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The five Olympic rings of the Olympics are widely believed to represent continents, but that myth only emerged in 1951. Founder Pierre de Coubertin just picked colors so every national flag held at least one, plus white as the background.
At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, marathon runner Shizo Kanakuri collapsed from heat and fell asleep in a local home. He quietly returned to Japan, listed as missing. In 1967, at 76, he returned to finish. Official time: 54 years, 246 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes, 20.3 seconds.
South Korea's National Treasure No. 904 is an ancient Greek bronze helmet. Meant for 1936 Berlin Olympicsmarathon winner Son Ki-jung, the IOC refused to deliver it. It reached him 50 years later in 1986, and he donated it to the nation.