![The New York Times Archives on Twitter: "Today in 1960: Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon in Rome. He ran the course barefoot. https://t.co/w5JGVqI9Kg https://t.co/ZyVqU9QOvc" / Twitter The New York Times Archives on Twitter: "Today in 1960: Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon in Rome. He ran the course barefoot. https://t.co/w5JGVqI9Kg https://t.co/ZyVqU9QOvc" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEGmiHTXUAA62XX.jpg:large)
The New York Times Archives on Twitter: "Today in 1960: Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon in Rome. He ran the course barefoot. https://t.co/w5JGVqI9Kg https://t.co/ZyVqU9QOvc" / Twitter
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Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila waves his arms as he wins the Olympic Marathon on October 21, 1964 in Tokyo. He is the first to win the marathon twice. This time was 2 hours,
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