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- Athletics_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_xe2x80x93_Mens_marathon abstract "The men's marathon event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 9. The final was won by Son Kitei.During the time of the competition, Korea was a colony of Japan, therefore Korean sportsmen competed as members of Japanese team and were using their Japanese names. Korean names of Son Kitei and Nan Shōryū are Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong respectively. After Sohn's victory, he bowed his head during the Japanese anthem at his medal ceremony and remarked that he was ashamed to compete for Japan, an occupying power, rather than an independent Korea.".