Yasuo Ikenaka 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. Yasuo Ikenaka (Japan) set the men's marathon world record of 2:26:44.0 in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 1935. It stood 7 months, until Sohn Kee-chung's 2:26:42 on November 3, 1935. Wiki link