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Yasuo Ikenaka

池中康雄
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Yasuo Ikenaka (池中 康雄, Ikenaka Yasuo; March 1914 – March 14, 1992) was a Japanese long-distance runner who is credited by the International Association of Athletics Federations for setting a world's best in the marathon on April 3, 1935. According to the IAAF, Ikenaka's time of 2:26:44 was over a minute faster than the previous record set by Fusashige Suzuki three days earlier.

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