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Suh Yun-bok, a South Korean athlete, crosses the tape to win the Boston Marathon of 1947.

Suh Yun-bok (1923, Korea under Japanese rule - 2017) was a South Korean marathoner, who is best known as the winner of the 1947 Boston Marathon. He won the race with a world best time of 2:25:39 under the coach Sohn Kee-Chung, the Korean winner of the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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Suh Yun-bok, a South Korean athlete, crosses the tape to win the Boston Marathon of 1947.

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Suh Yun-bok (1923, Korea under Japanese rule - 2017) was a South Korean marathoner, who is best known as the winner of the 1947 Boston Marathon. He won the race with a world best time of 2:25:39 under the coach Sohn Kee-Chung, the Korean winner of the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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45.6 x 33.0 cm | 17.9 x 13.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1947 • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • ATHLET • ATHLETE • BERLIN OLYMPICS • BOSTON MARATHON • COACH • JAPAN • JAPANESE • JOGGER • KOREA • KOREAN • MARATHON • OCCUPATION • OLYMPIC GAMES • RUNNER (SPORTS) • RUNNER • SHON KEE-CHUNG • SOUTH KOREA • SPRINTER • SUH YUN-BOK • TWENTIETH CENTURY