Evangelos Gerakakis ( el, Ευάγγελος Γερακάκης; born 1871 in

Chalkida Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from ...

, Greece; died 1913 in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, Greece) was a Greek athlete. He competed at the

1896 Summer Olympics The 1896 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, Agónes tis 1is Ol ...

. Gerakakis was one of 17 athletes to start the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

race. He finished seventh of the nine athletes to have completed the race. Evangelos Gerakaris
. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-01-08.

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The Olympic Marathon - The History and Drama of Sport's Most Challenging Event
1871 births 1913 deaths Greek male long-distance runners Greek male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Sportspeople from Chalcis Date of birth missing Date of death missing {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub