Marathon List for 1949
Australia AUS 17 Sep Perth n/a 2:43:46.0 Robert A Prentice (32,AUS) none AUS ?? Nov Melbourne n/a 2:41:33.0 Gordon Stanley (AUS) none Austria AUT 25 Sep Linz Austrian Championship 2:35:14 Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE) none Canada CAN 09 Jul Toronto ON 1 Gladstone AC Championships 2:48:48 Paul Collins (22,CAN) none Czech Republic CZE 12 Jun Prague n/a 2:37:30.4 Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE) none CZE 04 Sep Domazlice 2 Domazlicky 2:36:52 Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE) none Denmark DEN 25 Jun Helsingřr Danish Championship 2:55:37.2 Henning Larsen (38,DEN) none England ENG 18 Apr Sheffield 7 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:41:53a Jack Holden (42,GBR) none ENG 18 Jun Chiswick 37 Polytechnic 2:42:54.2a Jack Holden (42,GBR) none ENG 09 Jul Rugby n/a 2:52:39 Gerry Malcolmson (36,ENG) none ENG 30 Jul Birmingham n/a 2:34:10.6 Jack Holden (42,GBR) none ENG 13 Aug Liverpool n/a 2:51:55 Jack Paterson (36,SCO) none Spain ESP 17 Apr Zaragoza Spanish Championship 3:05:44 Tomas Ostariz (ESP) none Estonia EST 09 Oct Tallinn Estonian Championship 2:56:21 Richard Lulla (EST) none Finland FIN 26 Jun Pihlava n/a 2:35:44.2 Aarne Jung (36,FIN) none FIN 11 Sep Kuopio n/a 2:34:51 Onni Kuivalainen (33,FIN) none FIN 02 Oct Turku n/a 2:28:39.4 Salomon Könönen (23,FIN) none France FRA 10 Jul Colombes French Championships 2:48:18 Rene Josset (38,FRA) none Germany GER 06 Aug Bremen n/a 2:53:10.8 Wilhelm Bürklein (37,GER) none GER 18 Sep Frankfurt n/a 2:43:53 Gerd von Hanu-Krüger (26,GER) none Greece GRE 15 May Athens Greek Championship 2:57:17a Dimitrios Dervenus (GRE) none Hungary HUN 25 Sep Szeged n/a 2:40:28 Mihaly Esztergomi (37,HUN) none India IND 13 Feb Delhi n/a 2:44:21.9 Chhota Singh (IND) none Ireland IRL 11 Sep Mosney All Ireland Championships (NACA) 3:11:05 Tom Reilly (IRL) none Italy ITA 11 Sep Novara Italian Championship 2:51:00 Cristofano Sestini (36,ITA) none Japan JPN 27 Mar Marugame 3 Kagawa 2:40:08 Giichi Noda (JPN) none JPN 04 May Osaka 4 Mainichi 2:40:32 Saburo Yamada (JPN) none JPN 27 Aug Kashiwara n/a 2:52:20 Hiroshi Hashimoto (JPN) none JPN 03 Nov Tokyo 4 Japanese National Games 2:35:31 Fumio Babasaki (JPN) none JPN 23 Nov Kochi 4 n/a 2:44:54 Shinichi Nagano (JPN) none JPN 04 Dec Shizuoka Asahi 2:40:26 Shinzo Koga (JPN) none Korea KOR ?? ??? n/a Korean Championships 2:37:28 Kil-Yun Song (KOR) none Netherlands; The NED 20 Aug Enschede 2 Enschede 2:20:52x Jack Holden (NZL) none Northern Ireland NIR 09 Jul Belfast All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 2:45:07 John Henning (NIR) none Norway NOR 27 Jul Oslo USA vs Scandanavia 2:37:25 Gösta Leandersson (31,SWE) none New Zealand NZL 12 Mar Christchurch New Zealand Championships 2:40:05.6 George Bromley (NZL) none NZL 12 Oct n/a n/a 2:37:47 John R Clarke (NZL) none Poland POL 24 Jul Gdansk n/a 3:14:45 Stanislaw Gluszcz (POL) none Romania ROM 11 Sep Bucharest Romanian Championships 2:35:20 Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE) none South Africa RSA 16 Apr Queenstown n/a 2:34:16.5 Sidney Luyt (23,RSA) none RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 4 Jackie Gibson 2:52:43 William Keith (23,RSA) none RSA ?? Nov Durban 17 Durban Athletic Club 2:47:21 Wootton (RSA) none RSA ?? Nov Paarl n/a 2:39:27 Sidney Luyt (23,RSA) none Russia RUS 19 Jul Moscow n/a 2:34:49.4 Vasiliy Gordiyenko (35,RUS) none Scotland SCO 03 Sep Edinburgh n/a 2:46:04 Jack Paterson (36,SCO) none Switzerland SUI ?? ??? n/a Swiss Championship 2:53:03 Hans Frischknecht (26,SUI) none Slovakia SVK 23 Oct Kosice 24 Kosice 2:33:45.6 Martti Urpalainen (31,FIN) none Sweden SWE 19 Jun Kungsbacka n/a 2:40:38 Gösta Leandersson (31,SWE) none SWE 11 Sep Stockholm n/a 2:32:18 Martti Urpalainen (31,FIN) none Turkey TUR 03 Apr Antakya n/a 2:50:44 Ahmet Aytar (26,TUR) none TUR 23 Oct Istanbul n/a 2:38:56.8 Sevki Koru (36,TUR) none United States USA 03 Apr Petaluma CA 15 Petaluma Spartan 2:58:45 Jesse vanZant (25,USA) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 52 Boston 2:31:51x Gösta Leandersson (30,SWE) none USA 15 May Yonkers NY 25 Yonkers 2:38:48.9 Victor Dyrgall (31,USA) none USA 30 May Salisbury Beach MA n/a 2:36:32a Johnny A Kelley (41,MA/USA) none USA 27 Nov Culver City CA 2 n/a 2:45:27 Robert Cons (CA/USA) none Wales WAL 09 Jul Margam Weksh Championship 2:54:00 Ken Thomas (WAL) noneLast Updated on 25 Jun 2008