page_title: Dragutin Tomašević
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Dragutin Tomašević / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Dragutin Tomašević first serbian maraton runer Српски / srpski: Драгутин Томашевић, први српски маратонац
context_page_description: Dragutin Tomašević was a Serbian track and field athlete and gymnast who competed in the men's marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, the first Olympic Games in which Serbia participated. He was also chosen to be Serbia's flag bearer at that year's opening ceremony, thereby becoming the first Serbian to carry his country's flag at the Olympic Games.
  The men's marathon, which lasted 40.2 kilometres, took place on 14 July amid record heat; half the runners did not finish. Tomašević emerged from the marathon "battered and bruised", finishing 37th out of sixty-eight runners in two hours and 47 minutes. The cause of his injuries remains unknown, but one modern sports writer speculates that Tomašević may have suffered a fall during the run.
  Following the outbreak of World War I, Tomašević was conscripted by the Royal Serbian Army. He was killed during a skirmish with soldiers of the Imperial German Army in October 1915. Following his death, he became the subject of several urban legends concerning his athletic prowess. Tomašević's native village contains a museum dedicated to his sporting achievements.
context_section_description: A myth that surfaced following Tomašević's death holds that the pathologist who examined his cadaver discovered that the athlete had been born with two hearts. Another urban legend holds that, in 1909, Tomašević was challenged to race a train from Požarevac to Petrovac na Mlavi by a Serbian transportation firm. He is said to have been waiting for the train as it arrived at the station, to the astonishment of the train conductor and the company's executives.
  Tomašević's native village contains a museum dedicated to his sporting achievements. A commemorative marathon that takes in Petrovac na Mlavi every year has been named in his honour and a street in Belgrade bears his name. McCrery describes Tomašević as "one of Serbia's greatest sporting heroes."
   
caption: A life-size statue of Tomašević in Petrovac na Mlavi
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