Men Marathon Athletics I Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1896 - Friday, 10th April (29th March) - Gold Medal: Spiridon Loues, Greece
Final Rankingtime
1. Spyridon LouisGRe Greece2:58:50OR
2. Charilaos VasilakosGRe Greece3:06:03
3. Gyula KellnerHUN Hungary3:06:35
4. Ioannis VrettosGRe GreeceUnknown
5. Eleftherios PapasymeonGRe GreeceUnknown
6. Dimitrios DeligiannisGRe GreeceUnknown
7. Evangelos GerakerisGRe GreeceUnknown
8. Stamatios MasourisGRe GreeceUnknown
9. Sokratis LagoudakisGRe GreeceUnknown
-. Edwin FlackAUS AustraliaDNF_(37km).
-. Albin LermusiauxFRA FranceDNF_(32km).
-. Ioannis LavrentisGRe GreeceDNF_(24km).
-. Georgios GrigoriouGRe GreeceDNF_(24km).
-. Arthur BlakeUSA United StatesDNF_(23km).
-. Ilias KafetzisGRe GreeceDNF_(9km).
-. Dimitrios ChristopoulosGRe GreeceDNF_(? km).
DQ.Spyridon BelokasGRe Greece3:06:30_Disqual

world Men Marathon History

Venue: Panathenaic Stadium. Capp.:3 0,000.
17 competitors from 5 nations.
World record: Ioannis Lavrentis (GRE) 3:11:27 (u)
Albin Lermusiaux, bronze medallist in the 1500m, was the leader to 20km, where he was caught by Edwin Flack, winner of the 800m/1500m. The runners then began a long uphill climb, and the dusty conditions began to take their toll, with seven of the 17 runners failing to finish. In sixth place, Louis took some wine (!) at the 23km point, and noted to observers that he would be leading before long. Flack went ahead at 24km, and he led to 32km where Louis took over, and Lermusiaux collapsed. At 37km, Louis increased the pace, and Flack could not cope, col- lapsing shortly after. Starting the race on a hot day at 14:00 did little to benefit the runners, but Louis had no difficulties, and to the joy of the King of Greece and the crowd, he entered the Panathenaic stadium seven minutes ahead of the others. His time was 20 minutes faster than his fifth place performance in the Greek trials race 17 days earlier, and he beat the Greek Champion Vasilakos by the biggest margin of victory ever in an Olympic marathon. Third-placer Spiridon Belokas (3:06:30) was disqualified for receiving a carriage ride, after a protest by Kellner, the only non-Greek to finish.
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