At the 2008 Games in Beijing, 2:26:44 by Constantina Tomescu of Romania.
It's the longest Someone
There have been womens water polo teams at the last two Olympics.
Samuel Wanjiru in the Olympic Modern Marathon.
Tradition has the men's marathon as the final event at the Games. The marathon will be run in the morning of the final day and closing ceremonies will be held that evening.
The last gold medal of the Beijing Olympics went to Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) for the Men's Marathon
Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the women's figure skating gold in the 2006 Turin Olympic Games.
Monique Henderson of the USA ran th last leg for the USA, the winning team.
That was men's triathlon with Hamish Carter winning gold and Bevan Docherty winning silver at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Last Chance for Boston Marathon was created in 2002.
the last Olympics were in 2008.
The Olympics usually last for 17 days.