Hiromi Taniguchi

In this Japanese name, the family name is Taniguchi.

Hiromi Taniguchi (谷口 浩美, Taniguchi Hiromi, born April 5, 1960) is a former Japanese long-distance runner, best known from winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. The favourite to win the race, Olympic champion Gelindo Bordin, only finished eighth. The marathon was run under extremely adverse conditions of heat and humidity, which are reflected in the slow winning time of 2:14:57h. Taniguchi is the only male Japanese runner ever to have won a gold medal at World Championships.

Taniguchi also won the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 1985 and the London Marathon in 1987.

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Japan
1985	Beppu-Ōita Marathon	Beppu-Ōita, Japan	1st	2:13:16
1986	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	2:10:08
1987	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	2:09:50
	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:10:06
1988	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, PR China	2nd	2:07:40
1989	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:09:34
	Hokkaido Marathon	Sapporo, Japan	1st	2:13:16
1990	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	2:10:56
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:14:57
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	8th	2:14:42
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	19th	2:17.26

External links

• Hiromi Taniguchi profile at IAAF
• sports-reference