Longest Running Championships
This section is an attempt to list all national, regional, and world championship series that have been contested 50 or more times. It is based on the best information available to ADR but is undoubtably missing many championships.
Race dates and male/female champions/times for each series listed are sought. When a sufficiently informative set of champions has been collected, that series is added to the website. You can view the dates/winners for each championship so profiled by clicking on the name of the championship in the following list. If the name of the championship is NOT underlined, then it has not been profiled yet. The last four columns are the number of dates, champions, times, and venues missing (profiled series only). Outdoor track championships are counted for 3000m/2 mile, 5000m/3 mile, and 10,000m/6 mile/5 mile/4 mile as (three) distinct series.
D C T V
134 ENG 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1866-1914,1919-39,1946-2009 13 0 0 0
126 IRL 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1875-1914,1924-2009 29 1 3 30
124 USA 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1880-94,1899-1902,1904-19,1921-2009 1 0 8 0
123 USA 3000m Indoor Men IT Mar thru 2010 89 89 89 89
123 ENG Crosscountry Men XC Feb 1877-1914,1920-1939,1946-2010 68 0 71 0
119 FRA Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1889-1914,1918-2010 0 0 87 0
113 SCO Crosscountry Men XC Feb 1886-1914,1920-39,1947-2010 0 0 62 0
112 USA Crosscountry Men XC Feb+ 1890/2010y 62 0 62 62
110 DEN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1900-2009 81 0 0 76
110 DEN Crosscountry Men XC Oct 1901-2010 98 0 0 99
10
107 WAL Crosscountry Men XC Feb 1894-1914,1920-40,1946-2010 62 0 0 0
105 SUI Crosscountry Men XC Mar+ 1900,1904-15,1917-19,1921,1923-2010 0 0 75 0
103 SWE Crosscountry-Long Men XC Apr+ 1907-2009 0 0 0 0
102 ITA Road Half Marathon Men RD May+ 1897/2009y 0 0 2 0
101 HUN Crosscountry Men XC Apr+ thru 2009, quite incomplete
100 SWE Marathon Men RD var 1910-2009 0 0 0 0
100 FIN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Aug 1908,1910-1940,1942-2009 0 0 0 0
99 DEN Marathon Men RD var 1910-2008 20 0 0 18
99 FIN 5000m Outdoor Men OT Aug 1910-1940,1942-2009 0 0 0 0
98 ITA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Aug+ 1907-14,1919-43,1945-2009 64 0 0 0
20
97 GER Marathon Men RD var 1897-98,1905-08,1910-13,1920-42,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
97 FRA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1908-09,1917-39,1941-2009 0 0 0 0
96 RSA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Apr+ 1904-14,1920-40,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
96 World Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1903-14,1920-39,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
96 NED 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1913-1944,1946-2009 43 0 2 42
96 NOR 5000m Outdoor Men OT Aug 1908-1939,1946-2009 84 0 0 0
95 ITA Marathon Men RD var 1908-14,1919-42,1945-2008 0 0 0 0
95 FRA 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1905-11,1920-39,1941-43,1945-2009 0 0 0 0
95 SUI 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1913,1916-2009 0 0 1 0
95 FIN Crosscountry- Long Men XC Jun+ 1913-1917,1919-1941,1943-2009 0 0 0 0
30
94 AUT 5000m Outdoor Men OT Aug 1913-1943,1946-2009 72 0 0 0
94 LUX Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1911-13,1916-40,1946-2010 0 0 84 0
93 DEN 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1910-11,1919-2009 75 0 0 60
93 JPN Marathon Men RD var 1913-15,1917-40,1942,1946-2010 1 0 0 1
93 ITA Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1908/2010y 0 0 53 0
93 FRA Crosscountry Women XC Mar 1918-2010 0 0 68 0
92 EST 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1917-40,1942-2009 78 0 0 78
92 ESP Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1916-36,1940-2010 67 0 64 0
