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| Loues Spiridon
The winner of Marathon in the first Modern Olympic Games was the Greek Spiridon LouisIt was run on the Original Route from Marathon to Athen, where Pheipippides accourding to the Myth had run Whe he ran into the Stadium, were he accompanied by two Greek Princes The Distance was 40 Kilometer, and his time was 2:58:50 He won ahead of another Greek Vassilakos and the Hungarian Kellner He was hounoured for the race to his Death in 1940. And in 1936 was he a guest of honour, and were used in the Nazi propaganda OL 1896 |