Mutsuo Taniguchi

{{short description|Japanese sprinter}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

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| nationality = Japanese

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 200 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|3|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kagami, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|10|2|1913|3|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bougainville, Solomon Islands

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Mutsuo Taniguchi (5 March 1913 – 2 October 1943){{Olympedia|72638}} was a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and the men's 4 x 100 meters relay events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mutsuo-taniguchi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/mutsuo-taniguchi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Mutsuo Taniguchi Olympic Results |access-date=9 July 2017}} He was killed in action during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}