Abebe Bikila Runs Barefoot Through Rome, 1960

Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, number 11, pulls away from Morocco's Rhadi Ben Abdesselam in the closing stretch of the Rome marathon on September 10, 1960, with spectators lining the darkened street. Bikila ran the whole race barefoot, finished under the Arch of Constantine in a world best, and became the first Black African to win Olympic gold. Four years later in Tokyo, wearing shoes, he became the first man to win the Olympic marathon twice.