This is a Korean name; the family name is Nam.

Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze	1936 Berlin	Marathon

Nam Sung-yong
Hangul	남승룡
Hanja	南昇龍
Revised Romanization	Nam Seungryong
McCune–Reischauer	Nam Sŭngnyong

Nam Sung-Yong (November 23, 1912 in Suncheon, South Korea – February 20, 2001) was the bronze winner of the Marathon of the 1936 Summer Olympics, completing the run in 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 42 seconds. He is also the first Korean bronze Olympian.

Nam received higher education in Japan. Like the gold medalist Sohn Kee-Chung, Nam Sung-Yong used the Japanese pronunciation of his name, Nan Shōryū.

After the Olympics, Nam Sung-Yong worked at the Korean Sporting Association with Sohn Kee-Chung.

[edit] Nam's record

• 2:32:33, 2nd at Japan Championship (November 3, 1933)
• 2:36:05, the winner at Japan's Berlin Olympics qualifying round (May 21, 1936)
• 2:31:42, bronze medal at Berlin Olympics (August 9, 1936)
• 2:40:10, 10th at 1947 Boston Marathon (April 1947). At this race, Nam's compatriot Suh Yun-Bok was the winner.

[edit] See also

• List of people of Korean descent
• Sport in South Korea

[edit] External links

• (Korean) Profile from the Suncheon Marathon

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