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Shizo Kanakuri ([金栗四三, Kanaguri Shisō or Kanakuri Shizō] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), August 20, 1891 – November 13, 1984) was a Japanese marathon runner and one of the early leaders of track and field athletics in Japan.

He is best known for disappearing during the marathon race in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Overcome with heat during the race, he abandoned the race and had stopped at a garden party to drink orange juice. He stayed there for an hour, then took a train to a hotel and sailed home the next day, too ashamed to tell anyone he was leaving. Due to the fact that he returned to Japan without notifying race officials, Swedish authorities considered him missing for 50 years before discovering that he was living in Japan and had competed in intervening Olympic marathons. In 1966 he was contacted by Swedish Television and offered to complete his run. He accepted and completed the Marathon in 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds.

He also competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he finished the marathon race in 2'48:45.4 hours and placed 16th.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics he again failed to finish the marathon.

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 '''Shizo Kanakuri''' ({{lang-ja|金栗 四三, ''Kanaguri Shisō'' or ''Kanakuri Shizō''}}, [[August 20]], [[1891]] &ndash; [[November 13]], [[1984]]) was a [[Japan]]ese [[marathon]] runner and one of the early leaders of [[Athletics (track and field)|track and field athletics]] in Japan.
-He is best known for disappearing during the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon|marathon race]] in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]. He abandoned the race due to the heat, and returned to Japan without notifying race officials. Swedish authorities considered him missing for 50 years before discovering that he was living in Japan and had competed in intervening Olympic marathons. In 1966 he was contacted by [[Sveriges Television|Swedish Television]] and offered to complete his run. He accepted and completed the [[Marathon]] in 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds.
+He is best known for disappearing during the [[Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon|marathon race]] in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]. Overcome with heat during the race, he abandoned the race and had stopped at a garden party to drink orange juice. He stayed there for an hour, then took a train to a hotel and sailed home the next day, too ashamed to tell anyone he was leaving. Due to the fact that he returned to Japan without notifying race officials, Swedish authorities considered him missing for 50 years before discovering that he was living in Japan and had competed in intervening Olympic marathons. In 1966 he was contacted by [[Sveriges Television|Swedish Television]] and offered to complete his run. He accepted and completed the [[Marathon]] in 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds.
 He also competed in the [[1920 Summer Olympics]], where he finished the [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon|marathon race]] in 2'48:45.4 hours and placed 16th.