Shigeru So Explained

Birth Date:	1953 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Usuki, Ōita, Japan
Country:	Japan
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Marathon
Pb:	Marathon 2:09:05 (Beppu-Ōita 1978)

(born 9 January 1953 in Usuki, Ōita) is a Japanese retired long-distance runner who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. He won the 1985 edition of the Tokyo Marathon. His twin brother Takeshi So is also a retired Olympic marathoner, and finished fourth in Los Angeles, California (1984).

Some road racing authorities consider his winning run at the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1978 (2:09:05.6) to have been a marathon world best.

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Representing
1973	Nobeoka Marathon	Nobeoka, Japan	1st	2:17:29
1974	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	16th	2:18:32
1975	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	16th	2:15:50
1976	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	3rd	2:18:05
	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	20th	2:18:26
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	4th	2:14:59
1978	Beppu-Ōita Marathon	Beppu-Ōita, Japan	1st	2:09:06
	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	3rd	2:17:13
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	2:11:41
1979	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	1st	2:13:26
	Open Spartakiada Marathon	Moscow, Russia	2nd	2:13:20
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	2nd	2:10:37
1980	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	5th	2:10:23
1981	Beppu-Ōita Marathon	Beppu-Ōita, Japan	1st	2:11:30
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	2:10:19
1983	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	10th	2:13:18
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	3rd	2:09:11
1984		Los Angeles, United States	17th
1985	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:10:32
	1985 World Marathon Cup	Hiroshima, Japan	17th	2:12:27
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, PR China	1st	2:10:23
1987	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	21st	2:14:53
1989	Beppu-Ōita Marathon	Beppu-Ōita, Japan	5th	2:12:49

External links

• 1986 Year Ranking