Deaths
- 2011 – William Caviness, 35, Greensboro, North Carolina – Believed to have died from cardiac arrest five hundred yards from finish line.
- 2007 – Chad Schieber, 35, Midland, Michigan – Mitral valve prolapse
- 2003 – Rachael Townsend, 29, The Plains, Ohio – Mitral valve prolapse
- 2001 – Luke Roach, 22, Seattle, Washington – Collapsed near finish line. Body temperature reached 107 °F (42 °C)
- 2000 – Danny Towns, 45, Edmond, Oklahoma – Cardiac arrest
- 1998 – Kelly Barrett, 43, Littleton, Colorado – Believed to be caused by hyponatremia
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“On almost the incendiary eve
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