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 Sueo Ōe (left) and Shuhei Nishida in 1930 | |
| Native name |
大江 季雄 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 2, 1914 Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan |
| Died |
December 24, 1941 (aged 27) Luzon, Philippines |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Keio University[1] |
Sueo Ōe (大江 季雄 Ōe Sueo, August 2, 1914 – December 24, 1941) was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He won a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, tying with his teammate Shuhei Nishida. When the two declined to compete against each other to decide a winner, Nishida was awarded the silver after a decision of the Japanese team, on the basis that Nishida had cleared the height in fewer attempts.[2] The competition was featured in a scene in the documentary Olympia, filmed by Leni Riefenstahl. On their return to Japan, Nishida and Ōe had their Olympic medals cut in half, and had a jeweler splice together two new “friendship medals”, half in bronze and half in silver.[3]
A Nishida-Oe silver-bronze medal
In 1937 Ōe set a national record at 4 m 35 cm that stood for 21 years. In 1939 he joined the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in action in Luzon on December 24, 1941.[1][4][5][6]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 舞鶴出身オリンピック選手 プロフィール. soukaku.com
- ↑ "The Olympians who took matters into their own hands when they weren't allowed to share their medal". 8 August 2016. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-olympics-shuhei-nishida-and-sueo-oe-berlin-1936-japan-the-friends-who-wouldn-t-be-divided-7166816.html.
- ↑ Shuhei Nishida. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Sueo Oe. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ "「戦没オリンピアン」を追う 広島市立大の曾根名誉教授" (in Japanese). Nikkei. August 16, 2018. https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO34226410W8A810C1AC8Z00/.
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