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	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		When Dorando Pietri entered the stadium at the end of the 1908 marathon, he was completely unknown.
		Dorando, as he came to be known, had run in the Intercalated Olympic Games of 1906 in Athens, but he did not finish.
		When Dorando appeared at the entrance to the track, the crowd cheered him vigourously.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=56207 (215 words)

	Dorando Pietri - Wikipedia
		Dorando Pietri nacque a Mandrio, una frazione di Correggio, ma visse sin da piccolo a Carpi.
		Qualche giorno dopo, Pietri fece l'esordio ufficiale in una competizione, correndo i 3000 metri a Bologna, ed arrivando secondo.
		Dorando Pietri si era preparato per mesi all'evento, e il test fatto a Carpi alcuni giorni prima di partire per l'Inghilterra aveva dato un risultato molto promettente: 40 km in 2 ore e 38 minuti, una prestazione straordinaria per l'epoca.
	it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorando_Pietri (1127 words)

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		It is the story of Dorando, the immortal loser, whose name goes down in history as indelibly as those of Nurmi, Thorpe and Owens, and it is also the story of why the classic marathon distance is now exactly 26 miles 385 yards.
		One report says: "Dorando Pietri (known as Dorando) of Italy was the first to cross the finish line, but he was disqualified for having been helped across the finish line by the Clerk of the Course, J, M. Andrews, thereby depriving him of victory.
		Dorando today is a plumpish man of 64 who runs a cafe in Birmingham, England.
	www.trackandfieldnews.com /general/back_track/23_24.html (1648 words)

	Centenario Dorando Pietri olimpiadi di londra 1908 - 2008
		Centenario Dorando Pietri olimpiadi di londra 1908 - 2008
		Ogni partecipante riceverà la T-shirt e la Medaglia del Centenario di Dorando Pietri e premi in natura.
		Per cancellare i propri dati, occorre inviare comunicazione scritta al Centenario Dorando Pietri - via Lago Maggiore,13 - 41012 Carpi (MO).
	www.dorandopietri.it /staffette_it.asp (586 words)

	Welcome to rediff.com : Sports - Athens 2004 History
		On a rare fiercely hot day, the distance proved too much for Italian Dorando Pietri, who was illegally assisted across the line after arriving first in the stadium all but unconscious and starting to circle the track the wrong way.
		American John Hayes was awarded the gold medal, a consolation to the U.S. team who had been incensed when the British did not fly the Stars and Stripes along with the other national flags in the stadium.
		The protest was upheld and Pietri was disqualified.
	www.rediff.com /sports/ath041908.htm (1259 words)

	History of great race filled with myth and magnificence - Sport - www.theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dorando Pietri, who was later disqualified, is helped across the line by officials at the 1908 Games.
		Four years later, Italian Dorando Pietri collapsed in the stadium and was helped across the line by officials.
		Pietri became more famous for failure than he would have been for success, turning professional and becoming the subject of one of Irving Berlin's more forgettable compositions: Dorando, He's a Gooda for Not.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/16/1082055646981.html (961 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1908 London
		With a crowd of 250,000 looking on, Italian Dorando Pietri reached the stadium first in the hot and humid conditions, but fell five times trying to complete his last lap of the track.
		Pietri spent hours near death following the race, but survived the ordeal to become the most famous athlete of the 1908 Olympics.
		The Pietri saga both boosted the popularity of the marathon and put the Olympics on the map.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1908.html (1217 words)

	CNN.com - Falling short - Jun 8, 2004
		An experienced long distance runner, the Italian had taken the lead a mile from the finish and, entering the stadium alone to huge cheers, he appeared all set to collect the gold medal.
		Eventually, just as John Hayes of the United States reached the stadium, Pietri was virtually carried across the line by officials, accompanied by wild applause from the crowd.
		It would be several hours before Pietri recovered enough to learn that he had been stripped of his medal for receiving outside help -- a decision preceded by angry arguments between officials and greeted by outrage in the stands.
	robots.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/06/03/olympics.moments.pietri (407 words)

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		Pietri got up, staggered on and fell again but was helped up by officials who eventually had to assist him across the finishing line.
		This was in clear violation of the rules, and the American team, whose runner John Hays, a New Yorker, came in second to Pietri, lodged a protest.
		In a very British gesture, it was announced that Pietri would receive a special award for the fighting spirit he had shown in adversity.
	www.athensnews.gr /athensmarathon/1mar6.htm (2841 words)

