Juan Carlos Zabala 1911-1983
Juan Zabala who won the Marathon in 1932 was the first South American as won a Gold Medal with the Olympics
He won a close Race ahead Samuel Ferris Freat Bitain and the later Europa Champion,
Finland
His time was 2:31:36 which at that time was new OR the two other ran
2.31.56 og 2.32.12
Before the Olympic had he made a WR at 20 Km 1:04:00 and in 1931 mad he a WR at 30 KM
1:42:30
4 years later in Berlin was he 6th in the 10000 M
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