![1964 Tokyo Olympic Games- Abebe Bikila – The Barefoot Runner- 2 Time Marathon Champion | slicethelife 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games- Abebe Bikila – The Barefoot Runner- 2 Time Marathon Champion | slicethelife](http://www.ethiopians.com/Abikila.jpg)
1964 Tokyo Olympic Games- Abebe Bikila – The Barefoot Runner- 2 Time Marathon Champion | slicethelife
![50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian 50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/25/1335313836253/Bikila-Abebe-Winning-Seco-008.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4fbc733ea0dead5348535a44a4e9489a)
50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian
![50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian 50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/25/1335313813097/Abebe-Bikila-in-Rome-in-1-001.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ce7a6348f0e00ae5bacd5cb9a95b087b)
50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian
![50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian 50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/25/1335313827473/Abebe-Bikila-triumphant-005.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fb80113c8da770b52f0e577aadb0ea90)
50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures | Sport | The Guardian
African Athletics United - Abebe Bikila Barefoot Challenge (Toronto) - July 27, 2019 Carole of AAU with Ethiopian sportswriter Bizuayehu Tesfu Wagaw and IAAF registered agent Yonatan Wegayehu (Marathon Elites Athletic Management) | Facebook
![David Ngeny Cheruiyot of Kenya celebrates in front of Rome's Constantine Arch, after winning the 11 kilometer road race to pay tribute to the Olympic marathon gold medallist Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia David Ngeny Cheruiyot of Kenya celebrates in front of Rome's Constantine Arch, after winning the 11 kilometer road race to pay tribute to the Olympic marathon gold medallist Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2pdtcm7/david-ngeny-cheruiyot-of-kenya-celebrates-in-front-of-romes-constantine-arch-after-winning-the-11-kilometer-road-race-to-pay-tribute-to-the-olympic-marathon-gold-medallist-abebe-bikila-of-ethiopia-early-sunday-sept-11-2005-bikila-ran-barefoot-to-win-the-1960-rome-olympic-marathon-in-a-time-of-21516-hoursap-photoalessandra-tarantino-2pdtcm7.jpg)
David Ngeny Cheruiyot of Kenya celebrates in front of Rome's Constantine Arch, after winning the 11 kilometer road race to pay tribute to the Olympic marathon gold medallist Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia
![Abebe Bikila, a bodyguard of the Ethiopian Emperor, creates history winning the marathon barefoot at the 1960 Rome Olympics. His victory was one of the great moments in Olympic history, and it Abebe Bikila, a bodyguard of the Ethiopian Emperor, creates history winning the marathon barefoot at the 1960 Rome Olympics. His victory was one of the great moments in Olympic history, and it](https://preview.redd.it/uogoanslbym91.png?width=533&format=png&auto=webp&s=7fb164a308bef91e0810dfb034f815c948bb902e)