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Original Title: TIL at the 1952 Olympics Emil Zátopek won three gold medals - in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, and at the last minute he decided to compete in the first marathon of his life - which he also won, making him the only runner ever to have won all these events in the same Olympics.