BREAKING
IT DOWN
385 YARDS
OF A 400 M
TRACK
321 .9 METRES
OF A 400 M
TRACK
80 PER CENT
OF A 400 M
TRACK
0 .7 6 PER CENT
OF THE
MARATHON
DISTANCE
1 ,1 55 FEET
OR 13 ,8 60
INCHES
226 JOAN
BENOIT
SAMUELSONS
JOAN, FIRST
WINNER OF
THE WOMEN’S
OLYMPIC
MARATHON,
IS 5 FT 2 IN
1 ,0 87
ORIGINAL
NIKE WAFFLE
TRAINERS
12 .7 5 INCHES
(SIZE 11 .5)
Point-two never mattered more than on a
scorching April day in 1982. In a race
measured in miles, Alberto Salazar (2) beat
Dick Beardsley (3) by a few feet – one of the
closest Boston Marathon finishes ever.