Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is Juan Carlos Zabala of Argentina who was 20 years old when he won gold in men's marathon at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles.
Who was the first women olypic marathon runner
The answer depends on the distance for the race. A marathon runner could not maintain the speed attained by a sprint runner.
If you are fast enough to win selection for the Olympic team, you are old enough.
Samuel Wanjiru
"Nike!" The runner announced "Victory!" over the Persians at the battle of Marathon .
The men's record in the London Marathon was set in 2011 by Emmanuel Mutai in a time of 2:04:38.
Abebe Bikila, the legendary Ethiopian distance runner, won the first of two Olympic Marathons (at the 1960 Rome Games) barefooted.He won again at the '64 Tokyo Games with shoes on!
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the youngest person to complete the london marathon was Ryder Hussey a 13 year old boy from Wales...
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