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Description1896 Olympic marathon.jpg	Ελληνικά: Φωτογραφία από τον Μαραθώνιο των Ολυμπιακών αγώνων του 1896, ο Χαρίλαος Βασιλάκος στη μέση, δεύτερος Ολυμπιονίκης σε αυτή την κούρσα. English: Three athletes in training for the marathon race of the 1896 Athens Olympic Games, on the road from Marathon, Greece, Charilaos Vasilakos in the middle. Sources: [1] image caption, [2] image caption: Ο Χαρίλαος Βασιλάκος (στο κέντρο) κατά την προπόνηση, [3] image caption page 32: Από προπόνηση για τον μαραθώνιο (στη μέση ο Βασιλάκος), [4] image caption page 69. Français : La photo a été prise pendant un entraînement précédant l'épreuve du marathon des 1ers Jeux olympiques modernes, à Athènes, en 1896. L'athlète, au milieu, est Harilaos Vasilakos, étudiant d'Athènes (1877-1964), qui termina 2e derrière son compatriote, le berger Spyridon Louis (1873-1940). Deux semaines plus tôt, Vasilakos avait remporté la médaille d'or du marathon aux 1ers Jeux panhelléniques, le 10 mars 1896.
Date	1896
Source	From es:Imagen:JJOO Maratonistas 1896.jpg
Author	Burton Holmes, published 1901, book title The Burton Holmes Lectures (Volume 3): With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author, page 69, ISBN 9781333405755.

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