Sohn Kee-chung is the only olympic gold medallist not to hear his national anthem after winning a gold medal Sohn (d 2002) was a Korean and won the gold in the 1936 games But because Korea was under control of imperial Japan Koreans were forced to compete under the Japanese flag with Japanese names and the Japanese anthem was played No attempt has ever been made to correct that and the two medals won by Koreans in 1936 (gold and bronze) are still counted as Japanese medals by the IOC

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