Sueo Ōe (大江 季雄, Ōe Sueo, August 2, 1914 – December 24, 1941) was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He won a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, tying with his teammate Shuhei Nishida. When the two declined to compete against each other to decide a winner, Nishida was awarded the silver after a decision of the Japanese team, on the basis that Nishida had cleared the height in fewer attempts.[2] The competition was featured in a scene in the documentary Olympia, filmed by Leni Riefenstahl. On their return to Japan, Nishida and Ōe had their Olympic medals cut in half, and had a jeweler splice together two new “friendship medals”, half in bronze and half in silver.[3]
In 1937 Ōe set a national record at 4 m 35 cm that stood for 21 years. In 1939 he joined the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in action in Luzon on December 24, 1941.[1][4][5][6]
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sueo, 大江, 季雄, sueo, august, 1914, december, 1941, japanese, athlete, competed, mainly, pole, vault, bronze, medal, 1936, summer, olympics, held, berlin, germany, tying, with, teammate, shuhei, nishida, when, declined, compete, against, each, other, decide, win. Sueo Ōe 大江 季雄 Ōe Sueo August 2 1914 December 24 1941 was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault He won a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin Germany tying with his teammate Shuhei Nishida When the two declined to compete against each other to decide a winner Nishida was awarded the silver after a decision of the Japanese team on the basis that Nishida had cleared the height in fewer attempts 2 The competition was featured in a scene in the documentary Olympia filmed by Leni Riefenstahl On their return to Japan Nishida and Ōe had their Olympic medals cut in half and had a jeweler splice together two new friendship medals half in bronze and half in silver 3 Sueo ŌeSueo Ōe left and Shuhei Nishida in 1930Personal informationNative name大江 季雄NationalityJapaneseBornAugust 2 1914Nachikatsuura Wakayama JapanDiedDecember 24 1941 1941 12 24 aged 27 Luzon PhilippinesAlma materKeio University 1 Height1 72 m 5 ft 8 in Weight60 kg 130 lb SportSportAthleticsEventPole vaultMedal record Representing JapanOlympic Games1936 Berlin Pole vaultFar Eastern Championship Games1934 Manila Pole vault A Nishida Oe silver bronze medalIn 1937 Ōe set a national record at 4 m 35 cm that stood for 21 years In 1939 he joined the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in action in Luzon on December 24 1941 1 4 5 6 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sueo Ōe a b 舞鶴出身オリンピック選手 プロフィール soukaku com The Olympians who took matters into their own hands when they weren t allowed to share their medal Independent co uk 8 August 2016 Archived from the original on 2022 05 25 Shuhei Nishida sports reference com Sueo Oe sports reference com Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 24 July 2018 戦没オリンピアン を追う 広島市立大の曾根名誉教授 Emeritus Professor Sone of Hiroshima City University chasing War Dead Olympians in Japanese Nikkei August 16 2018 Retrieved July 27 2021 nbsp This biographical article relating to Japanese athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sueo Ōe amp oldid 1201207724, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
