Nam Sung-yong (November 23, 1912 – February 20, 2001) was a Korean Olympian who won a bronze medal in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds. He was born in Junten (Suncheon),

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and received higher education in Japan. Like the gold medalist

Sohn Kee-chung Sohn Kee-chung (; ; August 29, 1912 – November 15, 2002) was a Korean Olympic athlete and long-distance runner. He became the first Korean to win a medal at the Olympic Games, winning gold in the Marathon (sport), marathon at the Berlin Oly ...

, Nam Sung-yong used the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Nan Shōryū as Korea was then a part of the

Japanese Empire The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From 1910 to ...

. After the Olympics, Nam Sung-yong worked at the Korean Sporting Association with Sohn Kee-chung.

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1912 births 2001 deaths Sportspeople from Suncheon Korean male long-distance runners South Korean male long-distance runners Korean male marathon runners South Korean male marathon runners Japanese male long-distance runners Japanese male 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 (track and field)

Sung-yong Sung-yong, also spelled Seng-yong in the Yale transcription system or Seong-yong in Revised Romanization, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. Hanja There are 27 hanja ...

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