Conversation so far:
What did Bikila do in the Olypmics?
marathon.
What he successful?
Abebe's winning time was 2:15:16.2, twenty-five seconds faster than ben Abdesselam at 2:15.41.6, and breaking Popov's world record by eight tenths of a second.

Question: What else is significant about the 1960 Olympics?
Self-contained rewrite: What else is significant about the 1960 Olympics other than Bikila breaking Popov's world record by eight tenths of a second?