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Emil and Dana were the witnesses at the wedding ceremony of Olympic gold medalists Olga Fikotová and Harold Connolly in Prague in 1957. Emil had spoken to the Czechoslovak president Antonín Zápotocký to request help in getting national heroine Olga a permit to marry the American Connolly, at the height of the Cold War. While it's not clear ...
Returning runners from the 1952 marathon included defending champion Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia and fifth-place finisher Veikko Karvonen of Finland. Zátopek's primary challenger was Alain Mimoun of France, who had won three silver medals in the 5000 metres and 10000 metres track events in 1948 and 1952—all behind Zátopek.
This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 1948 marathon included defending champion Delfo Cabrera of Argentina and sixth- through eighth-place finishers Syd Luyt of South Africa, Gustav Östling of Sweden, and John Systad of Norway.
David Ondricek’s epic account of Olympic gold medalist and multiple record holder Emil Zatopek, who attained legendary status in the darkest days of the Czechoslovak communist regime, makes for ...
The event reached new peaks, in particular with men's long-distance battles between multiple Olympic champion Emil Zátopek and future Olympic champion Vladimir Kuts (Zátopek won both contests). Ardalion Ignatyev , Yevgeniy Bulanchik , Anatoliy Yulin , Josef Doležal , Ödön Földessy , Leonid Shcherbakov all went on to claim gold medals at ...
Zátopek is a 2021 Czech biographical film about Emil Zátopek. It is directed by David Ondříček and stars Václav Neužil . [ 3 ] It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards .
Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia 29:59.6: OR: Alain Mimoun France 30:47.4: Bertil Albertsson Sweden 30:53.6: 4: Martin Stokken Norway 30:58.6: 5: Severt Dennolf
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Gaston Reiff of Belgium. [1] The Belgian Gaston Reiff became the Olympic champion ahead of the Czechoslovakian Emil Zátopek.