Kim Jong-su (runner)

Kim Jong-su
Personal information
Native name김정수
NationalityNorth Korean
Born (1970-04-09) 9 April 1970 (age 54)
Sport
SportLong-distance running
EventMarathon

Kim Jong-su (born 9 April 1970) is a North Korean long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

Kim finished 2nd at the 1995 Pyongyang Marathon in 2:12:40, 18 seconds behind Kim Jung-won.[2] He again finished runner-up at the same race in March 1996, running his personal best of 2:11:43 less than one minute behind Jung-won again.[3] In August that year, Kim finished 40th in the 1996 Olympic marathon, only 25 seconds behind Jung-won.[4]

Kim returned in 1997 to compete in the Beijing Marathon.[5] He finished 6th in 2:14:49 as the 2nd Korean behind Jung-won again.[6]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Jong-su Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ^ "ARRS recap for race #20107". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
  3. ^ "ARRS recap for race #14241". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
  4. ^ Kim Jong-su at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ Kim Jong-su at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ "ARRS recap for race #5965". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.