for men|date=16 April 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=4 November 2014|quote=Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially run the race 45 years ago, despite stewards trying to physically force the 20-year-old off the road.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230184507/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17632029|archive-date=30 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Switzer's entry, which was accepted through an "oversight" in the screening process, was in "flagrant violation of the rules", and she was treated as an interloper once the error was discovered.<ref name="semple">Semple, Jock; with John J. Kelley and Tom Murphy (1981). ''Just Call Me Jock: The Story of Jock Semple, Boston's Mr. Marathon'', pages 7, 114–118, Waterford Publishing Co., {{ISBN|978-0942052015}}</ref> [[Bobbi Gibb]] had completed the Boston race unofficially the previous year (1966),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307073949/http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/boston-marathon-history.aspx Boston Marathon History]. baa.org</ref> and was later recognized by the [[Boston Athletic Association|race organizers]] as the [[List of winners of the Boston Marathon#Women's Open|women's winner for that year, as well as 1967 and 1968]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307073943/http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/boston-marathon-history/past-champions/past-womens-open-champions.aspx Boston Marathon History: Past Women's Open Champions]. baa.org</ref>