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Who did Dick Beardsley have a close finish with in the 1982 Boston Marathon?

  • Bill Rodgers

  • Inge Simonsen

  • Alberto Salazar

  • Frank Shorter

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In the 1982 Boston Marathon, Dick Beardsley had a thrilling finish with Alberto Salazar. Salazar won the race by just two seconds, in what is now known as the "Duel in the Sun."
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