Hong Jong-o | |
Nationality: | South Korean |
Sport: | Long-distance running |
Event: | Marathon |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1925 |
Hong Jong-o (7 July 1925 – 13 September 2011) was a South Korean long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Hong won the first Son Kee-chung World Championship Chosun Ilbo Marathon. He later served as the Director of the Monopoly Bureau, the CEO of Namyang Ink, and the director of the Jeong Jin-gi Media and Culture Foundation. Hong died on 13 September 2011, at the age of 86.[2]