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Abebe Bikila set a WR of 2:12:11.2 in Tokyo, having claimed Olympic gold at Rome 1960 four years earlier
Only Bikila (1960/1964), Waldemar Cierpinski (1976/1980) and Eliud Kipchoge (2016/2021) have successfully defended their Olympic marathon titles.
The Tokyo 1964 podium:





















