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...defeated favored Veikko Karvonen of Finland, who finished second, and Sweden's Kari Gosta Leandersson, who placed third. In fourth place was Katsuo Nishida of Japan, and Johnny Kelley of Boston University, in fifth place, was the top American on the 26-mile course...
...hurry for 26 miles, 385 yds. By running the distance in a shade over 2½ hours, they finished 1-2-3 in the 53rd Boston marathon. In so doing, they outclassed an international field of 131, including last year's winner, Karl Gösta Leandersson of Sweden...
...only ones trying to get downtown in time to see the runners again. Little hands of police everywhere routed traffic away from the course. Most of the racers were walking as they came into Kenmore Square. The sixth place runner was passing whn we reached the Square. Leandersson and Van Zant, someone told us painfully, hadn't shown up yet. In a second floor window a man in a trench coat, with carphones around his head, watched the runners and talked calmly into a microphone...
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