He managed to beat one other runner to finish 6th.
Nearly 250 runners started the race; 215 runners finished, among them 162 men and 53 women.
The easiest explanation to the mystery is also the most likely: the runners probably finished all 26.2 miles, just on a different course.
At the 2009 edition of the race, 4897 runners finished the marathon course, which included 556 women.
Five runners finish that race out of a few thousand.
In total, 27161 runners started the marathon race and of these 26175 finished the full distance.
In all, four runners finished in under 10 seconds - the first time that has been done.
This was the first time that four runners finished under 10 seconds in an Olympic 100-meter final.
With his heel flapping, the American runner finished fourth in the race.
In 1933 the rules were changed such that the runners finished the race when they reached the line.