Tokuo Kitani

Japanese: 木谷徳雄 - きたにとくお
Tokuo Kitani

… Japanese speed skating made remarkable progress in both skating technique and competition management during the Showa period, but it was Manchuria that far surpassed Japan in terms of technique. Three athletes who participated in the 1931 World Championships in Helsinki - Kitani Norio, Ishihara Shozo, and Kawamura Yasuo - were from Manchuria, and they also represented Japan in the following year's 3rd Winter Olympic Games (Lake Placid, USA) along with Junma Ruju from the mainland. Then, in the 4th Olympic Games in 1936 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany), Ishihara Shozo came in 4th in the 500m. …

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Japanese:

… 日本のスピードスケートは昭和期に入ると滑走技術,競技運営ともに著しく進歩したが,技術の点で日本をはるかにしのいでいたのが満州であった。1931年のヘルシンキの世界選手権大会に参加した木谷徳雄,石原省三,河村泰男の3選手は満州の出身で,翌年の第3回冬季オリンピック大会(レーク・プラシッド,アメリカ)にも内地の潤間留十とともに日本代表として出場している。次いで36年の第4回大会(ガルミッシュ・パルテンキルヘン,ドイツ)では石原省三が500mで第4位に入賞した。…

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