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. Junior and collegiate championships are not included.
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
132 ENG 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1866-1914,1919-39,1946-2007 13 1 1 0
124 IRL 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1875-1914,1924-2007 29 1 3 30
122 USA 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1880-94,1899-1902,1904-19,1921-2007 1 0 8 0
121 USA 3000m Indoor Men IT Mar thru 2008 90 90 90 90
120 ENG Crosscountry Men XC Feb 1877-1914,1920-1939,1946-2007 68 0 71 0
117 FRA Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1889-1914,1918-2008 0 0 87 0
111 SCO Crosscountry Men XC Feb 1886-1914,1920-39,1947-2008 0 0 62 0
110 USA Crosscountry Men XC Feb+ 1890/2008y 63 0 63 63
108 DEN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1900-2007 81 0 0 76
108 DEN Crosscountry Men XC Oct 1901-2008 98 0 0 99
10
105 WAL Crosscountry Men XC Feb 1894-1914,1920-40,1946-2008 62 0 0 0
101 ITA Road Men RD May+ 1897/2008y 0 0 2 0
100 HUN Crosscountry Men XC Apr+ thru 2008, quite incomplete
99 SWE Marathon Men RD var 1910-2008 0 0 0 0
98 FIN 5000m Outdoor Men OT Aug 1910-1940,1942-2007 0 0 0 0
98 DEN Marathon Men RD var 1910-2007 21 0 0 19
97 FIN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Aug 1910-1940,1942-2007 0 0 0 0
96 ITA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Aug+ 1907-14,1919-43,1945-2007 64 0 0 0
95 FRA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1908-09,1917-39,1941-2007 0 0 0 0
95 RSA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Apr+ 1904-14,1920-40,1946-2008 0 0 0 0
20
95 World Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1903-14,1920-39,1946-2008 0 0 0 0
95 GER Marathon Men RD var 1898,1905-08,1910-13,1920-42,1946-2008 0 0 0 0
94 NED 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1913-1944,1946-2007 43 0 2 42
94 NOR 5000m Outdoor Men OT Aug 1908-1939,1946-2007 84 0 0 0
94 FRA 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1905-11,1920-39,1941-43,1945-2008 0 0 0 0
94 ITA Marathon Men RD var 1908-14,1919-42,1945-2007 0 0 0 0
93 FIN Crosscountry- Long Men XC Jun+ 1913-1917,1919-1941,1943-2007 0 0 0 0
92 LUX Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1911-13,1916-40,1946-2008 0 0 84 0
91 JPN Marathon Men RD var 1913-40,1942,1946-2007 9 0 0 8
91 DEN 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1910-11,1919-2007 75 0 0 60
30
91 FRA Crosscountry Wmn XC Mar 1918-2008 0 0 68 0
90 ITA Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1908/2007y 0 0 53 0
90 ESP Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1916-36,1940-2008 67 0 64 0
90 POL Crosscountry Men XC Mar thru 2008, quite incomplete
90 JPN 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1913-15,1917-23,1925-40,1942,1946-2008 27 0 1 25
89 ITA 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1913-14,1919-43,1945-55,1957-2007 1 0 1 1
89 NOR 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Aug+ 1913-39,1946-2007 78 0 0 0
89 WAL 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1907-14,1920-39,1946-2005,2007 1 0 1 0
89 NOR Long Crosscountry Men XC var 1913-39,1946-2007 1 0 0 0
89 ROM Crosscountry Men XC var 1916,1920-60,1962-2007d 3 0 17 3
40
88 CAN 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1884/2007y 2 0 0 0
88 ESP 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1917-36,1940-2007 74 0 0 0
88 JPN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1913/2008y 18 0 0 18
87 GER 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1919-43,1946-2007 0 0 0 0
87 NED Crosscountry Men XC Mar 1919-39,1941-43,1946-2008 2 0 3 2
87 GER 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1919-42,1946-2008 0 0 0 0
85 ROM Marathon Men RD var 1921-22,1924-28,1930-76,1978-2008 2 0 2 2
84 NED Road Men RD var 1909-10,1912,1918,1923-39,1946-2008 32 0 2 32
84 USA 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jun+ 1878-79,1895-96,1903-05,1932-2008 0 0 2 0
83 AUT Marathon Men RD var 1901/2007y 1 0 0 0
50
83 POL 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1920-39,1945-2007 0 0 0 0
83 HUN Marathon Men RD var 1925-2007 0 0 0 0
83 USA Marathon Men RD var 1925-2007 0 0 0 0
82 NED 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1902/2008y 29 0 0 29
81 ESP 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1924-36,1940-2007 63 0 0 0
81 SUI Marathon Men RD var 1901,1908-09,1917-18,1927-53,1960-2008 40 5 19 40
81 FRA Marathon Men RD var 1912/2008y 2 0 0 2
81 CAN 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1908/2008y 4 0 0 0
79 POL 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1923-39,1946-2007 0 0 0 0
78 GRE Marathon Men RD var 1896/2007y 10 0 0 0
60
78 POL Marathon Men RD var 1924-38,1946-2008 0 0 0 0
