Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s marathon event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 9. The final was won by Son Kitei.During the time of the competition Korea was a colony of Japan therefore Korean sportsmen competed as members of Japanese team and were using their Japanese names. Korean names of Son Kitei and Nan Shōryū are Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong respectively.