was a

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Olympic swimmer. He won silver medal for the Men's 1500 meter freestyle event in the

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, and a bronze medal for the Men’s 400 meter freestyle event in the

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. Makino was born in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the north ...

, Japan, and was a graduate of

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

. On August 30, 1931, while still a middle school student, he set a new world record for the Men’s 800-meter freestyle with a time of 10 minutes 16.6 seconds.

Competitive highlights

*1932 Olympics 1500 m freestyle - 19:14.1 *1936 Olympics 400 m freestyle - 4:48.1

External links

Japanese Olympic Committee database
1915 births 1987 deaths Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture Waseda University alumni Japanese male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-Olympic-medalist-stub

Competitive highlights

See also

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