Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon to different participants. They are the Marathon (42.195 km), Half Marathon (21.097 km), Banks's Run (10 km), Cycling Event ( 20 km ), and the Children's Run. All events start and finish on Park Road West. The route consists of closed roads, open roads, paths and cycleways, and controlled roads. An estimated of 2,300 people participated in 2014. The event organizer is Neil Kendrick. In 2018 the full Marathon was not run due to a lack of participants. The Carver Wolverhampton City Marathon focuses mainly on supporting local charities. In total since 1998 the marathon events have raised in excess
Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre The men's marathon swimming over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 16 August at Fort Copacabana. A photo finish saw Dutchman Ferry Weertman just beat Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece to gold, with both the first two recording times of 1:52:59.8. In the final race of his career, Gianniotis, who was also the oldest competitor at the age of 36, won the first medal for Greece in swimming in 120 years, since the last time Greece won a swimming