Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

Hideo Hamamura

Hideo Hamamura (濱村 秀雄, Hamamura Hideo, 20 July 1928 – 7 May 2000) was a Japanese marathon runner.

He won the Boston Marathon in 1955 in a time of 2:18.22 which was a course record. He was 16th in the 1956 Olympic Games marathon in Melbourne.

After retiring from competitive racing, he became an athletics coach.

He died on 7 May 2000 from a malignant tumour.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Boston Marathon champion Hideo Hamamura has passed away". IAAF. 9 May 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2017.