is a former Japanese long-distance runner, best known from winning the gold medal in the marathon at the

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. The favourite to win the race, Olympic champion

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, only finished eighth. The marathon was run under extremely adverse conditions of heat and humidity, which are reflected in the slow winning time of 2:14:57h. Taniguchi is the only male Japanese runner ever to have won a gold medal at World Championships. Taniguchi also won the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1985 and the

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in 1987.

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

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* * 1960 births Living people Japanese male long-distance runners Japanese male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Japan Nippon Sport Science University alumni London Marathon male winners World Athletics Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games World Athletics Championships winners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub