Marathon (disambiguation)

A marathon is a distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards) and , by extension, in general speech a lengthy, arduous or time-consuming undertaking.

Marathon may also refer to:

Places

In Canada:

• Marathon, Ontario, Canada

In Greece:

• Marathon, Greece, after which the distance race was named
  • Battle of Marathon
  • Lake Marathon, 8km west of the town
  • Marathon Dam, forming the lake

In the United States:

• Marathon, Florida
• Marathon, Iowa
• Marathon Township, Michigan
• Marathon (town), New York
• Marathon (village), New York
• Marathon, Ohio
• Marathon, Texas
• Marathon County, Wisconsin
• Marathon City, Wisconsin

Video games

• The Marathon Trilogy, a series of first-person shooters for the Macintosh produced by Bungie Software in the mid-1990s
  • Marathon (video game), the first in the trilogy (1994)
  • Marathon 2: Durandal, the second in the trilogy (1995)
  • Marathon Infinity, the third in the trilogy (1996)
• A fictional class of cruiser, from the Halo (series) universe

Confectionery

• Until 1990, the name in the United Kingdom and Ireland for a Snickers bar
• Marathon (candy) (unrelated to the candy above), a candy bar that was available in the US from 1973-1982

Sports

• Club Deportivo Marathón, a Honduran soccer club
• Ski marathon
• Mini marathon
• Half marathon
• Marathon dancing
• Marathon swimming

Business

• Marathon Motor Works, producers of the Marathon automobile
• Marathon Oil Corporation
• Marathon Petroleum Company, subsidiary of the above, formed by the former Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC
• Checker Marathon, an automobile produced by the Checker Motors Company between 1961 and 1982; the best known use was as a taxicab
• Automobiles Marathon, a French manufacturer of Panhard powered light sports cars in the 1950s

Entertainment

• Marathon (film), a Korean film
• Marathon (television), the sequential broadcast of a number of related television programs; see also telethon
• Marathon Production, a TV program production and distribution company
• Marathon Man, a novel later adapted into a movie starring Dustin Hoffman
• Marathon (Santana album), an album from Carlos Santana
• Marathon (Saga album)
• "Marathon" (Rush song), a song by Rush from the album Power Windows
• "Marathon", a song by Tennis from the album Cape Dory
• "Marathon", a song by Kayo Dot from the album Choirs of the Eye
• "Marathon", a song by Dilated Peoples from the album Neighborhood Watch (album)
• "Marathon", an episode from the tenth season of the NBC series Law & Order
• The Marathon, a 1919 film starring Harold Lloyd
• The Marathons, an alter ego of The Vibrations, an R&B group

Other

• Dance Marathon, the multiple day charity events on US college campuses to raise money for local philanthropies
• Handley Page Marathon, British four engined light transport aircraft
• A typeface created by Rudolf Koch