Barefoot Bikila
Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, running barefoot, draws away from Abdesselem Rhadi of Morocco near the finish of the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics. He went on to win with a new Olympic record time of 2 hours 15 minutes 16 seconds, becoming the first Ethiopian African Olympic gold medalist. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
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2667395
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Hulton Archive
Date created:
10 September, 1960
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