title: Yasuo Ikenaka
text: # Yasuo Ikenaka
  
  Yasuo Ikenaka (池中 康雄, Ikenaka Yasuo, March 1914 - March 14, 1992) was a Japanese long-distance runner who is credited by the International Association of Athletics Federations for setting a world's best in the marathon on April 3, 1935. According to the IAAF, Ikenaka's time of 2:26:44 was over a minute faster than the previous record set by Fusashige Suzuki three days earlier.
  
  