Seikan Oki

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameSeikan•Oki
Used nameSeikan•Oki
Original name大木•正幹
Born14 January 1907 in ?, Miyazaki (JPN)
Died19 October 2000 (aged 93 years 9 months 5 days) in ?, Saitama (JPN)
AffiliationsHosei University, Tokyo (JPN)
NOC Japan

Biography

Seikan Oki was a Japanese track and field athlete who competed as a sprinter. In 1932 Oki won the 400 metres at the Japan inter-school athletics championships, which earned him a place at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. At the Los Angeles Games he reached the quarter-finals in the 400 metres and finished fifth with the Japanese quartet in the 4 x 400 metres relay. After his running career Oki worked as a coach at Hosei University in Tokyo before working with the Japanese Athletics Federation.

Personal Best: 400 – 50.0 (1932).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Athletics JPN Seikan Oki
400 metres, Men (Olympic) 6 h2 r2/4
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) Japan 5