DECEPTION: The Worst Race Ever Run: The Olympic Marathon of 1904

The Olympic Marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Games was supposed to
be a showcase of human endurance. Instead, it became one of the
strangest, most chaotic sporting events in recorded history.
Competitors ran in ninety-degree heat through clouds of dust
kicked up by the officials' cars. One runner was chased off
course by a dog. Another was unknowingly given strychnine by his
coach. The first man to cross the finish line was disqualified. A
man who had stopped to eat apples in an orchard nearly won. We
unpack the glorious disaster of a race that tells you everything
about the early Olympics — and almost nothing about athletic
achievement.


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