sports facts

Most Competitors

• The Boston Marathon centenary race in 1996 attracted a record 38,706 competitors, the most ever for a marathon.
• The Athens Olympics games (2004) had 11,099 competitors, the most of any Olympics
• The World's biggest road race is the 12 km Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco, USA. It has been held every year since 1912. The 1988 race had a record 78,769 official entries, but the total number of people taking part was probably about 110,000 many of them in fancy dress.
• In 1929 the grand national horse race had a record 66 runners, but only 9 reached the finish line.