- Shigeki Tanaka, a survivor of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing, won the Boston Marathon in 1951.
- The crowd was silent as he crossed the finish line.
- His was 19 years old, and his time was 2:27:45.
- He was running in "tabi" or split-toe shoes made by the Kobe footwear company called Onitsuka, named after its founder and which is best known today as Asics.
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