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Title
Men's marathon, 1984 Olympic Games
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Gulker, Chris
Date Created and/or Issued
1984
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
For the marathon, there were 107 competitors from 59 countries; 78 of them completed the race.
Photograph caption dated August 13, 1984 reads, "Crowd on Barnard Way in Santa Monica cheers marathoners at 15km mark, (Carlos Lopes of Portugal ) #723 won." Lopes time' was 2:09:21.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00098664
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Olympics (1984).
CARL0005077150
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33739
Subject
Olympic Games--(23rd :--1984 :--Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympics
Marathons
Marathon running
Runners (Sports)
Running races
Olympic athletes
Streets--California--Santa Monica
Crowds--California--Santa Monica
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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