I am an old marathoner. About an hour slower than Bikila. He and Wolde are to this day two of my heroes.

ABEBE BIKILA is the finest marathon runner ever. He won two consecutive olympic marathon races. Just see his sheer determination, single minded devotion and huge internal confidence. He inspired subsequent generations of middle & long distance runners from Ethiopia and other countries of Africa. A big salute to BIKILA. The video is a great pleasure to watch. 👌👌👌👍👍👍

Abebe is the first African to win the Olympic marathon, he won the marathon race bare footed. He is a World Icon. 🇪🇹⚔️🇪🇹

Abebe, still to this day, is a very special athlete.

Abebe Bikila basically led the entire race, amazing.

Our athletes win every other Olympic since then but never felt this proud! 💪🏿🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹✊🏿

The Tokyo 1964 documentary is pure cinematic delight. And the music, soundtrack!

Abebe Bikila was a soldier and served in the Ethiopian Armed Forces. Being a soldier obviously it worked in his favour as the training in the boot champ involved a lot of running and even competitions were held regularly and that is what propelled him to international stage. At a time when professional Athletes didn't exist, the reward / incentive for winning Olympic was nothing compared to now days. This is why Abebe Bikila is a true legend especially for winning the 1960 Olympic marathon on barefoot which I don't think we will ever see any athlete doing the same. RIP Abebe Bikila!!

We will never forget you, our hero. We are working hard to maintain your legacy. Rest in eternal peace! 🇪🇹

The person who dared to run a marathon without shoe. History will remember forever!!! RIP

አበበ ቢቂላ የኛ ጀግና, ሁሌም በኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ ሲታወስ ይኖራል ❤️ በጣም አናመሰግናለን ለዚህ አስገራሚ ቪደኦ ::

The Greatest distance Runner in History...A Legend!! I was 9 when he won in Tokyo!!

What makes Abebe Bikila the greatest of them all is that he did not need the right conditions to do wonders. He could win in a world record time barefoot on cobblestone or under an unbelievable combination of heat and humidity.

Kokichi Tsuburaya (the 3rd place) had a sad ending after that marathon, he looks sad after finish the race, because he considered that he dishonored his country after losing the second place, and he thought that, to be forgiven, he had to win the Mexico City marathon in 1968. He began to train all those years to win, unfortunately he suffered an injury in january, 1968, and he killed himself after knowing that he wouldn't be able to run the marathon. That was a sad story and I felt sad for him after hear that story.

look at him how he was look strong at end woow proud to his country.

You are always reminded Abebe Bikila. No words can explain your discipline and bravery. True Ethiopian hero.

Abebe Bikila represented my country very well! Still to this day, Ethiopia is known for it's long distance runners!

Wow amazing! Rest in heaven Abebe Bikila. #1

Every Ethiopian know abebe bekila. He is the epidemy of long distance running. His very name resonates throughout history as the greatest who ever done it.

A shocking pulsed waves resonates in my body and almost make me cry every time I see Abebe Bikila. Our pioner, symbol, blood of Our blood: Africa's first ever Gold medalist ..... man i have no words! This man's picture is supposed to be always with our Flag Green-Yellow-Red. Long live proud Ethiopia, thanks to your amazing children.

The tragic music piece playing at the finish as the runners came in just spectacular. Stunning visuals too.

My favorite Athlete of all time.The legendary ABEBE BIKILA.

The greatest marathoner of them all, bar none !!!

The moment the camera focuses on the crowd you realize how fast the athletes are running.

Great legend... He not only inspired Ethiopians but the whole eastern Africa community ... He was very much strong at his era... His heroics will ever remain as he his missed by the new generation of marathoners... Rip Abebe.

It's like he's the only one running while others were taking snack breaks. Don't hate, just kidding.

Love his stretches after race finishes!

Love the hospitality of the Japanese officials and medical personnel...so refined and gracious!

He finished 2 hours and 12 minutes in 1964. Today the record remains at 2 hours and 1 min with only 11 minutes improvement in 56 years. I am sure, Abebe could have won with faster time had any body cared for records by then.

I think it's amazing how little we knew about dehydration back then, and only set up three or four water stops in an entire marathon. Nowadays, we have a water stop every few miles

What a great athlete! Glorious time for Ethiopia, winning 3 Olympic marathons in a row, 1960, 1964 by Abebe, 1968 by Wolde!

You are our hero I am proud my for you i am from Ethiopian

Abebe is still hero! there is no one to this day who can make push up after running 42 km!

what makes me funny is the runners at the beginning line setted to start like they are to run 800m. Old times were funny and beloved.

He put us all Ethiopan proudly at global stage twice . We can’t pay him price for ever because such heroic act of patriot priceless.Some times I feel that he is the one who put Ethiopia on global map

The one and the only to won a Marathon on barefoot. He is a legend. He deserves more respect

There is nothing best than film footage of historical moments shot by professional filmakers. No TV broadcasting can compete with this. This is top notch. 👌

የኛ ጀግና ነብሰህን ይማረው 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 R.I.P

our hero የኛ ጀግና ስምህ ከመቃብር በላይ ነው ሁሌም በልባችን ነህ። ነፍስህን ይማር የኛ እንቁ

The best all times The great Abebe Bikila

R.I.P Abebe Bikila our hero. 💚💛❤️

Amazing quality and production. Almost seems like a movie

The great philosopher who runs

Finally... here's the guy from Marathon Man.

its kinda cool how he mentions "all the big ones are there" and mentions billy mills when mills was originally unrecognized before his 10k

he was just warming up

It is funny how they stop, take a walk and ba k to running. Enjoyed it

The best marathon runner of all time!

amazing cinematics

he has strength and he’s a brave man ABEBE BIKILA FOR ETHIOPIEN

His coach said Abebe does not have nerves. He does not panick and is extremely composed onward to the race. So he started the race last, he moved confidently to the front by the half way mark. In what appeared to be a testing weather where all the athletes were struggling, he pulled ahead with a perilious pace. There after it was a solo display of running master piece, that of sheer determination, endurance, huge physical energy and supreme confidence. Abebe is the epitome of heroics and bravery in long distance running.

