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{{short description|South Korean long-distance runner}}
{{family name hatnote|Hwang||lang=Korean}}
{{No footnotes|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Hwang Young-cho
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1970|03|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Samcheok]], [[Gangwon Province, South Korea|Gangwon Province]], [[South Korea]]
| image          = Hwang Young-Jo from acrofan.jpg
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]] | [[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|Marathon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 Asian Athletics Championships|1991 Kuala Lumpur]]|10,000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade|1991 Sheffield]] | [[Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade - Men's marathon|Marathon]]}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul =%황영조
| hanja  =黃永祚
| ipa    ={{IPA|ko|ɸwaŋ jʌŋdʑo|}}
}}
'''Hwang Young-cho''' ({{Korean|hangul=황영조}}; born 22 March 1970) is a former [[South Korea]]n [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]], winner of the [[Marathon (sport)|marathon race]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] and [[1994 Asian Games]].

==Career==
[[File:Symbolic Monuments of the Kyonggi Province - Avinguda de l'Estadi, Barcelona 002.JPG|thumb|Monument to Hwang Young-cho located in front of the [[Barcelona Olympic Stadium]], installed in 2001]]
Born in [[Samcheok]], South Korea, Hwang was a promising track athlete in his junior years, but after his first marathon in 1991, which he won, he decided to specialize in marathon.

The [[Barcelona]] Olympic marathon was only the fourth of his career. In three previous marathons he had won two and placed second in the other. 

Historical records show a challenging climate for the Barcelona race, with ambient temperatures at 29 degrees Celsius (84.2 deg. Fahrenheit) and a clear sky without cloud cover at the event’s start time of 18:30 increasing the risk of heat stress for the participants.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Verdaguer‐Codina |first=Joan |last2=Martin |first2=David E. |last3=Pujol‐Amat |first3=Pedro |last4=Ruiz Ldo INEF |first4=Antonio |last5=Prat |first5=Joan A. |date=November 1995 |title=Climatic heat stress studies at the barcelona olympic games, 1992 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/15438629509512048 |journal=Sports Medicine, Training and Rehabilitation |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=167–192 |doi=10.1080/15438629509512048 |issn=1057-8315}}</ref> The course also had a brutal finish, with a rise of 150 meters, the equivalent of 50 Stories in a highrise building, to [[Montjuïc|Montjuic]] after 42 km (26.2 miles) of running. 

Despite these grueling conditions, Hwang led the pack of 110 athletes from the start, and was at the head of thirty runners at the halfway mark. In the second half of the race, these difficult conditions saw many athletes fall off pace, until at 35&nbsp;km, only Hwang and [[Kōichi Morishita]] from [[Japan]] remained. After a memorable struggle, Hwang broke away at the 40&nbsp;km mark to win the gold medal. His winning time of 2:13:23 reflected the oppressive conditions that he and the other participants had to overcome. 

Hwang raced sparingly after Barcelona, and he retired after injury prevented him from representing South Korea in the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] Olympics.

Hwang was honoured for his performance and resilience in Barcelona by being depicted on the 2006 [[Berlin Marathon]] medal to commemorate his victory in the 1992 Olympic marathon event.

==South Koreans' Olympic marathon medals==
Hwang is one of two Koreans to have won the Olympic marathon. The other winner was [[Sohn Kee-chung]]. Hwang's contemporary, [[Lee Bong-Ju]] won the silver medal in the marathon at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Atlanta]], and [[Nam Sung-yong]] won the bronze medal at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin at the same race that [[Sohn Kee-chung]] won.

==Achievements==
*1991
**[[1991 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]], winner of the men's marathon in [[Sheffield]].
*1992
**[[1992 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]],  winner of the men's marathon in [[Barcelona]].
*1994
**[[1994 Asian Games|Asian Games]],  winner of the men's marathon in [[Hiroshima]].
**[[Boston Marathon]], fourth place in a new Korean record (2:08:09)

==See also==
*[[Sohn Kee-Chung]]
*[[Lee Bong-ju]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hw/hwang-yeong-jo-1.html |title=Hwang Yeong-Jo (황 영조, Hwang Young-Cho) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714121235/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hw/hwang-yeong-jo-1.html |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928151831/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HWANGYOU01 databaseOlympics]

{{Footer Olympic Champions Marathon Men}}
{{Asian Games Champions Athletics Marathon Men}}
{{Footer Asian Champions men's 10,000 metres}}
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[[Category:1970 births]]
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[[Category:South Korean men marathon runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for South Korea]]
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[[Category:Korea University alumni]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Pyeonghae Hwang clan|Young-cho]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:People from Samcheok]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea]]
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[[Category:20th-century South Korean sportsmen]]
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