The Greek Olympic long jumper Grigoris Lambrakis was assassinated by right wing extremists in front of police and a crowd of witnesses.

Just one month earlier he had walked the full Marathon route in Greece to protest war and military power.

His killing shook the nation and foreshadowed the rise of the military dictatorship he had long feared was coming.

• Host: Aslan Pahari
• Producer: Hannah Jose
• Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls
• Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Chloe Farrington, Dylan Behan
• Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
• Supervising Producer: Kyla Slaven
• Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

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