Yasuji MIOYAZAKI

At 15 years, 311 days Yasuji Miyazaki became the youngest swimmer to win the 100 metre freestyle. In the semi-final he managed to break Johnny Weissmüller’s Olympic Record with 58.0. He also won a gold medal in the 4x200 freestyle relay, swimming the anchor leg as the team set a world record. In 1981 Miyazaki was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and in 1989 he was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver. After his Olympic participation, he studied law in Tokyo and later lived in Nishinomiya, Hyogo. After the war, he was an advisor to the Japanese Swimming Federation.