History
The 1904 Olympic marathon's first-place finisher had ridden part of the course in a car
Fred Lorz collapsed from cramps at mile nine, rode eleven miles in a support car, then hopped out and jogged to the finish line first — and was nearly crowned champion before witnesses exposed the ride. The actual winner, Thomas Hicks, was kept upright over the final miles with doses of strychnine and brandy from his trainers, a stimulant regimen that would today be a straightforward doping violation.