91 JPN 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1913-15,1917-23,1925-40,1942,1946-2009 27 0 1 25
91 WAL 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1907-14,1920-39,1946-2005,2007-09 1 0 1 0
40
91 ITA 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1913-14,1919-43,1945-55,1957-2009 1 0 1 1
91 NOR 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Aug+ 1913-39,1946-2009 78 0 0 0
91 ROM Crosscountry Men XC var 1916,1920-60,1962-2009d 3 0 17 3
91 NOR Crosscountry- Long Men XC Sep+ 1913-39,1946-2009 1 0 0 0
90 CAN 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1884/2009y 2 0 0 0
90 EST 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1918,1920-40,1942-2009 76 0 1 76
90 ESP 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1917-36,1940-2009 74 0 0 0
89 JPN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1913/2009y 18 0 0 18
89 GER 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1919-43,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
89 NED Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1919-39,1941-43,1946-2010 2 0 3 2
50
88 GER 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1919-42,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
87 AUT Crosscountry Men XC Mar+ 1900-05,1921-37,1947-2010 6 0 1 0
86 SUI Marathon Men RD var 1901,1908-09,1927-2009 1 0 0 1
86 ROM Marathon Men RD var 1921-22,1924-28,1930-76,1978-2009 2 0 2 2
85 NED Half Marathon Men RD var 1909-10,1912,1918,1923-39,1946-2009 32 0 2 32
85 AUT Marathon Men RD var 1901/2009y 1 0 0 0
85 USA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1878-79,1895-96,1903-05,1932-2009 0 0 2 0
85 POL 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1920-39,1945-2009 0 0 0 0
85 HUN Marathon Men RD var 1925-2009 0 0 0 0
85 USA Marathon Men RD var 1925-2009 0 0 0 0
60
84 AUT 10,000m Outdoor Men IT var 1923-42,1946-2009 46 0 1 0
83 NED 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1902/2009y 29 0 0 29
83 ESP 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1924-36,1940-2009 63 0 0 0
82 EST Crosscountry Men XC Apr 1922-23,1925-46,1948-51,1955,1957-2009 72 0 0 72
82 CAN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1908/2009y 3 0 0 0
82 POL Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1921,1924-39,1946-2010 0 0 1 0
81 FRA Marathon Men RD var 1912/2008y 2 0 0 2
81 POL 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1923-39,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
81 BUL 10,000 Outdoor Men OT var 1926-35,1938-43,1945-61,1963-2009 37 0 0 37
80 BUL 5000 Outdoor Men OT var 1926-35,1938-43,1945-61,1963-2009 36 0 0 36
70
80 GRE Marathon Men RD var 1896/2009y 5 0 0 0
79 POL Marathon Men RD var 1924-38,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
79 ENG Marathon Men RD Apr+ 1925-1939,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
78 RSA Marathon Men RD var 1908/2009y 1 0 0 0
78 ENG Crosscountry Women XC Feb 1927-1939,1946-2010 51 0 52 52
75 BEL Marathon Men RD var 1903-09,1911,1935-39,1946-49,1951-2008 31 3 15 25
76 TUR 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jun 1924,1933-35,1939-2009 70 5 5 61
75 AUT Road Half Marathon Men RD var 1922-37,1948,1952-2009 4 0 0 1
74 SWE Road Men RD var 1916-25,1945-2008 0 0 0 0
74 IND 10,000m Men OT var 1924/2008yd 41 0 0 0
80
74 EST Crosscountry Short Men XC Apr 1928/2009 72 0 0 72
74 New South Wales (AUS) Marathon Men RD var 1909/2009y 21 4 4 6
73 SUI 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1937-2009 0 0 0 0
72 IND 5000m Men OT var 1924/2008yd 37 1 1 0
72 ESP Marathon Men RD var 1928,1930-31,1933,1935,1940-2001,2005-09 0 0 0 0
72 ENG 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1932-39,1946-2009 0 1 3 0
72 LAT Marathon Men RD var 1927/2009y 4 0 2 2
72 EST Marathon Men RD var 1927-30,1934-36,1939-40,1947-2009 2 0 0 2
72 NED Marathon Men RD var 1914,1927,1931-35,1937-38,1947-2009 1 0 0 0
72 POR Marathon Men RD var 1910-14,1936-42,1948,1951-2009 18 4 4 17
90
72 TUR Marathon Men RD var 1938-2009 26 19 19 20
