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Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Maifeld and then turned right into the Angerburger Avenue. Shortly thereafter, it was then left into Glockenturmstraße and the first checkpoint after 4 km on the Havelchaussee. They went on the banks of the Havel along the Grunewald to the left side. The second checkpoint was 6 kilometers on Rupenhorn, at kilometer 8 of the third control point followed on Schildhorn. The Grunewaldturm was reached after 10 km, at the level of the island Lindwerder sending the runners southeast. At the end of Havelchaussee runners then turned left on the long, straight
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As all Olympic marathons, the competition was a single race. The now-standard marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards was run over a course that started in the Olympic Stadium. After going around the stadium, the starting field left the stadium through the Marathon Gate. The runners crossed the
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Bulgaria, the Republic of China, Peru, Poland, and Switzerland each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its tenth appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.
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respectively. After Sohn's victory, he bowed his head during the Japanese anthem at his medal ceremony and remarked that he was ashamed to compete for Japan, an occupying power, rather than an independent Korea. A Korean newspaper,
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During the time of the competition, Korea was a colony of Japan, therefore Korean sportsmen competed as members of Japanese team and were using their Japanese names. The Korean names of Son Kitei and Nan Shōryū are
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This was the tenth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from 1932 included the defending champion,
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took place August 9. Fifty-six athletes from 27 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The race was won by
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The Dong-a Ilbo ran this picture of Sohn at the victory ceremony with the Japanese rising sun on his uniform obscured, leading to repercussions from the Japanese government
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had broken the world record in 1935, won 9 of the 12 marathons he had run since 1933, and finished in the top three in the other 3.
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These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics per the
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The day was "dry and clear" and 22 °C (72 °F).
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Lalande 1577: 1576: 1573: 1570: 1568: 1557: 1551: 1550: 1547: 1544: 1542: 1531: 1525: 1524: 1521: 1518: 1516: 1505:Robert Nevens 1501: 1500: 1497: 1494: 1492: 1481: 1475: 1474: 1471: 1468: 1466: 1455: 1449: 1448: 1445: 1442: 1440: 1429: 1423: 1422: 1419: 1416: 1414: 1403: 1402:Felix Meskens 1397: 1396: 1393: 1390: 1388: 1377: 1371: 1370: 1367: 1364: 1362: 1361:United States 1351: 1350:Johnny Kelley 1345: 1344: 1341: 1338: 1336: 1325: 1319: 1318: 1315: 1312: 1310: 1299: 1293: 1292: 1289: 1286: 1284: 1273: 1267: 1266: 1263: 1260: 1258: 1247: 1246:Franz Tuschek 1241: 1240: 1237: 1234: 1232: 1221: 1215: 1214: 1211: 1208: 1206: 1195: 1189: 1188: 1185: 1182: 1180: 1169: 1163: 1162: 1159: 1156: 1154: 1143: 1137: 1136: 1133: 1130: 1128: 1117: 1111: 1110: 1107: 1104: 1102: 1091: 1090:Jackie Gibson 1085: 1084: 1081: 1078: 1076: 1075:Great Britain 1065: 1059: 1058: 1055: 1052: 1050: 1039: 1033: 1032: 1029: 1026: 1024: 1013: 1007: 1006: 1003: 1000: 998: 987: 981: 980: 977: 974: 972: 961: 949: 948: 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