Shigeki Tanaka wins the 1951 Boston Marathon

• 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.