More than 55,000 runners in 36th Athens Authentic Marathon
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
More than 55,000 runners will run in the three marathon races, breaking every attendance record.
15,000 foreign athletes and visitors have registered for this great event and more than 200,000 people will be directly or indirectly involved with the 36th Authentic Marathon of Athens.
The numbers: 18,750 runners in the classical race, 19,000 runners at 5 km and 10 km, 8,000 in the afternoon race 5 km and 9,100 children and Special Olympics at the center of Athens and the Marathon Routes.
Over 70% occupancy is registered by hotels, while 25m euros are expected to fall on the market in 5 days just from visitors from outside Athens.
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