Toshihiko Seko

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Toshihiko Seko athletics
nation JapanJapan Japan
birthday 15th July 1956 (age 64)
place of birth Kuwana , Japan
size 170 cm
Weight 62 kg
Career
discipline Long distance running
Best performance 2:08:27 h (marathon)
last change: September 27, 2018

Toshihiko Seko ( Japanese 瀬 古 利 彦 , Seko Toshihiko ; born July 15, 1956 in Kuwana ) is a former Japanese long-distance runner who was one of the world's best marathoners in the 1980s .

Life

He won the Fukuoka Marathon four times (1978–1980, 1983) and the Boston Marathon twice (1981, 1987). He also won the Tokyo International Men's Marathon in 1983, the London and Chicago marathons in 1986. With his victory in the Lake Biwa Marathon in 1988, he was Japanese champion for the third time (previously he had the title with his victories in Fukuoka in 1979 and 1983 won).

At the Olympic Games, he could not quite build on these successes. In 1984 in Los Angeles he finished 14th in the marathon, in 1988 in Seoul he was ninth.

In 1981 he set two world records on the track in one race . He ran 30,000 meters in 1: 29: 18.8 hours and passed the 25,000 meter mark in 1: 13: 55.8 hours on the way. Both records lasted for over 30 years before they were broken by Kenyan Moses Cheruiyot Mosop .

As a guest runner in the Ōme marathon over 30 km, he set a course record of 1:29:32 h, which was only beaten in 2019 by the Kenyan Ezekiel Cheboitibin .

Toshihiko Seko is 1.70 m tall and weighed 62 kg at competition times. He works as a trainer for the S&B Food Track Team and was a member of the advisory board for Tokyo's application to host the 2016 Summer Olympics .

Top performances

  • 5000 m : 13: 24.29 min, July 11, 1986, London
  • 10,000 m : 27: 42.17 min, July 2nd 1985, Stockholm
  • 20,000 m: 57: 48.7 min, May 11, 1985, Odawara (Asian record)
  • 25,000 m: 1: 13: 55.8 h, March 22, 1981, Christchurch (former world record)
  • 30,000 m: 1: 29: 18.8 h, March 22, 1981, Christchurch (former world record)
  • 30 km road run : 1:28:52 h, March 1, 1987, Nagoya
  • Marathon: 2:08:27 h, October 26, 1986, Chicago

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ arrs.run: National Marathon Champions for Japan
  2. ↑ IAAF: Mosop rips apart World records for 25,000 and 30,000m in Eugene - Samsung Diamond League ( Memento of 7 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ) (English), June 4, 2011
  3. ↑ Brett Larner: Cheboitibin Breaks Seko's Course Record at Ome 30 km. In: Japan Running News. February 17, 2019, accessed on February 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Seko, Toshihiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 瀬 古 利 彦 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese athlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuwana , Japan