Nam Sung-yong
 Nam Sung-yong at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Japan (1912–1945) South Korea (1945–2001) | |||||||||||
| Born | Nan Shōryū November 23, 1912 | |||||||||||
| Died | February 20, 2001 (aged 88) | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Nam Sung-yong | |
| Hangul | 남승룡 |
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| Hanja | 南昇龍 |
| RR | Nam Seungryong |
| MR | Nam Sŭngnyong |
Nam Sung-yong (November 23, 1912 – February 20, 2001) was a Korean Olympian who won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds.
Early life and education
He was born in Junten (now Suncheon, South Korea), in Korea, then a part of the Empire of Japan's Zenranan Province. He received higher education in Japan.
Career
He won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds. Since Korea at the time was a part of the Empire of Japan, making him a Japanese subject, the IOC credits the medal to Japan.
Like the gold medalist Sohn Kee-chung, Nam Sung-yong used the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Nan Shōryū as Korea was then a part of the Empire of Japan.[1]
After the Olympics, Nam Sung-yong worked at the Korean Sporting Association with Sohn Kee-chung.[2]
References
- ↑ Shoryu Nan. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Hwang, Kyung Moon (October 4, 2016). A history of Korea : an episodic narrative (2nd ed.). London. ISBN 9781137573568. OCLC 963173954.
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External links
Media related to Nam Sung-yong at Wikimedia Commons
- 1912 births
- 2001 deaths
- Sportspeople from Suncheon
- Korean men long-distance runners
- South Korean men long-distance runners
- Korean men marathon runners
- South Korean men marathon runners
- Japanese men long-distance runners
- Japanese men marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
- Yeongyang Nam clan
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- 20th-century South Korean sportsmen
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs
- South Korean athletics biography stubs