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The Korean men's marathon has not won an Asian Games medal since Ji Young-jun won gold at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.
The Korean men's marathon failed to win a medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Park Min-ho (Army Athletic Corps) finished the 42.195km full course in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 35 seconds in the men's marathon held at the Nagoya Road Course in Japan on the 26th, ranking 8th out of 19 participants.
He was in the lead until the 15km section, but fell behind around the 20km mark.
Kim Hong-rok (Korea Electric Power Corporation), who also competed, ranked 10th with 2 hours, 18 minutes and 27 seconds.
The winner of this competition was Yamashita Ichidaka (2 hours 10 minutes 49 seconds, Japan), the silver medal was won by Sawan Barwal (2 hours 11 minutes 37 seconds, India), and the bronze medal was taken by Peng Feiyu (2 hours 12 minutes 13 seconds, China).
North Korea's Han Il-ryong, who won a silver medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, ranked fourth with 2 hours, 12 minutes and 21 seconds.
The last time a Korean men's marathoner won a medal at the Asian Games was Ji Young-jun (gold medal) at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

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