Olympic Games/ Summer, 1912/ Stockholm/ Marathon. The offici - Lot 26

Olympic Games/ Summer, 1912/ Stockholm/ Marathon. The official program for July 14, 1912, the day of the marathon (but also the 1600m relay, the 4x400, the decathlon): "Olympiska Spelen, Stockholm, 1912, Stadion Program, Söndagen den marathondagen, 14 july, 25 öre...". In 40 pages (22x14), all about this great day (with advertisements in the end section, a little missing on the 4th cover). The marathon measures 40km200, and the starting numbers: South African Ken McArthur (the future winner in 2h36): 613, the French are Pautex d'Uzes (n°695, ill, he had to give up and was looked after by Evelyn, Bouin's trainer), G.Heuet (187) and Renon Boissière (553), he alone finished 13th in 2h51. Originally from Amfreville in the Eure region, he was killed in action in 1915....In the deca, we glimpse the great Jim Thorpe (701), the future winner, the Frenchman Géo André (758), and the future IOC President, Avery Brundage (n°33, who will be 6th in the pentathlon), in the French 4x400 relay (the 1600m), Pierre Failliot (345, the football-rugby international, hero of the 1911 France-Scotland race), Poulenard, Lelong and Schurer, our musketeers, take the silver medal in this first race, not yet called the 4X400 relay. Used condition. Very rare. This marathon is also sadly historic, because Benfica's Portuguese carpenter Francisco Lazaro (n°518) died the next day after suffering sunstroke at the 33rd km. A tragedy which inspired Peixoto's great novel: "The Piano Cemetery".