Bud Greenspan brings you some of the most extensive marathon footage in this tape that starts the eight tape series.
"The Marathon brilliantly brings to life the history of the Olympic's single most grueling competition, the 26 mile 385 yard marathon run. Highlights include the event's ancient origins on the Greek battlefield of Marathon. The 1908 London Games story of Dorando Pietri's victory and disqualification, Abebe Bikila striding barefoot to victory in Rome, Joan Benoit's historic win on the first Women's Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles and the closest finishes in history at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics by winners Hwang Young-Jo and Valentina Yegorova."
Additional athletes captured in this 46 minute presentation includes: John Hayes, Charles Hefferson, Jim Peters, Emil Zátopek, Rhadi Ben Abdesselem, Barry Magee, Ron Clarke, Basil Heatley, Kokichi Tsuburaya, Mamo Wolde, Kenji Kimihara, Michael Ryan, Ron Hill, Frank Shorter, Karel Lismont, Derek Clayton, Bill Rodgers, Lasse Viren, Waldemar Cierpinski, Rob DeCastella, Alberto Salazar, Carlos Lopes, Grete Waitz, Rosa Mota, Kee Chung Sohn, Gelindo Bordin, Douglas Wakiihuri, Ahmed Salah, Koichi Morishita, and Lorraine Moller.
