Carlos Lopes
Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes, GCIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾluʒ ˈlɔpɨʃ], born 18 February 1947) is a Portuguese former long-distance runner who competed for Sporting of Portugal at club level.
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| Nationality | Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Men's athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist and setting an Olympic record for the event. This record in the men’s marathon stood for 24 years.
In 1985, Lopes set the marathon world record at 2:07:12 at the Rotterdam Marathon.
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