Comparisons With The London Marathon Course
The 2012 Olympic route differs significantly from that of the long-established annual London Marathon. Although both events do finish in The Mall, and have a section along the Victoria Embankment in common, the Olympic event also starts in The Mall whilst the London Marathon starts in Greenwich, and the two events follow completely different courses. The logistical problems behind the design of the London Marathon course (35,000 runners of mixed ability) are very different from those behind the design of the London Olympic Marathon course (100 top-class runners) and therefore it is highly unlikely that the London Marathon would follow the Olympic route, as happened in Atlanta from 1997 to 2009. Then, the Atlanta Marathon followed most of the Olympic route except for the start and finish which were in the car park of the stadium, which had since been converted to baseball use.
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