Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s marathon event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place August 7. The final was won by Delfo Cabrera. Reminiscent of Dorando Pietri’s final-lap ordeal when the Olympics were held in the same city 40 years earlier Belgian Etienne Gailly entered the London stadium in first place but was exhausted and running very slowly. He was passed first by Cabrera then by Briton Tom Richards but managed to hold on for the bronze medal.