Yuko Gordon (née Hasegawa; ; born 23 February 1951) is a Japan-born Hong Kong long-distance runner who competed mainly in the marathon. She represented her country in that event at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.Yuko Gordon . Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. She holds a personal best of 2:38:32 hours, set in 1987.Yuko Gordon . IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
Competing in the 1980s, she was the first international standard marathon runner from Hong Kong and was twice winner of the Macau Marathon, Hong Kong Marathon, and Bangkok Marathon.Yuko Gordon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. She was originally from Japan but opted to represent Hong Kong, (her adopted nation by marriage) and enjoyed international competition for the first time in her thirties.S. F. Lam, Julian W. Chang The quest for gold: fifty years of amateur sports in Hong Kong, 1947-1997 Hong Kong University Press, 2006
She was a silver medallist in the marathon at the 1985 Asian Athletics Championships, finishing behind India's Asha Agarwal.Asian Championships . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
She continued running in her later years as a masters athlete and won the women's under-45 category for the 5000 metres at the 1997 World Masters Athletics Championships.World Masters Championships (Women) . GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-03-11.
On the 29th of September 2019, Yuko broke the world record marathon time in her single age category (68 year old) in the Berlin marathon with a time of 3:19:37.
International competitions 1983World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland35thMarathon2:48:511984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States34thMarathon2:46:121985Asian ChampionshipsJakarta, Indonesia2ndMarathon2:54:16IAAF World CupCanberra, Australia —10,000 mWorld Marathon CupHiroshima, Japan28thMarathon2:45:291988World Cross Country ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand92ndSenior race21:1521stTeam436 ptsIAAF World Women's Road Race ChampionshipsAdelaide, Australia64th15 km57:11
Road race wins Macau Marathon: 1983, 1985 Hong Kong Marathon: 1983, 1984 Bangkok Marathon: 1987, 1988
See also Neko Hiroshi, Japanese runner who competed for Cambodia
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