Blazer, tie, and belt worn by Ted Corbitt for the 1952 Helsinki XV Olympics
- Medium
- Jacket: wool, silk, plastic, and thread; Tie: silk and thread; Belt: leather, metal, ink, and thread
- Genre
- Sports uniforms
Styles
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Clothing and dressTrack and fieldsportsOlympics
About
In the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Ted Corbitt became the first African American to compete in the Olympic marathon.
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![[Circus performer practicing on a pole]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/3815f0a2-ed72-4aac-ac58-fe6d16607090/full/843,/0/default.jpg)