Yasuo Ikenaka Explained

Yasuo Ikenaka
Birth Date:25 March 1914
Country:Japan
Sport:Long-distance running
Event:Marathon
Club:Toyo University

[1] was a Japanese long-distance runner who is credited by the International Association of Athletics Federations for setting a world's best in the marathon on April 3, 1935.[2] According to the IAAF, Ikenaka's time of 2:26:44 was over a minute faster than the previous record set by Fusashige Suzuki three days earlier.[2]

Notes

  1. http://alumni.toyo.ac.jp/blog/branch-01/jimukyoku/2011/02/post_59.html 池中康雄顕彰碑の除幕式が開催されました
  2. 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 .