Ham Kee-yong

Ham Kee-yong (born November 14, 1930) is a former South Korean marathoner, best known as the winner of the 1950 Boston Marathon.

On April 19, 1950, he won the Boston Marathon with a record time of 2:32:39, under coach Sohn Kee-chung, the marathon winner at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The second and third-place finishers that year, Song Gil-yun (송길윤, 宋吉允; 숭문중학) and Choe Yun-chil (최윤칠, 崔崙七; 연희대학) were also South Koreans. A South Korean male would not win the Boston Marathon again until 2001.^[1]

The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, so a planned victory celebration did not take place that year. On April 18, 2004, his feat was finally celebrated in his hometown, Chuncheon, with Ham in attendance.

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Korea
1950	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:32:39

See also[]

• Suh Yun-bok, the winner of the 1947 Boston marathon
• Lee Bong-ju, the winner of the 2001 Boston marathon

External links[]

• Ham Kee-yong^{[permanent dead link]}
• congratulatory 2004 event
• History of Korea's marathon

References[]

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