Nam Sung-yong

Nam Sung-yong
Hangul	남승룡
Hanja	南昇龍
Revised Romanization	Nam Seungryong
McCune–Reischauer	Nam Sŭngnyong

Nam Sung-yong
	Nam Sung-yong at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Japan(1912~1945) > South Korea(1945~2001)
Born	November 23, 1912
Died	February 20, 2001 (aged 88)
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Medal record
Representing Japan
Olympic Games

Nam Sung-yong (November 23, 1912 – February 20, 2001) was a Korean Olympian who won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1936 Summer Olympics, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds.

He was born in Junten (Suncheon), Korea, Empire of Japan and received higher education in Japan. Like the gold medalist Sohn Kee-chung, Nam Sung-yong used the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Nan Shōryū as Korea was then a part of the Japanese Empire.^[1]

After the Olympics, Nam Sung-yong worked at the Korean Sporting Association with Sohn Kee-chung.^[2]

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