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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
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 Lee Bong-Ju |
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| Men's Athletics | ||
Competitor for  South Korea |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Marathon |
| Asian Games | ||
| Gold | 1998 Bangkok | Marathon |
| Gold | 2002 Busan | Marathon |
Lee Bong-Ju (born October 11, 1970 in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean marathoner.
He won the silver medal in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States. Lee’s second place in the Atlanta Olympics, just 3 seconds behind Josia Thugwane from South Africa, was the closest finish ever in an Olympic marathon.
Career
Lee established himself as a major international marathoner in 1993, capturing the Korean Championships in 2:10:27 then going on to win the Honolulu Marathon later that year.
After earning a silver medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics marathon, he ended the year with a first-place win in the prestigious Fukuoka Marathon – a combination good enough to earn the World Number One ranking ahead of the Olympic champion.
In 1998, Lee reduced the Korean national record to 2:07:44 while finishing second at the Rotterdam Marathon. Later that year, he also won the gold medal in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games marathon race.
In 2000, Lee further reduced both the national record and is own personal record to 2:07:20 when coming in second at the Tokyo Marathon, and he consolidated his international stature with a second place finish at the Fukuoka Marathon.
In 2001, Lee again took world notice when he won the preeminent Boston Marathon.
In 2002, he won the 2002 Busan Asian Games marathon, thereby defending his championship title for that important race.
He is regarded as a national hero in South Korea, and his wedding was held in the Seoul Olympic Stadium in 2002.
Achievements
Lee's silver medal in the Atlanta Olympics was the first Olympic marathon medal of South Korean athletes after his contemporary marathoner Hwang Young-Cho's gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and Hwang Young-Cho's retirement Lee became the leading South Korean marathoner, and Lee is the leading South Korean marathoner still now in 2007.
Lee is the South Korea's record holder of half marathon as well as the national record holder of the marathon. South Korea's national half marathon record is 1:01:04, and national marathon record is 2:07:20. Both records are Lee's records.
2008, 8, 24 2:17:56 28th === Beijing Olympics Marathon
2008, 3, 16 2:12:27, 8th === Seoul International Marathon
2007, 3, 18 47:23:19, 1st === Seoul International Marathon
2007, 10, 7 2:17:29, 7th === Chicago Marathon
2006, 11, 11 2:10:49 5th === 중앙일보 Seoul international marathon
2006, 3, 5 DNF DNF === Japan 비와코 marathon
2005, 9, 25 2:12:19 11th === 제32회 Berlin marathon
2005, 6, 29 29'44"11 12th === Japan 디스턴스챌린지 4차대회 10000m C조
2005, 6, 11 14'47"50 16th === 삼성 디스턴스챌린지 대회 5000m A조
2005, 5, 21 14'12"27 1st === Japan 골든게임노베오카대회 5000m H조
2005, 5, 14 14'23"13 1st === Japan 관서실업단 육상선수권 5000m 2조
2005, 4, 3 1:05:25 14th === Berlin half marathon
2005, 2, 27 1:03:19 4th === Japan 이누야마 half marathon
2004, 8, 30 2:15:33 14th === 제28회 Athene Olympics marathon
2004, 3, 14 2:08:15 5th === 2004 Seoul international marathon
2003, 8, 30 2:10:38 11th === Paris 세계육상선수권 marathon
2003, 4, 13 2:08:10 7th === '03 London marathon
2002, 10, 14 2:14:04 1st === 14회 Busan Asian Games marathon
2002, 4, 15 2:10:30 5th === 제106회 Boston marathon
2001, 12, 2 2:09:11 4th === 제2회 Milano marathon
2001, 8, 3 DNF DNF === 에드먼튼 세계육상선수권 marathon
2001, 4, 16 2:09:43 1st === 제105회 Boston marathon
2000, 12, 3 2:09:04 2nd === Fukuoka international marathon
2000, 10, 1 2:17:57 24th === 제27회 Sydney Olympics marathon
2000, 2, 13 2:07:20(한국신) 2nd === 2000 Tokyo international marathon
1999, 4, 18 2:12:11 12th === '99 London marathon
1998, 12, 20 2:12:32 1st === 제13회 Bangkok Asian Games marathon
1998, 4, 19 2:07:44(한국신) 2nd === '98 Rotterdam marathon
1998, 2, 22 1:04:02 2nd === 전국실업단대항 half marathon
1997, 10, 26 2:10:33 5th === '97 ChosunIlbo 춘천 international marathon
1997, 3, 16 2:14:25 13th === Donga international marathon
1996, 12, 1 2:10:48 1st === 제50회 Fukuoka international marathon
1996, 8, 4 2:12:39 2nd === 제26회 Atlanta Olympics marathon
1996, 3, 24 2:08:26 2nd === '96 Donga international marathon
1996, 2, 11 1:03:51 2nd === 전국실업단대항 half marathon
1995, 10, 28 2:12:00 9th === ChosunIlbo 춘천 international marathon
1995, 8, 4 2:20:31 22nd === 제5회 세계육상선수권 marathon
1995, 3, 19 2:10:58 1st === '95 Donga international marathon
1995, 2, 12 1:04:56 5th === 전국실업단대항 half marathon
1994, 9, 24 2:09:59(대회신) 1st === 제48회 ChosunIlbo marathon
1994, 4, 18 2:09:57 11th === '94 Boston marathon
1994, 2, 26 1:02:51 2nd === '94 전국실업단대항 half marathon
1993, 12, 12 2:13:16 1st === '93 Honolulu international marathon
1993, 10, 2:10:27 1st === 제74회 전국체육대회 marathon
1993, 8, 8 1:05:48 1st === Seoul half marathon
1993, 3, 21 2:20:13 12th === 제64회 Donga marathon
1992, 12, 13 2:19:18 7th === Honolulu international marathon
1992, 10, 14 2:20:12 9th === 73회 전국체육 marathon
1992, 1, 26 1:01:04(한국신) 4th === '92 Tokyo international half marathon
1991, 10, 11 2:14:30 1st === 72회 전국체육대회 marathon
1991, 3, 17 2:16:56 15th === '91 Donga international marathon
1990, 10, 19 2:19:15 2nd === 제71회 전국체육 marathon
External links
- IAAF profile for Lee Bong-Ju
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Preceded by Elijah Lagat |
Boston Men's Marathon Winner 2001 |
Succeeded by Rodgers Rop |
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