Marathons
This section attempts to list all of the marathons held in the world for each
year. Lists are organized by country, date, and venue. The name of the race, number of
male/female finishers, number of runnings, and men and women
winners/times/ages/nationalities are listed when known. Lists for each year are
posted on individual web pages that can be accessed by clicking on the year in
the table below. The numbers of marathons listed, the numbers of finishers, and
the largest marathon for each year are shown below. Additional statistics can be
accessed by clicking on Stats. Lists of the largest marathons each year can be
accessed by clicking on the number of finishers for the largest marathon, if
underlined. Finisher data for earlier years is often quite incomplete; the
largest marathons represent the largest that reports of the numbers of finisher
have been received.
2010 298 118,309 Stats 43633 2009 2232 1,310,172 Stats 43633 ING New York City (NY/USA) 2008 2017 1,210,322 Stats 38060 ING New York City (NY/USA) 2007 1918 1,170,254 Stats 38557 ING New York City (NY/USA) 2006 1778 1,004,346 Stats 37936 ING New York City (NY/USA) 2005 1618 995,601 Stats 36856 ING New York City (NY/USA) 2004 1556 780,390 Stats 36562 ING New York City (NY/USA) 2003 1074 687,309 Stats 34729 ING New York City (NY/USA) 2002 1001 640,373 Stats 32889 London (ENG) 2001 900 550,970 Stats 30206 London (ENG) 2000 861 554,200 Stats 31561 London (ENG) 1999 727 358,317 Stats 31786 New York City (NY/USA) 1998 708 312,358 Stats 31539 New York City (NY/USA) 1997 685 294,410 Stats 30427 New York City (NY/USA) 1996 698 304,140 Stats 35868 Boston (MA/USA) 1995 707 268,310 Stats 27022 Honolulu (HI/USA) 1994 691 305,459 Stats 29735 New York City (NY/USA) 1993 670 268,756 Stats 26597 New York City (NY/USA) 1992 628 270,895 Stats 27797 New York City (NY/USA) 1991 648 250,736 Stats 25797 New York City (NY/USA) 1990 583 218,794 Stats 24953 London (ENG) 1989 656 239,257 Stats 24659 New York City (NY/USA) 1988 677 225,034 Stats 22405 New York City (NY/USA) 1987 665 221,212 Stats 21244 New York City (NY/USA) 1986 632 174,895 Stats 19689 New York City (NY/USA) 1985 701 190,817 Stats 15881 New York City (NY/USA) 1984 748 308,231 Stats 15649 London (ENG) 1983 769 296,042 Stats 15776 London (ENG) 1982 740 247,742 Stats 15116 London (ENG) 1981 689 202,674 Stats 13223 New York City (NY/USA) 1980 610 156,768 Stats 12512 New York City (NY/USA) 1979 620 161,754 Stats 10477 New York City (NY/USA) 1978 543 117,023 Stats 8588 New York City (NY/USA) 1977 417 49,345 Stats 3701 New York City (NY/USA) 1976 371 28,943 Stats 1997 Schwarzwald (GER) 1975 362 21,303 Stats 2143 Schwarzwald (GER) 1974 323 16,952 Stats 2113 Schwarzwald (GER) 1973 307 14,370 Stats 1726 Schwarzwald (GER) 1972 293 10,865 Stats 1434 Schwarzwald (GER) 1971 267 9,720 Stats 1420 Schwarzwald (GER) 1970 225 7,616 Stats 1040 Schwarzwald (GER) 1969 196 5,382 Stats 1152 Boston (MA/USA) 1968 191 2,478 Stats 792 Schwarzwald (ger) 1967 188 2,567 Stats 518 Equinox (AK/USA) 1966 163 1,904 Stats 414 Boston (MA/USA) 1965 167 1,402 Stats 365 Boston (MA/USA) 1964 143 1,099 Stats 130 Boston (MA/USA) 1963 132 854 Stats 183 Boston (MA/USA) 1962 111 520 Stats 113 Boston (MA/USA) 1961 107 458 Stats 115 Boston (MA/USA) 1960 113 561 Stats 83 Boston (MA/USA) 1959 105 373 Stats 50 Enschede (NED) 1958 92 360 Stats 63 Isle of Wight (ENG) + West German Championship (GER) 1957 80 189 Stats 71 West German Championship (GER) 1956 98 126 Stats 33 Olympic Games (AUS) 1955 96 175 Stats 59 West German Championship (GER) 1954 77 151 Stats 83 Doncaster to Sheffield (ENG) 1953 70 137 Stats 92 Boston (MA/USA) 1952 72 202 Stats 100 (Moscow RUS) 1951 82 165 Stats 62 West German Championship (GER) 1950 69 101 Stats 49 West German Championship (GER) 1949 61 225 Stats 90 Boston (MA/USA) 1948 48 158 Stats 57 Yonkers (NY/USA) 1947 53 133 Stats 41 Boston (MA/USA) 1946 44 94 Stats 33 Boston (MA/USA) 1945 30 72 Stats 34 Boston (MA/USA) 1944 18 113 Stats 33 Boston (MA/USA) 1943 22 118 Stats 35 Boston (MA/USA) 1942 25 140 Stats 46 Boston (MA/USA) 1941 27 225 Stats 75 Boston (MA/USA) 1940 43 251 Stats 98 Boston (MA/USA) 1939 51 166 Stats 42 Yonkers (NY/USA) 1938 58 371 Stats 137 German Championship (GER) 1937 54 293 Stats 93 German Championship (GER) 1936 57 190 Stats 50 German Championship (GER) 1935 72 425 Stats 250 (Tokyo JPN) 1934 69 95 Stats 40 Port Chester (NY/USA) 1933 50 245 Stats 57 Italian Championship (Turin ITA)
Last Updated on 12 Mar 2010
Major contributors: Franco Anichini, Klaas Loonstra, Paul Michiels, Andy Milroy, Roger Gynn, Martin Rix, Juraj Gasparovic, Franco Civai, Ian Hill