In the first-ever modern Summer Olympics in 1896 in Greece, what runner famously took home gold in the marathon race?

A previously unknown water carrier, Spyridon Louis won the event, becoming a national hero in Greece. The race was based on a famous story about the Battle of Marathon, in which Pheidippdes ran from the village of Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of a Greek triumph. At the 1896 games, the marathon started in Marathon and ended in the Athens' Panathenaic Stadium - a distance of about 40 kilometers (25 mi).

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