Amazing athletes at that time,only a few stops for hydration, now they get all they want , Olympic Spirit ✊🏻

Now the marathon has come so far . Great respect to all the runners.

የነኝህ ጀግኖች ሀገር ዛሬ እንድህ ሆና ማየት ምንኛ ያሳዝናል Rest In Peace our heroes

Not only did Bikila twice win an Olympic marathon in world fastest ever time, the only person to ever do so, he did it in the heat and humidity of summer in Rome and Tokyo, conditions for which as an African highlander he was unaccustomed.

He is world hero

A black Lee Van Cleef...Abebe Bakila....a perfect stride for this race!...music is perfect!

የምንኮራበት ድንቅዬ የኢትዮጵያ ልጅ አበበ በቂላ ታሪክ የማይሽረው ብርቅዬ , የቁርጥ ልጅ :: በሀይሌ ገ/ሥላሴ የተሰየመው መንገድ ይልቅ ለአበበ በቂላ ቢሰየም የተሻለ ነበረ:: ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር!

Abebe image of Ethiopia. Ethiopia the only country won the Olympic 4 ×

Abebe bikila ILOVE YOU SOMUCH 😭😭😭😭❤❤

The man who won the Rome olympic marathon barefoot also won at Tokyo.

abebe bikila is our legend!

Whoever reached the line dint lose the run, they won

Ethiopia is the real Wakanda, first they beat there attempted colonizers in war and then beat them in athletics in there own country.

Wow amazing runner Abebe is unique

...what a kick from Basil Heatley for Silver.

Wow! Abebe Bikila was quite something! I had heard that after the long Marathon, he did stretching exercises while he waited for the other runners to finish!

I love how he approuching the side of all the struggling and the human side on this Runner like Kon Ichikawa did in this olympics You can see how he use slowmotion on abebe

A childhood hero. Such a beautiful running style. Master marathoner.

ዘር በማይቆጠርበት በደጉ ዘመን ኖረው ያለፉ እድለኞች ናቸው። ወደዚህ አስተሳሰብ እንመለስ ይሆን? አንድ ህዝብ ላንድ ኢትዮጵያ ሲሮጥ ዘር ሳይሆን የሚመረጠው ብቃት ብቻ ይሆናል አገሩንም ያስጠራል።

Abebe Bikila, legendary man!

I was nostalgic feeling so good mostly.

A unique man in many ways - seen only once in 100 years. Bikila's gold medal was the first Olympic medal won by a black African. Abebe participated in a total of sixteen marathons, winning twelve. Run barefooted, and won. He also become Africa's first Olympic double-gold medalist and double world-record-breaking athlete. No one else in the world has won two Olympic gold medals in the marathon, while simultaneously breaking the world record! Still, Abebe Bikila and Waldemar Cierpinski are the only athletes to have won two Olympic gold medals in Olympic marathon.

After jogging in the park, and getting a gold along the way, the dude proceeds to exercise, ready to get on with his day :-)

Watching this video takes me to my early school days. Abebe's statue is located at St. Joseph semmintery in Addis which is basically in our neigbourhood (on the road between our house and school). So every day to and from school we cross that semmentery and go around the statue which is surrounded by lots of beautiful shade trees. So we used to climb those trees to get a rest in the middle of our journey. And the guards that watch the statue day and night always used to shout and scare us like a bird. Memories came back after watching this video. Thank you for sharing.

I like how japan cheers up not just their representatives but the other countries aswell

Quiet, humble and deadly.

Surprising that no one at PUMA thinks to use these clips to promote their shoes. If he had run in Nikes it would be everywhere.

The iron man abebe bikila!!❤ Rip my hero 😭😭😭

I didn't known about this information in 1964 . It's amazing!

Incredible image quality for a 1964 broadcast!

Our beloved, Abebe. He will live in our hearts. አበበ እንጂ መቼ ሞተ፡፡

Glory to all of them!!

Abebe Bikila = Olympic Legend. 💖💖💖

RIP LEGEND We never forget you 🙏🙏

LEGEND!!!

Abe ,our Ethiopian hero.we always remember you!!!

Un gran momento olímpico , estas historias han inspirado a muchos atletas , excelente resumen

The Legend!

Abebe Bikila has such a powerful stride and a beautiful form. Put him on a pair of Vaporflys just to see what would happen. He would still compete today amongst the best, no doubts about that.

New all over the time. Thank you Abe our hero.

I am really proud of my country son (Abebe Bikila ever great in the running world forever) R.I.P

The recent P.M. of Japan Abe was named after Abebe Biqila with due respect.

Very inspirational!!!

We never forget you Abebe we love you and we are so proud of you.

Abe have a great strength and amazing endurance. we Won italy at home and away by marathon. Abeba bikila was great athlet in history of black African

Be Ethiopiawnete Beeetam ekoralew! Love🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

He doesn't regret at all.

My hero for ever. You are a true legendes for oure country ethiopia, for Africa nation and world nations

I love this great man wow