London 1948 Olympic Marathon | Marathon Week 

I am a Korean. First of all, thank you for posting this precious video. I found the legend of two Korean marathons in this video. 3:43 4:53 No.273 he's name is Choi-Yoon-Chil (1928-2020) He competed in the 1950 Boston Marathon and finished third place. And he finished fourth at the 1952 Olympics. He was in first place at the 1948 Olympics and withdrew due to a failure to control his condition 6:02 6:20 No.272 he's name is Seo-Yoon-Bok (1923-2017) He was the winner of the 1947 Boston Marathon. He is the first world champion in sports since the founding of the Republic of Korea. So his position in Korea was high. The Korean people expect he would win a gold medal at the Olympics, but he also finished about 20th due to his poor condition. Korea was the poorest country in the world at that time. It took a long time to arrive in London, and it was not easy to adapt to local climate conditions and food accommodation. Korean people still respect and are proud of them. Fortunately, they lived happily and healthily over the age of 90.🙂

What a bold, courageous effort by Etienne Gailly of Belgium. He almost reached his dream of winning Olympic gold. As it were, he was so exhausted at the end - he required ten days in hospital after the race to recover.

I was a marathon runner now 79. Running is special you have to do that on your own Every marathon runner will say the same thing In my running days I ran Around 400 marathons Now I still walk a lot. Love the marathon 👍

Got to feel for Gailly, he gave it all throughout the race. This is a great piece of history, incredibly interesting to see how a marathon looked back then, plus have some peeks of London at the time.

Huge respect for these guys, especially for the Belgian. His effort and sheer willpower bring tears to my eyes.

Delfo Cabrera, de Argentina medalla de oro. Un bombero que hizo historia

Marathon, a sport that you should never ever underestimate.

Cabrera una leyenda del atletismo argentino y mundial

Increíble q ahora el record olímpico de maratón sea más de media hora más rápido que en Londres 48.

CUANDO ARGENTINA SACABA BUENOS ATLETAS... ENTRE LA DELEGACIÓN ESTABA EUSEBIO GUIÑEZ (SALIÓ 5TO), MENDOCINO COMO EL QUE AQUÍ ESCRIBE... SALUDOS DESDE MENDOZA, ARGENTINA!!!

such a brave crazy effort from the belgium athlete!

So very touching

Oldest-looking marathoners we're likely to ever see. Many probably war vets 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇮🇪🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇦

Epic music

Вот это круто!

En ese tiempo k gaitoride ni k nada solo agua y a seguir corriendo k Nike no k Adidas solo unos tenis y corrale su maratón.

The winning time was 2:34. Which just shows how much progress has been made since then. The aveage club runner would run that time now

Cabrera,Guiñez y Sensini,3 aegentinos en el top 10.

Yo tengo una moneda de 1948 de oro

I like how they run alongside the runners when providing a cup of water so they don't have to stop

자발라델포 카브레라 이때 아르헨티나가 육상 잘했네

A l'époque, les coureurs étaient au bord de la syncope. Maintenant, ils sprintent durant les 5 derniers km avec le sourire aux lèvres.

Esto bien podría confundirse con el fragmento de una película...

El chanfle llegando en segundo lugar que chido.. 😂🤣😂

Delfor Cabrera....Un Argentino ganó la marathon...!!!

Nessa epoca kenya ainda nao dominava as maratonas

es posible remasterizar un video en blanco y negro a color ??

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9:40 Pará un poco viejo, acabo de correr mas de 40km! ja

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I wonder who the amazing looking woman is at 1'39"- 1'40" seen walking on the pavement.

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everyone in this film is dead

Not a fair race because the strong black marathon athletes are not there.