Olympics

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 Olympics marathon 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.