I think it was on HBO
2006-11-22 18:12:57 · 2 answers · asked by robotron77 2 in Sports ➔ Olympics
Olympic runner, he set a new world record in the 1960 Olympics at 2:16:2 and then, in 1964 in Tokyo, he broke his own record by more than four minutes at 2:12:11, though still recovering from an appendix operation.
The movie about Abebe Bikila The film is about the great Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe
Bikila. Bikila won the 1960 Rome Olympic gold in record time,
running barefoot. This was the first gold medal ever won by
an African. He was in a severe car crash in Ethiopia,
which left him a paraplegic and with a big depression.
He was invited to "Beitostølen Helth Sport Center" in 1971,
were he competed in a dog race, and did great.
2006-11-23 06:05:01 · answer #1 · answered by moglie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know only one documentary - Tokyo Olympiad (1965) - http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00006673O/ref=imdbap_t_0/702-6365881-7627245
2006-11-23 06:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by kasiuleczek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