The 1904 Men’s Marathon Was The Weirdest Olympic Race Ever

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

The men's marathon at the 1904 Olympics could have won a gold medal for biggest trainwreck in Summer Games history. Here's how dirt, dehydration, dogs and more helped make this as bizarre a run as they get. But then the 1904 Games were strange for several other reasons as well. We'll explain why.

Running a marathon was never crazier or harder than during the 1904 St Louis Olympics (ABC Australia)

8 Unusual Facts About the 1904 St. Louis Olympics (History.com)

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