Choe Chang-sop

{{short description|North Korean long-distance runner}}

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| name = Chang Sop-choe

| birth_name = 최창섭, Choe Chang-seop

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| nationality = North Korean

| sport = Long-distance running

| event = Marathon

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|7|18|df=yes}}

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Chang Sop-choe (born 18 July 1955) is a North Korean former long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chang-sop-choe-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chang-sop-choe-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Chang Sop-choe Olympic Results |accessdate=11 May 2017}}

Chang won the 1975 Košice Peace Marathon with a record time. His win signified the beginning of marathon running in earnest in North Korea. He became the greatest North Korean athlete of his time, and received the title of Merited Athlete. The popular film Run, Korea! depicts his life.{{Sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=492}}

Mun Gyong-ae, a female marathoner who brought marathon back to the forefront after a decline in the 1980s, has been compared to Chang.{{Sfn|North Korea Handbook|2002|p=493}}