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1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 Metres, The Start, Thomas Burke, USA won in 12 seconds (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 Metres, The Start, Thomas Burke, USA won in 12 seconds  (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 metres,The start of the race won by USA's Tom Burke (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 metres,The start of the race won by USA's Tom Burke  (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 and 400 Metres, Thomas Burke of Boston, USA, winner of two gold medals (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 and 400 Metres, Thomas Burke of Boston, USA, winner of two gold medals  (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, The Olympic Stadium for the first ever Olympic Games (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

1896 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, The Olympic Stadium for the first ever Olympic Games  (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)