title: Masaharu Taguchi
text: # Masaharu Taguchi
  
  Masaharu Taguchi (田口 正治, Taguchi Masaharu, January 9, 1916 – June 29, 1982) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. At the 1936 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m relay, setting a new world record. In the individual 100 m race he finished almost simultaneously with Masanori Yusa and Shigeo Arai and was placed fourth, although photographs suggest he was second.
  
  Taguchi graduated from the Rikkyo University, and later worked at a Daimaru department store and coached swimming at a local Daimaru swimming club. He was recruited in 1961 to prepare the national swimming team for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
  
  