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Place of Birth: Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
About Shiro Hashizume
- Shiro Hashizume (????, Hashizume Shiro, born September 20, 1928) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Wakayama, Japan).
- He won the silver medal in the men's 1500m freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
- He broke the world record in the same event on August 16, 1949, clocking 18:35.7.
- That time was bettered the same day, however, by compatriot Hironoshin Furuhashi at the American Swimming Championships in Los Angeles, California.
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