Why are the marathon medals given at the closing ceremony of the olympics, is it always done like this?

Question

Why are the marathon medals given at the closing ceremony of the olympics, is it always done like this?

Answer 1

Its the "Final event" of the Olympics. Yes, it has always been done this way.

Answer 2

Maybe because like the marathon is a historical event and it is one of the last events of the olympics so they decided to give the medals at the closing ceremony?

Hope i helped!

Answer 3

The marathon is the most important event traditionally. The original olympic foot race.

It gets its name from the battle of Marathon in ancient Greece. Phidippedes ran all the way (26 miles) from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory over the Persians.

The olympics are originally a Greek event.