Yasuo Ikenaka (池中 康雄, Ikenaka Yasuo, March 1914 – March 14, 1992[nb 1])[5] was a Japanese long-distance runner who is credited by the International Association of Athletics Federations for setting a world's best in the marathon on April 3, 1935.

[6] According to the IAAF, Ikenaka's time of 2:26:44 was over a minute faster than the previous record set by Fusashige Suzuki three days earlier.

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