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{{short description|South Korean long-distance runner}}
{{family name hatnote|Hwang||lang=Korean}}
{{No footnotes|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Hwang Young-cho
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1970|03|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Samcheok]], [[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon Province]], [[South Korea]]
| image          = Hwang Young-Jo from acrofan.jpg
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]] | [[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|Marathon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 Asian Athletics Championships|1991 Kuala Lumpur]]|10,000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade|1991 Sheffield]] | [[Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade - Men's marathon|Marathon]]}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul =%황영조
| hanja  =黃永祚
| ipa    ={{IPA|ko|ɸwaŋ jʌŋdʑo|}}
}}
'''Hwang Young-cho''' ({{Korean|hangul=황영조}}; born 22 March 1970) is a former [[South Korea]]n [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]], winner of the [[Marathon (sport)|marathon race]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] and [[1994 Asian Games]].

==Career==
[[File:Symbolic Monuments of the Kyonggi Province - Avinguda de l'Estadi, Barcelona 002.JPG|thumb|Monument to Hwang Young-cho located in front of the [[Barcelona Olympic Stadium]], installed in 2001]]
Born in [[Samcheok]], South Korea, Hwang was a promising track athlete in his junior years, but after his first marathon in 1991, which he won, he decided to specialize in marathon.

The [[Barcelona]] Olympic marathon was only the fourth of his career. He had won two and placed second in his three previous marathons. In Barcelona, Hwang was in the leading pack from the start, but in a slow race, this group still numbered thirty runners at the halfway mark. However, athletes gradually fell off the pace as the second half of the race went on, until at 35&nbsp;km, only Hwang and [[Kōichi Morishita]] from [[Japan]] remained. They had quite a memorable struggle, until Hwang broke away at the 40&nbsp;km mark to win the gold medal.

Hwang raced sparingly after Barcelona, and he retired after injury prevented him from representing South Korea in the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] Olympics.

Hwang was depicted on the 2006 [[Berlin Marathon]] medal to commemorate his victory in the 1992 Olympic marathon event.

==South Koreans' Olympic marathon medals==
Hwang is one of two Koreans to have won the Olympic marathon. The other winner was [[Sohn Kee-chung]]. Hwang's contemporary, [[Lee Bong-Ju]] won the silver medal in the marathon at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Atlanta]], and [[Nam Sung-yong]] won the bronze medal at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin at the same race that [[Sohn Kee-chung]] won.

==Achievements==
*1991
**[[1991 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]], winner of the men's marathon in [[Sheffield]].
*1992
**[[1992 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]],  winner of the men's marathon in [[Barcelona]].
*1994
**[[1994 Asian Games|Asian Games]],  winner of the men's marathon in [[Hiroshima]].
**[[Boston Marathon]], fourth place in a new Korean record (2:08:09)

==See also==
*[[Sohn Kee-Chung]]
*[[Lee Bong-ju]]

==External links==
*{{sports links}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hw/hwang-yeong-jo-1.html |title=Hwang Yeong-Jo (황 영조, Hwang Young-Cho) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714121235/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hw/hwang-yeong-jo-1.html |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928151831/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HWANGYOU01 databaseOlympics]

{{Footer Olympic Champions Marathon Men}}
{{Footer Asian Games Champions Marathon Men}}
{{Footer Asian Champions men's 10,000 metres}}
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[[Category:1970 births]]
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[[Category:South Korean male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for South Korea]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:Korea University alumni]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:South Korean male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Pyeonghae Hwang clan|Young-cho]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:People from Samcheok]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century South Korean sportsmen]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]