World Marathon Majors facts

a championship-style competition that started in 2006
2006
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Although the World Marathon Majors competition officially began in 2006, many of history’s greatest marathoners built their reputations on races that make up the series
2006 legendary marathoner
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comprises five annual races in Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City

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Two other races are also included in the series: the IAAF World Championships Marathon (in odd-numbered years) and the Olympic Games Marathon (in years evenly divisible by four)

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Each WMM series spans two calendar years

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the second year of a series overlaps with the first year of the next

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The top scorers through the 2008 Berlin Marathon
2008 leader board
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