Hideo Hamamura, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Hideo Hamamura

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1928

Date of Death: 07-May-2000

Profession: marathon runner

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hideo Hamamura (?? ??, 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.