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Dorando Pietri

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The Italian runner who entered the White City Stadium first in the 1908 Olympic marathon, turned the wrong way, and was helped to his feet by officials after collapsing repeatedly on the track. He crossed the line ahead of the American Johnny Hayes, who finished about 32 seconds later, and was disqualified for having received assistance. The disqualification is the origin of one of the sport's hardest rules and the reason the 1908 race is remembered at all outside record books — which matters here, because the same race is the one that set the distance every marathon has used since. The distance survived on the strength of a race that is famous for a disqualification.

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  1. Story
  2. The Italian runner who entered the White City Stadium first in the 1908 Olympic marathon, turned the wrong way, and was helped to his feet by officials after collapsing repeatedly on the track. He crossed the line ahead of the American Johnny Hayes, who finished about 32 seconds later, and was disqualified for having received assistance. The disqualification is the origin of one of the sport's hardest rules and the reason the 1908 race is remembered at all outside record books — which matters here, because the same race is the one that set the distance every marathon has used since. The distance survived on the strength of a race that is famous for a disqualification.
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  4. Dorando Pietri
  5. The 1908 Olympic marathon fixes 26 miles 385 yards
  6. Connections
  7. The 1908 Olympic marathon fixes 26 miles 385 yards
  8. The 1908 Olympic marathon fixes 26 miles 385 yards
  9. The marathon distance (42.195 km / 26 miles 385 yards)
  10. Dorando Pietri
  11. The first modern Olympic marathon, Marathon to Athens
  12. White City Stadium
  13. Windsor Castle
  14. The marathon distance (42.195 km / 26 miles 385 yards)
  15. Dorando Pietri
  16. London
  17. Evidence
  18. The 1908 Olympic marathon was run on 24 July 1908 from Windsor to the White City Stadium over 26 miles 385 yards, with 55 starters from 16 nations and 27 finishers; Dorando Pietri was disqualified and Johnny Hayes won. V55 verification basis: the Olympedia result page was identified through search and its substance read in summary; the database entry itself was not retrieved.
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