Marathon (disambiguation)

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A marathon is a distance race of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi), and often refers by analogy to any arduous or time-consuming undertaking.

Marathon may also refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Marathon Production, a TV program production and distribution company
The Marathon (film), a 1919 film starring Harold Lloyd
Maratón (film), 1968 Czechoslovak film directed by Ivo Novák
Marathon (1988 film), a sport-drama film directed by Terence Young
- Marathon (1992 film), a Spanish film about the Barcelona Olympics directed by Carlos Saura
Marathon (2005 film), a South Korean film about an autistic marathon runner
Marathon (media), the sequential broadcast of a number of related media programs
Marathon Media a French production company and animation studio in Paris
Movie marathon, viewing of multiple consecutive movies
"Marathon", an episode from the tenth season of the NBC series Law & Order

"Marathon" (Rush song), from the album Power Windows
Marathon (Saga album)
Marathon (Santana album), by Carlos Santana
Maraton (album), by Swedish singer Alina Devecerski
Maratone Studios, a music production company based in Sweden
The Vibrations, an R&B group whose alter ego was "The Marathons"
"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 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)
Marathon, a fictional class of cruiser, from the Halo (series) universe

Marathon Motor Works, producers of the Marathon automobile
Marathon Oil, a US-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company
Marathon Petroleum, subsidiary of the above, formed by the former Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC
Automobiles Marathon, a French manufacturer of Panhard powered light sports cars in the 1950s
Marathon Automated Test Systems, a system for automated testing of printed circuit boards from Computer Automation

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

Checker Marathon, an automobile produced by the Checker Motors Company from 1961 to 1982, frequently used as a taxicab
Handley Page Marathon, a British four-engined light transport aircraft
Heldeberg Marathon, an American powered parachute aircraft design
Mirage Marathon, an American home-built aircraft design

Marathon (chocolate bar), a candy bar that was available in the US from 1973 to 1982
Dance Marathon, a type of multi-day charity event, popular in the US in the 1920s and 1930s
Snickers candy bar, marketed under the name "Marathon" in the United Kingdom and Ireland until 1990
Marathon, a typeface created by Rudolf Koch