	Ultimate race provides maximum drama
		When it emerged that Lorz had hitched a ride for about a quarter of the race another American, Thomas Hicks, was awarded the gold medal even though he had been revived during the race with strychnine sulphate served in an egg white plus several sips of brandy.
		Pietri collapsed in the stadium and was helped across the line by British officials.
		Pietri became more famous for failure than he would have been for success, turning professional and becoming the unwitting subject of one of Irving Berlin's more forgettable compositions: "Dorando, He'sa Gooda for Not."
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/jul/06oly-mara.htm (882 words)

	Running Past - Profiles - Johnny Hayes
		Hayes, an Irishman, living in New York City, was second across the finish line, but Dorando Pietri, an Italian, had run himself into a stupor.
		Pietri had entered the stadium first, by a wide margin, and in his daze, turned the wrong way.
		After the dramatic Olympic battle between Dorando Pietri and Johnny Hayes, public interest was such that a match race was organized by professional promoters in November of 1908 at Madison Square Garden.
	www.runningpast.com /johnny_hayes.htm (850 words)

	Serbia Info News / DID YOU KNOW THAT . . .
		A disputed finish occurred in the marathon at the Olympics in London, 1908.
		Dorando Pietri of Italy had a large lead as he entered the stadium but collapsed a few hundred metres from the finish.
		After a protest by the U.S. team, Pietri was disqualified and American John Hayes was awarded the gold medal.
	www.serbia-info.com /news/2000-07/26/20021.html (347 words)

	Centenario Dorando Pietri olimpiadi di londra 1908 - 2008
		Così scriveva Dorando Pietri sul Corriere della Sera il 30 luglio 1908.
		Il 24 luglio 1908, in effetti, Dorando Pietri vinse la maratona dei giochi olimpici di Londra, ma fu squalificato per l’assistenza ricevuta negli ultimi metri.
		In tutto il mondo, gli storici dello sport definiscono ancora oggi quella "non vittoria" come "l’episodio più celebre nella storia dei giochi moderni" (Roberto Quercetani).
	www.dorandopietri.it (151 words)

	Skating Marathon memorial Enzo Ferrari
		The same number that Dorando Pietri had at the London Olympics in 1908 when he first won and then lost the marathon.
		The 2008 marathon celebrates the centenary of Dorando Pietri's feat in London 1908.
		The gold medals are dedicated to the 5 cities the marathon goes through to finally celebrate the year 2008 which coincides with the centenary of the famous London Olympics of Dorando Pietri, the twentieth anniversary of the death of Enzo Ferrari and the twentieth edition of the Italian Marathon.
	www.italianmarathon.it /skating_en.asp (1431 words)

	City of Rome Marathon - History
		Since the early years of the twentieth century the roads and squares of the Eternal City have seen some of the really mythical moments of the whole history of racing on foot.
		It is impossible to forget Dorando Pietri who on 2nd April 1906 triumphed at the tape of Piazza di Siena: in that spring, Villa Borghese anointed the great athlete from Carpi between lines of enthusiastic onlookers.
		And who does not remember the achievement of Abebe Bikila who, barefoot, took off along the floodlit Appia Antica to arrive a triumphant winner under the Arch of Costantine in the Olympic Marathon of 1960.
	www.maratonadiroma.it /eng/storia_en.asp (1293 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2001095369
		With about four laps to go, one of the two – Dorando Pietri of Italy – pitched forward on his face, barely conscious and unable to muster one more step.
		But in the early years of the 20th century, such events as the Tom Longboat-Dorando Pietri race were all the rage.
		In the six weeks after his 1908 victory over Dorando Pietri, he ran two more indoor marathons – one in Buffalo, the other back in Madison Square Garden.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random041/2001095369.html (1528 words)

	"Finishing" : Articles : HEARTLIGHT® Magazine
		Dorando Pietri was in a state of collapse as he entered the stadium for the final yards of the 1908 marathon.
		Pietri was disqualified, but his indomitable spirit made him an international celebrity.
		A similar display of courage enabled Derek Redmond of Great Britain to finish the 400 meters in '92.
	www.heartlight.org /articles/200511/20051118_finishing.html (486 words)

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