Kohei Murakoso

{{Short description|Japanese long-distance runner (1905–1998)}}

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|image=Kohei Murakoso 1936b.jpg

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|caption=Murakoso at the 1936 Olympics

|birth_date= August 29, 1905

|birth_place=Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

| death_date = July 8, 1998 (aged 92)

| death_place = Asashi, Hyogo, Japan

| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|50|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|sport=Long-distance running

| event = 5000 m, 10000 m

| pb = 5000 m – 14:30.0 (1936)
10000 m – 30:25.0 (1936)[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=4679&Gender=M Kohei Murakoso]. trackfield.brinkster.net

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|alma_mater=Chuo University

| show-medals = yes

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{{Nihongo|Kohei Murakoso|村社 講平|Murakoso Kōhei|August 29, 1905 – July 8, 1998}} was a Japanese runner. He competed at the 1936 Olympics in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events and finished fourth on both occasions.

Murakoso graduated from the Chuo University and then worked at Kawasaki Heavy Industries.[http://www.rdche.hit-u.ac.jp/~sports/2010takaoka.pdf 日本近現代史研究にとってのスポーツ - 関西学院大学教授・高岡裕之]. rdche.hit-u.ac.jp After World War II he demobilized from the Army and worked as an athletics reporter for Mainichi Shimbun. He also helped prepare the national athletics team to the 1952 Olympics. He died of acute respiratory failure, aged 92.