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