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Sueo Ōe

Sueo Ōe (left) and Shuhei Nishida in 1930
Personal information
Native name	大江 季雄
Nationality	Japanese
Born	August 2, 1914 Nachikatsuura, Wakayama, Japan
Died	December 24, 1941(1941-12-24) (aged 27) Luzon, Philippines
Alma mater	Keio University
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Medal record Representing  Japan Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Pole vault Far Eastern Championship Games 1934 Manila Pole vault

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. On their return to Japan, Nishida and Ōe had their Olympic medals cut in half, and had a jeweler splice together two new medals, half in bronze and half in silver.

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.

References

1. ^ 舞鶴出身オリンピック選手　プロフィール. soukaku.com
2. "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.
3. Shuhei Nishida. sports-reference.com
4. Sueo Oe. sports-reference.com
5. "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.
6. "「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.

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