72 ENG 10 Mile Men OT var 1879-1914,1919-39,1947,1959-72 59 0 0 56
70 FIN Crosscountry- Short Men XC May+ 1932-1937,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
70 BEL Crosscountry Men XC Mar+ 1906-12,1948-2010 19 0 20 15
69 FIN Marathon Men RD var 1909,1937-40,1945-2008 0 0 0 0
69 Victoria (AUS) Marathon Men RD var 1909/2008y 0 1 1 0
69 TUR 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun 1927/2009y 65 4 4 55
69 BUL Marathon Men RD var 1937-40,1943,1945,1947-2009e 27 8 8 26
69 ITA Crosscountry Women XC Mar 1926-29,1946-2010 0 0 32 0
68 AUS 5000m Outdoor Men OT Mar+ 1930,1932,1934,1936-37,1947-2009 0 0 0 0
100
67 Czechoslovak 5000m Outdoor Men RD var 1919-37,1945-92 0 0 0 0
66 NZL Marathon Men RD var 1939-40,1945-2008 13 0 0 0
66 NIR Marathon Men RD May+ 1946-2009 20 28 34 2
65 CAN Marathon Men RD var 1929-40,1946-52,1954-91,2000-02,2008 0 0 0 0
65 WAL Marathon Men RD var 1934-39,1947,1949-92,1995-99,2001-09 0 0 0 0
65 NOR Marathon Men RD var 1897-1901,1950-2009 0 0 0 0
65 SER Crosscountry Men XC var thru 2010
65 Czechoslovak 10,000m Outdoor Men RD var 1919-37,1945-92 0 0 0 0
64 RSA 10,000m Men OT Apr 1939-40,1946-2009 0 0 0 0
64 AUT Crosscountry Women XC Mar 1932-33,1949-2010 0 0 1 0
110
64 SCO 10 Mile Men OT var 1886-1914,1919-39,1946-48,1965-75 63 0 0 63
64 Czechoslovak Marathon Men RD var 1925-37,1939,1941-42,1945-92 0 0 0 0
63 SCO Marathon Men RD var 1946-2008 0 0 0 0
63 SWE Crosscountry- Short Men XC Apr+ 1940-62,1968-74,1977-2009 0 0 0 0
63 AUS Crosscountry Men XC Aug 1910/2009y 17 0 0 16
63 NOR Road Half Marathon Men RD var 1947-2009 1 0 0 0
63 Soviet 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1920/1991y 32 0 0 18
62 SVK 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1937-43,1945-50,1953,1956-60,1967-2009 1 0 0 1
62 ROM Crosscountry Women XC var 1947-1960,1962-2009 0 0 11 0
62 Balkan Games/Championships Marathon Men RD var 1929-40,1953-86,1988-90,1992,1996-2009 5 4 4 2
120
61 IND Marathon Men RD var 1938-46@2,1948-2003 46 49 55 43
61 RSA Crosscountry Men XC Sep+ 1948-1999,2001-2009 13 0 13 0
61 Soviet 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1920/1991y 16 0 0 12
60 YUG Marathon Men RD var 1930/2002y 29 0 0 27
59 EST Crosscountry Women XC Apr 1945,1948-51,1955,1957-2009 72 0 0 72
59 CAN Crosscountry Men XC var 1951-2009 2 2 2 2
58 KOR Outdoor Men OT Jun thru 2004, quite incomplete 69 0 0 69
58 KOR Marathon Men RD Apr+ 1927/2008 32 0 0 28
58 MEX Marathon Men RD var 1924,1927-32,1935-41,1945-79,2002-10 40 5 6 25
58 AUS 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Mar+ 1953/2009y 0 0 0 0
130
57 SVK Crosscountry Long Men XC var 1940-50,1955,1957-60,1969-2009 9 0 1 10
57 SVK 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1940-43,1945-50,1956-60,1968-2009 1 0 0 1
57 GER Indoor 3000m Men IT Feb 1954-2010 21 0 3 0
56 WAL 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun 1951-52,1954-2001,2004-09 17 0 0 22
56 AUT Crosscountry- Short Men XC Mar+ 1955-2010 0 0 0 0
55 NOR Crosscountry- Short Men XC var 1947-75,1984-2009 28 0 0 28
55 BEL 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1951-52,1957-2009 5 1 1 5
55 FIN Crosscountry Women XC May+ 1955-2009 0 0 0 0
55 AUS Marathon Men RD var 1909/2009y 0 0 0 0
54 Balkan Crosscounty Men XC Mar 1940,1955,1958-2009 42 0 0 42
140
54 BEL 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1954,1957-2009 2 0 1 3
54 Soviet Marathon Men RD var 1923,1935-40,1945-1991 3 0 1 4
52 POL 3000m Indoor Men IT Feb 1933-39,1946-51,1954,1973-2010 0 0 0 0
52 MNE Crosscountry Men XC Feb+ 1946/2009 0 2 38 0
51 Balkan Crosscounty Women XC Mar 1958-2009 39 0 0 39
51 SVK Marathon Men RD var 1946-51,1957-60,1969-2009 0 0 1 0
51 SCO Crosscountry Women XC Feb 1960-2010 0 0 4 0
50 AUS Crosscountry Women XC Aug 1960-2009 26 0 0 27
Notes: Ties are resolved in order of the date for the most recent running with inactive races following in reverse order of the most recent running.
