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{{short description|Japanese long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|1|9}}
| birth_place = [[Usuki, Ōita]], Japan
| country = [[Japan]]
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = [[Marathon]]
| pb = '''[[Marathon]]''':  2:09:05 ([[Beppu-Ōita Marathon|Beppu-Ōita]] 1978)
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Shigeru So'''|宗 茂|Sō Shigeru}} (born 9 January 1953 in [[Usuki, Ōita]]) is a Japanese retired [[long-distance runner]] who represented his native country at two [[Summer Olympics]]: 1976 and 1984. He won the 1985 edition of the [[Tokyo Marathon]]. His twin brother [[Takeshi So]] is also a retired Olympic marathoner, and finished fourth in [[Los Angeles, California]] (1984).

Some road racing authorities consider his winning run at the [[Beppu-Ōita Marathon]] in 1978 (2:09:05.6) to have been a [[Marathon world record progression|marathon world best]].{{#tag:ref|The [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] has published a progression of road racing world bests and records that were widely recognized prior to ratification and official acceptance by the IAAF. According to that progression, [[Derek Clayton]]'s 2:08:34 performance in Antwerp on 30 May 1969 was a world best at the time.<ref name="IAAF">{{cite web
 |title       = 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009.
 |url         = http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf
 |publisher   = IAAF Media & Public Relations Department
 |location    = Monte Carlo
 |pages       = 546, 563, 565, 651, and 653
 |year        = 2009
 |access-date  = 15 May 2010
 }}</ref> Other road racing authorities, including the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, consider Clayton's performance to have occurred on a short course and recognize other athletes in the progression for world best in the marathon.<ref>Association of Road Racing Statisticians, [https://www.arrs.run/RecProg/RP_wwR.htm World Best Progressions- Road]. Retrieved 15 May 2010.</ref><!-- Probably not a reliable source, but further discussion on the topic here: http://www.mail-archive.com/t-and-f@lists.uoregon.edu/msg09031.html -->|group="nb"}}

==Achievements==
*<small>All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise</small>
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{JPN}}
|-
|1973
|Nobeoka Marathon
|Nobeoka, [[Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|2:17:29
|-
|1974
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|16th
|2:18:32
|-
|1975
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|16th
|2:15:50
|-
|rowspan=3|1976
|[[Lake Biwa Marathon]]
|[[Ōtsu, Shiga|Ōtsu, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|2:18:05
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Montreal, Canada]]
|20th
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's Marathon|2:18:26]]
|-
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|4th
|2:14:59
|-
|rowspan=3|1978
|[[Beppu-Ōita Marathon]]
|[[Beppu]]-[[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]], [[Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|'''2:09:06'''
|-
|[[Lake Biwa Marathon]]
|[[Ōtsu, Shiga|Ōtsu, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|2:17:13
|-
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|2:11:41
|-
|rowspan=3|1979
|[[Lake Biwa Marathon]]
|[[Ōtsu, Shiga|Ōtsu, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|2:13:26
|-
|Open Spartakiada Marathon
|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|2:13:20
|-
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|2:10:37
|-
|1980
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|5th
|2:10:23
|-
|rowspan=2|1981
|[[Beppu-Ōita Marathon]]
|[[Beppu]]-[[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]], [[Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|2:11:30
|-
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|2:10:19
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|[[Tokyo Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|10th
|2:13:18
|-
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|2:09:11
|-
|1984
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, United States]]
|17th
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2:14:38]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1985
|[[Tokyo International Marathon|Tokyo Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|2:10:32
|-
|[[1985 World Marathon Cup]]
|[[Hiroshima, Japan]]
|17th
|2:12:27
|-
|[[Beijing Marathon]]
|[[Beijing]], [[PR China]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|2:10:23
|-
|1987
|[[London Marathon]]
|[[London, United Kingdom]]
|21st
|2:14:53
|-
|1989
|[[Beppu-Ōita Marathon]]
|[[Beppu]]-[[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]], [[Japan]]
|5th
|2:12:49
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1986.htm 1986 Year Ranking]
*{{SR/Olympics profile|so/shigeru-so-1}}

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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Japanese athletics coaches]]
[[Category:Japanese male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Japanese male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Japan]]
[[Category:Japanese twins]]
[[Category:People from Usuki, Ōita]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ōita Prefecture]]
[[Category:Identical twin males]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]


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