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, originally broadcast as The Amazing Race, is the inaugural installment of the The Amazing Race (US) and the reality television franchise The Amazing Race. It ran from September 5, 2001 to December 13, 2001.

Development
The inaugural season of The Amazing Race traveled 35,000 miles (56,000 km) within 39 days, through 4 continents, 9 countries and 24 different cities. The first race was marred by several production errors such as filming delays due to an airport strike at the Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport and a sandstorm in Tunisia, with the latter prompting production to prolong the teams' stay in the Pit Stop for 36 hours instead of the standard 12 and eventually moved to Gabès to commence Leg 6.

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Trivia

 * This is the first season to start and end in the same city.
 * This is the first season to have teams that made it to the final leg, but never finished the race, as Joe and Bill were too far behind and the other two teams already made it to the finish line.
 * Coincidentally, the top three teams in the first leg happened to be the final three teams of the season.
 * In the first season, Phil Keoghan did not greet teams that arrive at the Pit Stop other than the last placing team.