Masaru Furukawa
 Masaru Furukawa (1956) | |
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Masaru Furukawa (古川 勝, Furukawa Masaru, born January 6, 1936 in Hashimoto, Wakayama) is a Japanese swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke.[1]
World records[]
Furukawa improved the world record of 200 metres breaststroke (long course) four times in 1954 and 1955, and his last record lasted until 1958.
Awards[]
Furukawa was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1981.
See also[]
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- World record progression 200 metres breaststroke
References[]
- ^ "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 5, 2008)
External links[]
- Masaru Furukawa at Olympedia
- Masaru Furukawa at International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Masaru Furukawa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- Swimmers at the 1958 Asian Games
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- Japanese male breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
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- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- People from Hashimoto, Wakayama
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