The Greatest Race on Earth
The Greatest Race on Earth was a four-part marathon series in relay style. It was the world's only marathon series and team marathon competition and offered one of the highest prize pools in athletics at one million US dollars . This was organized by the Standard Chartered Bank from 2004 to 2009. The four stations served as the Nairobi Marathon , Singapore Marathon , Mumbai Marathon and Hong Kong Marathon , which were also sponsored by Standard Chartered. Teams of four runners of the same sex competed, each of whom started at one of the four stations. The winning team was determined by the shortest total time across all four stations. In addition to the full marathon, it was also possible for the teams to compete on the half marathon routes at the respective stations.
Web links
- Official website (English) ( Memento of 7 February 2009 at the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association - Hong Kong Marathon - Event History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 18, 2015 ; accessed on November 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ After five fantastic years ... ( Memento from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ TheGreatestRace - Our Story ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
