Hiroshi Suzuki (swimmer)
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Born | (1933-09-18) September 18, 1933 (age 91) Aichi Prefecture, Empire of Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hiroshi Suzuki (鈴木 弘, Suzuki Hiroshi, born September 18, 1933) is a retired Japanese freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 100 m and 4×200 m relay events at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won two silver medals in 1952.[1] In the 100 m event in the 1952 Olympics, Hiroshi actually posted an identical time to the eventual gold medal winner, Clarke Scholes of the US. Officials used a judges decision to award Clarke Scholes the gold medal and Hiroshi Suzuki the silver medal.[2] He won gold medals in these two events at the 1954 Asian Games.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hiroshi Suzuki". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ Lohn, John (2014). The Most Memorable Moments in Olympic Swimming. Rowman and Littlefield. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4422-3700-1.
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- 1951 Sachin Nag (IND)
- 1954 Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN)
- 1958 Manabu Koga (JPN)
- 1962 Keigo Shimizu (JPN)
- 1966 Kunihiro Iwasaki (JPN)
- 1970 Shojiro Sawa (JPN)
- 1974 Dan Brener (ISR)
- 1978 Tsuyoshi Yanagidate (JPN)
- 1982 Ang Peng Siong (SIN)
- 1986 Katsunori Fujiwara (JPN)
- 1990 Shen Jianqiang (CHN)
- 1994 Yukihiro Matsushita (JPN)
- 1998 Shunsuke Ito (JPN)
- 2002 Chen Zuo (CHN)
- 2006 Chen Zuo (CHN)
- 2010 Park Tae-hwan (KOR)
- 2014 Ning Zetao (CHN)
- 2018 Shinri Shioura (JPN)
- 2022 Pan Zhanle (CHN)
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