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Hideo Hamamura (濱村 秀雄, Hamamura Hideo, 20 July 1928 – 7 May 2000) was a Japanese marathon runner.

He won the Boston Marathon in 1955 in a time of 2:18.22 which was a course record. He was 16th in the 1956 Olympic Games marathon in Melbourne.

After retiring from competitive racing, he became an athletics coach.

He died on 7 May 2000 from a malignant tumour.

References

1. "Boston Marathon champion Hideo Hamamura has passed away". IAAF. 9 May 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

External links

• Hideo Hamamura at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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