Jan Mashiani

{{short description|South African long-distance runner}}

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Jan Mashiani was a Tswana{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1904-marathon-became-one-of-the-weirdest-olympic-events-of-all-time-14910747/ |title=How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time |work=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=June 30, 2024}} track and field athlete from who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics in the marathon. He finished thirteenth of the fifteen finishers, but moved up to twelfth after Frederick Lorz was disqualified.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75293 |title=Jan Mashiani |work=Olympedia |access-date=January 17, 2021}}

Along with Len Taunyane, Mashiani was one of the first two black Africans to participate in the modern Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/75334 |title=Len Taunyane |work=Olympedia |access-date=January 17, 2021}}