Fusashige Suzuki Explained

Birth Date:	February 15, 1914
Death Date:	June 3, 1945 (aged 31)
Death Place:	South China Sea
Height:	1.65m (05.41feet)
Weight:	58kg (128lb)
Sport:	Long-distance running
Show-Medals:	yes

was a Japanese long-distance runner who is credited by the International Association of Athletics Federations for setting a world record in the marathon on March 31, 1935.^[1]

He was one of marathon runners dispatched to 1936 Summer Olympics but did not compete at the games due to his illness. In this game, he ran 10,000 metres,^[2] but his record is unknown. He was known for performance at Hakone Ekiden races as a member of the Nippon University team.^[3]

During the Pacific War, he was killed in action in the South China Sea.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes

1. Web site: 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. . IAAF Media & Public Relations Department . Monte Carlo . 565 . 2009 . November 4, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090806172743/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf . August 6, 2009 .
2. Book: ja:第11回オリンピック大会報告書 . The report of the 11th Olympic game . Japan Amateur Sports Association . 1936 . Japanese . 51.
3. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/ekiden/2009/feature/ougon/fe_ou_081209_01.htm Yomiuri Shimbun article
4. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/fusashige-suzuki-1.html Fusashige Suzuki
5. Book: ja:日本陸上競技連盟七十年史 . Seventy-year History of Japan Association of Athletics Federations . . 1995 . Japanese . 176.
6. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.