Olympic silver for Tom Richards in 1948
It was an era of post-war austerity, flat daps and hard racing. Tom Richards thought he was out of the medals for much of the Olympic Games marathon race in London, but eventually came away with a silver medal just behind Argentinean Delfo Cabrera. The Welshman ran 2:35.07 to lose out on the title by a mere 16 seconds. Here is the video made by Welsh Athletics when they inducted Tom into their Hall of Fame.
