Masatora Kawano

Kawano represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,^[2] finishing in 6th place in the 50 km walk and setting a season best.^[1]

Kawano won a silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene in the 35 km walk with an Asian record time of 2:23:15. ^[3] He then won a bronze medal in the 35 km walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

He is the Japanese national record holder for the 50 km walk with a time of 3:36:45 in 2019.

On 27 October 2024, Kawano broke the world record for the 35 km walk in Takahata, Japan with a time of 2:21:47.^[4]

• Masatora Kawano at World Athletics
• Masatora Kawano at JAAF (in Japanese) (in English)
• Masatora Kawano – Paris 2024 at JAAF (in Japanese)
• Masatora Kawano at Olympics.com
• Masatora Kawano at InterSportStats
• Masatora Kawano at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
• Masatora Kawano at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
• Masatora Kawano on Instagram

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