Ham Kee-Yong is a former South Korean athlete, best known as the winner of the 1950 Boston marathon

Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest...

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On April 19, 1950, he won the Boston marathon in a record time of 2:32:39, under coach Sohn Kee-chung

Sohn Kee-chung

Sohn Kee-Chung became the first medal-winning Korean Olympian, when he won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegation....

, the marathon winner at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The 2nd and 3rd place finishers were also South Koreans.

1st Ham Kee-Yong (함기용, 咸基鎔 양정중학 2:32:39)

2nd Song Gil-yun (송길윤, 宋吉允 숭문중학 2:35:58)

3rd Choe Yunchil (최윤칠, 崔崙七 연희대학 2:39:45)

Afterwards, a celebration of his Boston victory was in the preparation, but in the middle, the Korean War

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

 broke out on June 25, 1950.