Tetsuo Hamuro
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Born | 7 September 1917 Fukuoka, Japan | |||||||||||
Died | 30 October 2005 (aged 88) Takaishi, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
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Tetsuo Hamuro (葉室 鐵夫, Hamuro Tetsuo, 7 September 1917 – 30 October 2005) was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. In 1935 he set a world record in the 200 m. Next year he won the gold medal in this event at the 1936 Olympics, setting a new Olympic record at 2:41.5. Hamuro swam the traditional breaststroke, while some of his competitors used the butterfly stroke, which was allowed at the time. Between 1935 and 1940 Hamuro never lost a race and won ten national breaststroke titles. After World War II he worked for the Mainichi newspaper as a sports journalist.[1] In 1990, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
Hamuro's wife was also a swimmer and a world champion in the masters category.[2]
See also
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tetsuo Hamuro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b "TETSUO HAMURO (JPN) 1990 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame.[dead link]
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- 1908:
Frederick Holman (GBR)
- 1912:
Walter Bathe (GER)
- 1920:
Håkan Malmrot (SWE)
- 1924:
Bob Skelton (USA)
- 1928:
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
- 1932:
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
- 1936:
Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN)
- 1948:
Joe Verdeur (USA)
- 1952:
John Davies (AUS)
- 1956:
Masaru Furukawa (JPN)
- 1960:
Bill Mulliken (USA)
- 1964:
Ian O'Brien (AUS)
- 1968:
Felipe Muñoz (MEX)
- 1972:
John Hencken (USA)
- 1976:
David Wilkie (GBR)
- 1980:
Robertas Žulpa (URS)
- 1984:
Victor Davis (CAN)
- 1988:
József Szabó (HUN)
- 1992:
Mike Barrowman (USA)
- 1996:
Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
- 2000:
Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)
- 2004:
Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
- 2008:
Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
- 2012:
Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
- 2016:
Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ)
- 2020:
Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)
- 2024:
Léon Marchand (FRA)
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