Tetsuo Hamuro

{{Short description|Japanese swimmer (1917–2005)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|image=Tetsuo Hamuro 01.jpg

|caption=Tetsuo Hamuro c. 1956

|birth_date=7 September 1917

|death_date=30 October 2005 (aged 88)

|birth_place= Fukuoka, Japan

|death_place= Takaishi, Osaka, Japan

|sport=Swimming

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1936 Berlin | 200 m breaststroke}}

}}

{{nihongo|Tetsuo Hamuro|葉室 鐵夫|Hamuro Tetsuo| extra=7 September 1917 – 30 October 2005}} was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. In 1935 he set a world record in the 200 m. Next year he won the gold medal in this event at the 1936 Olympics, setting a new Olympic record at 2:41.5. Hamuro swam the traditional breaststroke, while some of his competitors used the butterfly stroke, which was allowed at the time. Between 1935 and 1940 Hamuro never lost a race and won ten national breaststroke titles. After World War II he worked for the Mainichi newspaper as a sports journalist. In 1990, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Hamuro's wife was also a swimmer and a world champion in the masters category.