How long did it take the Japanese marathon runner Shizo Kanakuri to finish the Olympic marathon?

That was a really neat opportunity, cheers to the Olympic Committee!

He drank orange juice and then disappeared for 54 years! Very strange.

There's hope for all of us to complete that marathon!

in fairness it's a bit of a trick question, as it implies he kept running, as opposed to taking so many years off, and only then, he resumed the race... hmmm

The important thing is no matter how long it took him, he finished the race.

Rey, slowly but surely

I might even be able to beat that time!?

Would love to know why he disappeared and why was he missing so long?. Does anyone know? Do not understand why there is no explanation for the 54 years he was missing.

Vel, he lived his life. He wasn't missing after the OC stopped looking.

I love that they measured it down to tenths of a second, lol

Dedicated 🙃

Vel, yeah! They should have explained what happened in between.

oddly specific of an answer

Vel, found us the answer!,😊 the marathon was during a heat wave in Stockholm. the whole Japanese group struggled to adjust to the weather and food. his coach/team leader had some sort of food poisoning, so Shizo wasn't trained well. About sixteen miles into the race, an exhausted Kanakuri left the course and desperately stumbled into a nearby garden party, where he drank orange juice for an hour.Embarrassed by his failure, he silently returned to Japan without notifying race officials. Since Kanakuri did not finish, race officials gave the consolation prize, a large wooden spoon, to a Russian. Kanakuri's disappearance spurred humorous stories in Sweden about the supposedly lost Japanese runner. Sweden added Shizo Kanakuri to its missing persons list, and his name remained there for fifty years.

Tremain White, mmm... I didn't know the answer to this one, but I still only half agree with you. This is a trivia game. They give good clues most times, but it's still knowledge based. it's still trivia, even if it's a tricky question. We either know the answer or we don't... 😊

I think it is the world 🌎 record it

Vel, here is the missing part from the explanation. ...The kindly family cared for their uninvited guest until he had recovered enough to take a train or tram back to Stockholm. Ashamed of his failure, he decided against reporting back to the stadium. With no team manager, language would have been a deterrent, and probably he did not want to lose face. Whatever the reasons, Kanakuri took himself home to Japan. He sent his kindly garden party hosts a Japanese scroll, which is still extant. With the Swedish authorities, however, he was listed as a missing person, probably because of concern that he might be another Olympic death. He remained on those police books for half a century. Unaware of his strange status, Kanakuri continued to run, as well as playing a major role in laying the foundations of Japan’s successful marathon tradition. He was selected for the 1916 Olympic marathon, but those Games were canceled by World War 1. He competed in the next two. In 1920, on the long Antwerp course (42.7km, 26.53 miles) he placed 16th in 2:48:45. In Paris in 1924, he failed to finish. But in Sweden, Kanakuri still counted as missing. In 1967, looking forward to the 1968 Olympics, a Swedish TV crew tracked him down in retirement at Tamana, and invited him back to Stockholm. On March 20, 1967, now age 75, in his overcoat, he completed the 1912 Olympic course.

how far could he run

بساين , ?why in Arabic language

What a terrific story, proud of the gentleman

Bananas, except he wasn’t sleeping 💤

Vee, are you sure about that

مساعده ارجوكم

how he can run for 54y

I knew it would be a silly answer, all the other answers had reasonable timings.

Caitlan, it was Swedish television

I thought he was going to die too

Ok, at first so thought he ran for 54 years and make this long adventure trip during his run but he was off the radar and lives his life in Japan only to resume running when an opportunity was offered for him. So basically he didn’t run for 54 years. He ran just to the finishing line…in some hours.

Glenn, Maybe, it's not dependent for us....

Blinky, do not drink the juice lol

I thought he was going to die

Tricky question. You have to answer using instinct if you don't know.

wow I would have quit in the first 15minutes

it's impossible! how did he do that!!

I wonder if they ever thought something tragic may have happened to him when he came up missing from the marathon and why it took so long for them to find out what actually happened.

Wow! I didn't consider the answer as legit as I thought It was a fictatious one just to avert me from the right answer but I got it wrong. I am amazed to read this trivia

I thought that was a trick question

yeah just give me a second I gotta drink my oj. 54 YEARS later. omg where were you? don't you remember? I just ran the marathon? do you have memory loss?

HOW!? how did he do that? I have no words. except that when I used the right answer boost I was sure it was 2 hours but... HOW!!????

yes ay win again yahey