Kim Won-tak

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Won-Tak (born July 21, 1964) is a South Korean long-distance runner who competed in the late 1980s.

Biography

He was best known at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul of sharing the lighting of the Olympic Flame with fellow South Koreans Chung Sun-Man and Sohn Kee-Chung.

Kim also competed in those same games, finishing 18th in the men's marathon event.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Korea
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	18th	Marathon	2:15:44
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	19th	Marathon	2:21:16

References

Sports-Reference.com profile

Olympic Games
Preceded by Rafer Johnson	Final Summer Olympic Torchbearer with Chung Sun-Man & Sohn Kee-Chung Seoul 1988	Succeeded by Antonio Rebollo

Asian Games champions in men's marathon

1951: Chota Singh (IND)
1954: not held
1958: Lee Chang-hoon (KOR)
1962: Masayuki Nagata (JPN)
1966–1970: Kenji Kimihara (JPN)
1974: not held
1978: Mineteru Sakamoto (JPN)
1982: Kim Yang-kon (KOR)
1986: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
1990: Kim Won-tak (KOR)
1994: Hwang Young-cho (KOR)
1998–2002: Lee Bong-ju (KOR)
2006: Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT)
2010: Ji Young-jun (KOR)
2014: Hasan Mahboob (BRN)

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