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- Emil Zatopek [zah-TOE-
- pek] is the only runner
- ever to win the 5,000-
- meter and 10,000-meter
- runs and the marathon --
- all at the same Olympics!
-
- During his career, Emil, who was from
- Czechoslovakia, set 18 world records. In the
- 1948 Games, Emil won the gold medal in
- the 10,000 meters and the silver in the 5,000.
- Four years later, he became the first runner
- in 40 years to win the gold in both the 5,000-
- meter and 10,000-meter runs at the same
- Olympics. But that wasn't enough for Emil,
- and he decided to try the marathon, too.
- The fact that he had never run a marathon
- before didn't bother him.
-