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Japan's First Boston Marathon Winner Shigeki Tanaka Passes Away Aged 91


1951 Boston Marathon champion Shigeki Tanaka, Japan's first winner of the prestigious race and a survivor of the Hiroshima nuclear attack less than six years earlier, passed away on Oct. 4. He was 91. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 on Oct. 12 at 719 Joyake-cho, Utsunomiya. 

photo © 1951 Leslie Jones, all rights reserved

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translated and edited by Brett Larner

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CK said…
Very well-written story about Boston Marathon 1951, Tanaka and the 3 other Japanese runners in the race (all finished top 10, context of Korean 1,2,3 in 1950) here:
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/04/six-years-seeing-first-atomic-bomb-detonate-hiroshima-shigeki-tanaka-japan-won-boston-marathon/
Recommended reading for any history buffs out there.
October 6, 2022 at 7:57 PM
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