1904 Olympic Marathon

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🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24.85 miles (39.99 km).^[2] Thirty-two athletes representing four nations competed, but only 14 managed to finish the race,^[3] which proved to be a bizarre affair due to poor organization and officiating.^[4]

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0:29.7	and with this week's episode being the 1904 Olympic marathon,
0:33.6	I recreated the marathon for you.
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