Maraniss wins a gold medal for his portraits of American stars Wilma Rudolph, Rafer Johnson and Cassius Clay, as well as of the barefoot Ethiopian gold medal marathoner AbebeBikila.
And so will many other performances in a Games that sired 15 world records and added illustrious new names to an Olympic Hall of Fame that includes such legends as Jesse Owens, Emil Zatopek, AbebeBikila and Sebas-tian Coe.