Rome, 1960: No shoes? No problem. #50Days50Moments Abebe Bikila, a relatively unknown distance #runner from #Ethiopia, pulls away from Morocco's Abdesselem Rhadi down the stretch to win the Olympic #marathon in a then-record time of 2 hours 15 minutes 16 seconds. It was a monumental #victory, as Bikila became the first-ever East African to win an #Olympic medal. Oh, and he did it without shoes. According to history, Bikila was late in arriving to get his shoes from the official sponsor Adidas and none of the remaining pairs were a good fit. So, he decided to do what he had done in countless training runs - he went barefoot | September, 1960 | 📷: Central Press | #GettySport #RoadToRio #CountdownToRio #Rio2016 #Olympics #🇪🇹 #🏅 ⬇️ Click the link in our bio to see more iconic Olympic moments...