d => IND 10,000m championships were held twice in 1967,1969,1972,1981,and 1996
c => this series may continue after the last year given e => this series may extend earlier than the inaugural year listed + => this series has been held at other times of the year, month given reflects the most recent contest var => this series is not associated with any particular time of the year
y => the AUS 10,000m outdoor championships were run 1953-84,1986-95,1997-98.2000,2002-2004,2006 and twice in 1984,1994,1997,2000,2004,2006 y => the AUS crosscountry championships were run 1910,1912,1921-39@2,1946-52@2,1954-55,1957-71@2,1973-date y => the AUS marathon championships were run 1909,1927,1949,1951-53,1956,1958,1960,1962,1964,1966-date y => the New South Wales (AUS) marathon championships were run 1909-12,1928,1930,1937-39,1944-2000,2002-date y=> the Victoria (AUS) marathon championships were run 1909-11,1920,1923,1926,1929,1946-50,1952-2008 y => the AUT marathon championships were run 1901-02,1904,1906,1912,1922,1924-38,1940-41,1948-date y => the BEL marathon championships were run 1903-09,1911,1922-24,1935-39,1946-57,1959-date y => the CAN 5000m championships were run 1884-97,1904-05,1911-12,1924,1928-36,1948-date y => the CAN 10,000m championships were run 1908,1910,1913,1922-23,1925-36,1938,1940,1947-date y => the EST short crosscountry championships were run 1928-43,1945,1948-51,1955,1957-83,1985-date y => the FRA marathon championships were run 1912,1914,1920-26,1928,1930-32,1936,1939,1941,1943,1945-2002,2004-date y => the GRE marathon championships were run 1896,1906,1909-11,1924,1926-29,1931-34,1936-39,1948-date y => the IND 10,000m championships were run 1924,1927-28,1930,1932,1934,1936,1938,1940,1942,1944,1946,1948-67,1969-70,1972,1974-75,1977-date y => the ITA Crosscountry championships were run 1908-09,1911,1913-15,1919,1921-38,1941-43,1946-date y => the ITA Road championships were run 1897-1903,1905-14,1919-22,1925-32,1937-date y => the JPN 10,000m outdoor championships were run 1913-16,1917,1920-23,1925-40,1942,1946-date y => the JPN marathon championships were run 1913-23,1925-1940,1942,1946-date y => the KOR marathon championships were run 1927-28,1930-35,1937-42,1946-49,1951-83,2002-08 y => the LAT marathon championships were run 1927-28,1930-35,1937-39,1942-43,1947,1950-52,1956-date y => the MNE crosscountry championships were run 1946-50,1957-60,1962-64,1966-67,1969-70,1972-94,1998-date y => the NED 10,000m outdoor championships were run 1902,1914,1920-21,1923-25,1927-33,1935-38,1940,1946-date y => the RSA marathon championships were run 1908,1922-24,1926,1928-40,1946-2001,2006-date y => the TUR 10,000m outdoor championships were run 1927,1933-35,1939,1943-45,1948-97,1999-2006,2008-date y => the URS (Soviet) 5000m outdoor championships were run 1920,1922-24,1927-28,1931,1934-40,1943-1991 y => the URS (Soviet) 10,000m outdoor championships were run 1920,1922-24,1927-28,1934,1936-40,1943-1991 y => the USA crosscountry championships were run 1890-92,1897-98,1901,1903,1905-97,1999-date y => the YUG marathon championships were run 1930-32,1934-39,1949,1952-53,1960-62,1964,1966-2002
Complete champions/dates/times/venues list for 38 championships
Complete champions list for 125 championships
Web pages for 144 championships
Many people have contributed to the compilation of this list. Individual contributions to particular races are
acknowledged on the web pages.
Last Updated on 15 Mar 2010