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The Curious Case of Shizo Kanakuri's 1912 Olympic Marathon Run (2018x243)
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When it comes to Olympic level track and field events, history tends to only remember those who ran the fastest, jumped the farthest and pushed themselves further than their peers. Shizo Kanakuri is an apparent exception to that rule because he’s fondly remembered for having the worst official time of any Olympic marathon runner in history, taking over 54 years to finish a race he started in 1912.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20120302100521/http://www.lydiardfoundation.org/Blog/EntryDisplay.aspx?EntryID=111
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/15/general/better-late-than-never-for-japans-first-slowest-olympian/#.WXX9FLIrLrd
https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/shizo-kanakuri-1.html
https://www.si.com/vault/1967/04/03/608939/scorecard
http://www.jubileemarathon.se/start/content.cfm?Sec_ID=2678&Rac_ID=170&Lan_ID=3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_L%C3%A1zaro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics
https://books.google.com/books?id=L13P2hF33PUC&pg=PT171&lpg=PT171&dq=Shiso+Kanakuri&source=bl&ots=QojDgZsw-F&sig=AyE26eYFtTzoWkBic2ZupaV1Glk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV1dW_u6XVAhUJw1QKHRnGDN8Q6AEIQjAF#v=onepage&q=Shiso%20Kanakuri&f=false
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