78 ENG Marathon Men RD Apr+ 1925-1939,1946-2008 0 0 0 0
77 RSA Marathon Men RD var 1908/2008y 7 0 2 0
75 ENG Crosscountry Wmn XC Feb 1927-1939,1946-2007 51 0 52 52
75 BEL Marathon Men RD var 1903-09,1911,1935-39,1946-49,1951-2008 31 3 15 25
74 AUT Road Men RD var 1922-37,1948,1952-2008 4 0 0 1
73 TUR 5000m Outdoor Men OT Jun 1924,1933-35,1939-2006 69 4 4 60
73 IND 10,000m Men OT var 1924/2007yd 41 0 0 0
72 ENG 10 Mile Men OT var 1879-1914,1919-39,1947,1959-72 60 0 0 60
71 SUI 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1937-2007 0 0 0 0
70
71 IND 5000m Men OT var 1924/2007yd 37 1 1 0
71 ESP Marathon Men RD var 1928,1930-31,1933,1935,1940-2001,2005-08 0 0 0 0
70 ENG 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jul+ 1932-39,1946-2007 0 1 3 0
70 TUR Marathon Men RD var 1938-2007 26 19 19 20
70 LAT Marathon Men RD var 1927/2007y 5 0 2 2
70 EST Marathon Men RD var 1927-30,1934-36,1939-40,1947-2007 2 0 0 2
69 NED Marathon Men RD var 1914,1927,1931-33,1935,1937-38,1947-2007 3 0 0 0
69 POR Marathon Men RD var 1910-14,1936-42,1951-2007 18 4 4 17
68 FIN Crosscountry- Short Men XC May+ 1932-1937,1946-2007 0 0 0 0
68 FIN Marathon Men RD var 1909,1937-40,1945-2007 0 0 0 0
80
68 BEL Crosscountry Men XC Mar+ 1906-12,1948-2008 19 0 20 15
67 AUS 5000m Outdoor Men OT Mar+ 1930,1932,1934,1936-37,1947-2008 0 0 0 0
67 BUL Marathon Men RD var 1937-40,1943,1945,1947-2007e 48 8 8 48
67 Czechoslovak 5000m Outdoor Men RD var 1919-37,1945-92 0 0 0 0
66 TUR 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun 1927/2006y 64 3 3 54
66 ITA Crosscountry Wmn XC Mar 1926-29,1946-2007 0 0 32 0
66 NZL Marathon Men RD var 1939-40,1945-2008 18 0 0 1
65 CAN Marathon Men RD var 1929-40,1946-52,1954-91,2000-02,2008 0 0 0 0
65 Czechoslovak 10,000m Outdoor Men RD var 1919-37,1945-92 0 0 0 0
64 WAL Marathon Men RD var 1934-39,1947,1949-92,1995-99,2001-08 0 0 0 0
90
64 SCO 10 Mile Men OT var 1886-1914,1919-39,1946-48,1965-75 63 0 0 63
63 NIR Marathon Men RD May+ 1946-2006 20 24 30 2
63 NOR Marathon Men RD var 1897-1901,1950-2007 0 0 0 0
63 RSA 10,000m Men OT Apr 1939-40,1946-2008 0 0 0 0
63 Soviet 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1920/1991y 32 0 0 18
62 SCO Marathon Men RD var 1946-2007 0 0 0 0
61 IND Marathon Men RD var 1938-46@2,1948-2003 52 49 55 43
61 SER Crosscountry Men XC var thru 2006
61 NOR Road Half Marathon Men RD var 1947-2007 1 0 0 0
61 Czechoslovak Marathon Men RD var 1925-37,1945-92 0 0 0 0
100
61 Soviet 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1920/1991y 16 0 0 12
60 SVK 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1937-43,1945-50,1953,1956-60,1967-2007 1 0 0 1
60 Balkan Games/Championships Marathon Men RD var 1929-40,1953-86,1988-90,1992,1996-2007 7 4 4 2
60 ROM Crosscountry Wmn XC var 1947-1960,1962-2007 0 0 11 0
59 RSA Crosscountry Men XC Sep+ 1948-1999,2001-2007 13 0 13 0
58 KOR Outdoor Men OT Jun thru 2004, quite incomplete
57 AUS Crosscountry Men XC Aug 1910/2007y 17 0 0 17
57 CAN Crosscountry Men XC var 1951-2007 2 2 2 2
56 SVK Crosscountry Long Men XC var 1940-50,1955,1957-60,1969-2008 9 0 1 10
55 MEX Marathon Men RD var 1924,1927-32,1935-41,1945-79,2002-07 40 5 6 25
110
55 SVK 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1940-43,1945-50,1956-60,1968-2007 1 0 0 1
55 AUS 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Mar+ 1953/2006y 0 0 0 0
55 KOR Marathon Men RD Apr+ 1930-35,1937-42,1946-49,1951-83,2002-07 32 0 0 29
54 WAL 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jun 1951-52,1954-2001,2004-07 17 0 0 22
54 NOR Short Crosscountry Men XC var 1947-75,1984-2008 28 0 0 28
54 Soviet Marathon Men RD var 1923,1935-40,1945-1991 3 0 1 4
53 FIN Crosscountry Wmn XC May+ 1955-2007 0 0 0 0
53 BEL 10,000m Outdoor Men OT Jul 1951-52,1957-2007 5 1 1 5
52 AUS Marathon Men RD var 1909/2006y 0 0 0 0
52 Balkan Crosscounty Men XC Mar 1956-2007
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52 BEL 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1954,1957-2007 2 0 1 3
52 EST 10,000m Outdoor Men OT var 1956-2007 50 0 1 51
52 EST 5000m Outdoor Men OT var 1956-2007 50 0 0 51
51 YUG Marathon Men RD var 1949-1962,1964,1966-2002 33 8 8 31
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 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 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 LAT marathon championships were run 1927-28,1930-35,1937-39,1942-43,1947,1950-52,1956-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 1927,1933-35,1939,1943-45,1948-97,1999-2005 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
Complete champions/dates/times/venues list for 33 championships
Complete champions list for 99 championships
Web pages for 117 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 02 Jul 2008