0 0 ▁meter ▁ste e ple ch ase , ▁and ▁finished ▁ 4 th ▁in ▁the ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁meter ▁run . ▁A ▁controvers y ▁occurred ▁in ▁the ▁ 3 0 0 0 m ▁ste e ple ch ase , ▁where ▁two ▁Americans , ▁Curt ▁Stone ▁and ▁Ross , ▁had ▁pulled ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁field . ▁Stone ▁slow ed ▁down ▁on ▁the ▁last ▁straight away ▁and ▁held ▁Ross ' s ▁hand ▁as ▁they ▁crossed ▁the ▁line ▁together . ▁Argent ine ▁officials ▁deb ated ▁for ▁two ▁hours ▁whether ▁their ▁actions ▁viol ated ▁rules ▁requiring ▁athlet es ▁to ▁make ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁win ▁before ▁finally ▁allowing ▁the ▁results ▁to ▁stand , ▁ranking ▁Stone ▁as ▁first ▁after ▁a ▁close ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁finish ▁photo . ▁ ▁Long ▁Dist ance ▁Log ▁With ▁such ▁passion ▁for ▁the ▁sport ▁he ▁loved ▁it ▁was ▁in ev itable ▁that ▁Ross ▁would ▁continue ▁to ▁stay ▁involved ▁even ▁after ▁his ▁he yd ay ▁of ▁running . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁he ▁recognized ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁distance ▁running ▁results ▁to ▁be ▁published ▁and ▁widely ▁distributed ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁public ' s ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁sport . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁he ▁created ▁the ▁Long ▁Dist ance ▁Log ▁( after ▁its ▁insp iration , ▁Dist ance ▁Running ▁Journal , ▁created ▁by ▁Austin ▁Scott ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ) ▁the ▁only ▁publication ▁devoted ▁exclus ively ▁to ▁long - distance ▁running ▁in ▁the ▁USA . ▁The ▁first ▁issues ▁were ▁m ime ograph ed ▁on