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. Boston Marathon. Retrieved on 2015-01-23. In his career, in 22 marathons started, he recorded 6 victories, placed second 3 times and third once. Shigematsu ran seven marathons under 2:20.

Marathons

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

References

1940 births Living people Japanese athletics coaches Japanese male long-distance runners Japanese male marathon runners Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 Asian Games World record setters in athletics (track and field) Boston Marathon male winners Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub