AP WAS THERE: 1952 Helsinki Games
HELSINKI EDITORS With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This story was published in The Sunday Star in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 3 1952. Tens of thousands saw the incredible Czech win the Olympic 5,000 meters, then the 10,000 meters and climax it all by capturing the marathon. Is it any wonder that most observers in these Olympics made Zatopek the favorite in any race he ran? PULSE GOES FROM 68 to 168A Czech specialist found after an amazing 20,000-meter race won in 59:51.8, that Zatopek's pulse was 168 per minute.