World Marathon Majors

E13573

marathon series sports competition

The World Marathon Majors is a series of the world’s most prestigious annual marathons, featuring major races in cities such as Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York City, and Tokyo.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
World Marathon Majors canonical	5
Abbott World Marathon Majors	2
London Marathon	1
Tokyo Marathon	1
World Marathon Major	1
World Marathon Majors LLC	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T120552 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Marathon Majors
Context triple: [Boston Marathon, partOf, World Marathon Majors]

A. Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious long-distance running races, attracting elite and amateur runners from around the globe each Patriots’ Day.
B. Knoxville Marathon
The Knoxville Marathon is an annual long-distance running event that attracts participants to race through the streets and landmarks of Knoxville, Tennessee.
C. World Athletics Platinum Label road race
A World Athletics Platinum Label road race is the highest-tier designation for elite international road running events that meet stringent standards for competition quality, organization, and global significance.
D. Tour de France
The Tour de France is the world’s most prestigious multi-stage cycling race, held annually and primarily contested on roads across France.
E. Supporters' Shield race
The Supporters' Shield race is Major League Soccer’s regular-season competition in which clubs vie to finish with the league’s best overall record and claim the Supporters' Shield trophy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Marathon Majors
Target entity description: The World Marathon Majors is a series of the world’s most prestigious annual marathons, featuring major races in cities such as Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York City, and Tokyo.

A. Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious long-distance running races, attracting elite and amateur runners from around the globe each Patriots’ Day.
B. Knoxville Marathon
The Knoxville Marathon is an annual long-distance running event that attracts participants to race through the streets and landmarks of Knoxville, Tennessee.
C. World Athletics Platinum Label road race
A World Athletics Platinum Label road race is the highest-tier designation for elite international road running events that meet stringent standards for competition quality, organization, and global significance.
D. Tour de France
The Tour de France is the world’s most prestigious multi-stage cycling race, held annually and primarily contested on roads across France.
E. Supporters' Shield race
The Supporters' Shield race is Major League Soccer’s regular-season competition in which clubs vie to finish with the league’s best overall record and claim the Supporters' Shield trophy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marathon series ⓘ sports competition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Abbott World Marathon Majors ⓘ linked to: World Marathon Majors
awards	overall series champion ⓘ prize money ⓘ
category	road running series ⓘ
city	Berlin ⓘ Boston ⓘ linked to: Boston, Massachusetts Chicago ⓘ linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States London ⓘ linked to: London, England New York City ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
competitionFormat	points series ⓘ
continentCoverage	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
distance	42.195 kilometres ⓘ
eliteCategory	professional marathon runners ⓘ
eliteField	invited athletes ⓘ
formerComponent	IAAF World Championships Marathon ⓘ Olympic Games Marathon ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderCategory	men ⓘ women ⓘ
geographicScope	international ⓘ
governingBody	World Marathon Majors LLC ⓘ linked to: World Marathon Majors
hasComponent	Berlin Marathon ⓘ Boston Marathon ⓘ Chicago Marathon ⓘ London Marathon ⓘ linked to: World Marathon Majors New York City Marathon ⓘ Tokyo Marathon ⓘ linked to: World Marathon Majors
hasLogo	World Marathon Majors logo ⓘ
inception	2006 ⓘ
includesParalympicDivision	yes ⓘ
notableFeature	includes six of the world’s largest marathons ⓘ
prizeStructure	series jackpot (historically) ⓘ
purpose	to identify the world’s top marathon runners ⓘ
qualification	performance in constituent marathons ⓘ
rankingMethod	points based on race finishes ⓘ
relatedTo	World Athletics ⓘ linked to: International Sports Federations
seasonLength	multiple races over a defined cycle ⓘ
sponsor	Abbott Laboratories ⓘ
sport	marathon ⓘ
typeOfCourse	road course ⓘ
website	https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com ⓘ

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