Toru Terasawa
Toru Terasawa at the 1964 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1935-01-04) January 4, 1935 (age 89) Toyama Prefecture, Japan |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Toru Terasawa (寺沢 徹, Terasawa Tōru, born January 4, 1935) is a former Japanese long-distance runner who on February 17, 1963 set a world record in the marathon with a time of 2:15:16 at the Beppu Marathon. Terasawa placed second in the marathon at the 1964 Japanese Olympic trials[1] and 15th at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2] Terasawa is also a two-time champion of the Fukuoka Marathon; he set a Japanese national record during his 1962 victory (2:16:18.4) and improved on it when he won in 1964 (2:14:48.2).[3] At Fukuoka in 1966, he finished fifth (2:15:51.2) after colliding with Jim Hogan, the 1966 European marathon champion, and falling to the pavement just before the half way mark.[3]
When Morio Shigematsu set the world record at the 1965 Polytechnic Marathon, Terasawa finished second.[4] His 2:13:41 performance was the third best ever at the time[5] In 1965, he set his second world record, in the 30 km,[6] and in 1969 he won the Nagano Marathon.[7]
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1962 | Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | 2:16:19 |
1963 | Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu-Ōita, Japan | 1st | 2:15:16 |
1964 | Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | 2:14:49 |
Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu-Ōita, Japan | 1st | 2:17:49 | |
1965 | Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu-Ōita, Japan | 1st | 2:14:38 |
1966 | Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu-Ōita, Japan | 1st | 2:14:35 |
1969 | Nagano Commemorative Marathon | Nagano, Japan | 1st | 2:21:02 |
References
- ^ Martin, David E.; Gynn, Roger W. H. (2000). The Olympic Marathon. Human Kinetics. pp. 240–. ISBN 978-0-88011-969-6.
- ^ Toru Terasawa. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Marathon – A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships by K. Ken Nakamura – Part 1 1947–1966. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Marathon Won by Shigematsu in Record Time. 1965
- ^ A history of the Fukuoka International Marathon Championships. IAAF
- ^ World Best Progressions – Road. arrs.run
- ^ Ota, Shigenobu (2010-04-19). Nagano Olympic Memorial Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-04-30.
Records | ||
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Preceded by | Men's Marathon World Record Holder February 17, 1963 – June 15, 1963 | Succeeded by |
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- 1947: Toshikazu Wada (JPN)
- 1948: Saburo Yamada (JPN)
- 1949: Shinzo Koga (JPN)
- 1950: Shunji Koyanagi (JPN)
- 1951: Hiromi Haigo (JPN)
- 1952: Katsuo Nishida (JPN)
- 1953: Hideo Hamamura (JPN)
- 1954: Reinaldo Gorno (ARG)
- 1955: Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
- 1956: Keizo Yamada (JPN)
- 1957: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)
- 1958: Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)
- 1959–1959: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)
- 1960: Barry Magee (NZL)
- 1961: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
- 1962: Toru Terasawa (JPN)
- 1963: Jeff Julian (NZL)
- 1964: Toru Terasawa (JPN)
- 1965: Hidekuni Hiroshima (JPN)
- 1966: Mike Ryan (NZL)
- 1967: Derek Clayton (AUS)
- 1968: Bill Adcocks (ENG)
- 1969: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
- 1970: Akio Usami (JPN)
- 1971–1974: Frank Shorter (USA)
- 1975–1976: Jerome Drayton (CAN)
- 1977: Bill Rodgers (USA)
- 1978–1980: Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
- 1981: Robert de Castella (AUS)
- 1982: Paul Ballinger (NZL)
- 1983: Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
- 1984: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
- 1985: Hisatoshi Shintaku (JPN)
- 1986: Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
- 1987: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
- 1988: Toshihiro Shibutani (JPN)
- 1989: Manuel Matias (POR)
- 1990: Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)
- 1991: Shuichi Morita (JPN)
- 1992: Tena Negere (ETH)
- 1993: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
- 1994: Boay Akonay (TAN)
- 1995: Luíz Antônio dos Santos (BRA)
- 1996: Lee Bong-ju (KOR)
- 1997: Josia Thugwane (RSA)
- 1998: Jackson Kabiga (KEN)
- 1999: Gezahegne Abera (ETH)
- 2000: Atsushi Fujita (JPN)
- 2001–2002: Gezahegne Abera (ETH)
- 2003: Tomoaki Kunichika (JPN)
- 2004: Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN)
- 2005: Dmytro Baranovskyy (UKR)
- 2006: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
- 2007: Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)
- 2008–2009: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)
- 2010: Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
- 2011: Josephat Ndambiri (KEN)
- 2012: Joseph Gitau (KEN)
- 2013: Martin Mathathi (KEN)
- 2014–2015: Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN)
- 2016: Yemane Tsegay (ETH)
- 2017: Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR)
- 2018: Yuma Hattori (JPN)
- 2019: Taku Fujimoto (JPN)
- 2020: Yūya Yoshida (JPN)
- 2021: Michael Githae (KEN)
- 2022: Maru Teferi (ISR)
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