Olympic Games 1932 - Los Angeles
MEN MARATHON - 2:31:36 Juan Carlos ZABALA (arg)
The marathon was held on August 7, 1932. Zabala ran in the leading group almost the all distance. Just four kilometers to run, he broke free to finish 19 seconds ahead of Samuel Ferris from Great Britain. He was the first Olympic marathon winner from Latin America.
Results: 1. Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) 2:31:36; 2. Samuel Ferris (GBR) 2:31:55; 3. Armas Toivonen (FIN) 2:32:12; 4. Duncan McLeod Wright (GBR) 2:32:41; 5. Seiichiro Tsuda (JAP) 2:35:42; 6. Eun Bai Kim (JAP) 2:37:28; 7. Albert Michelsen (USA) 2:39:38; 8. Oskar Heks (CZE) 2:41:35; 9. Tae Ha Kwon (JAP) 2:42:52; 10. Anders Hartington-Andersen (DEN) 2:44:38; 11. Hans Oldag (USA) 2:47:26; 12. Cliff Bricker (CAN) 2:47:58; 13. Michele Fanelli (ITA) 2:49:49; 14. John Miles (CAN) 2:50;32; 15. Paul de Bruyn (GER) 2:52:39; 16. Francois Begeot (FRA) 2:53:34; 17. Fernando Ciccarelli (ARG) 2:55:49; 18. Edward Cudworth (CAN) 2:58:35; 19. Joao Clemente da Silva (BRA) 3:02:06; 20. Margarito Barros Pomposo (MEX) 3:10:51 ♦ Did not finish: Jose Ribas (ARG), Matheus Marcondes (BRA), Jorge Perry Villate (COL), Alfred Maasik (EST), Ville Kyronen (FIN), Lauri Virtanen (FIN), Francesco Roccati (ITA), Santiago Hernandez (MEX), James Henigan (USA) ♦ Did not start: Franz Tuschek (AUT); Adalberto Cardoso (BRA); Rene Bonich y Fernandez (CUB); Alfred Masik (EST); Paavo Nurmi (FIN); John Savidan (NZE).
