Marathon List for 1953
Australia
AUS 08 Aug Melbourne n/a 2:35:33 Robert A Prentice (36,AUS) none
AUS 15 Aug Sydney n/a 2:26:59 Roland Guy (34,AUS) none
AUS 26 Sep Sydney Australian Championships 2:24:48 Roland Guy (34,AUS) none
Austria
AUT 30 Aug Dornbirn Austrian Championship 2:33:08.0 Reinaldo Gorno (35,ARG) none
Canada
CAN 12 Oct Saint John's NF 4 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 2:45:43 George Hillier (NF/CAN) none
Czech Republic
CZE 09 Aug Domazlice 6 Domazlicky 2:40:10 Jindrich Novak (CZE) none
CZE 06 Sep Upice 4 Vitezove Ratiborickeho 2:29:07.0 Jaroslav Sourek (25,CZE) none
Denmark
DEN 26 Jul Aarhus Danish Championship 2:52:11.8 Kai Muhlig (DEN) none
Egypt
EGY 31 Jul Alexandria n/a 2:31:49.8 Hassan Abdel Abdelfattah (32,EGY)
none
England
ENG 06 Apr Sheffield 11 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:33:00a William McMinnis (37,ENG) none
ENG 13 Jun Windsor 41 Polytechnic 2:18:40.4 James Henry Peters (34,ENG) none
ENG ?? ??? Hull n/a 2:43:41 Norman Nielson (29,ENG) none
ENG 12 Aug Liverpool n/a 2:27:13 William McMinnis (37,ENG) none
Spain
ESP 19 Apr Reus Spanish Championship 2:52:00 Manuel Polo (ESP) none
Estonia
EST 04 Oct Tallinn Estonian Championship 2:38:17 Viktor Puusepp (EST) none
Finland
FIN 05 Jul Mynämäki n/a 2:34:48.2 Eino Jarvinen (37,FIN) none
FIN 09 Aug Vihtavuori n/a 2:28:42 Erkki Puolakka (28,FIN) none
FIN 27 Sep Vuoksenniska n/a 2:33:19t Vaino Nevalainen (40,FIN) none
FIN 04 Oct Turku 6 Turku 2:18:34.8 James Henry Peters (34,ENG) none
France
FRA 19 Jul Colombes French Championships 2:37:52.0 Charles Cerou (35,FRA) none
Germany
GER 14 Jun Bad Nenndorf n/a 2:45:12.4 Ernst Weber (43,GER) none
GER 19 Jul Leipzig East Gernan Championship 2:39:24 Gerhard Heber (29,GER) none
GER 25 Jul Augsburg West German Championship 2:54:07.0 Hans Vollbach (32,GER) none
Greece
GRE ?? Apr Athens Greek Championship 3:13:15a Christos Vartzakis (GRE) none
GRE 29 Jun Athens 12 Balkan Games 3:09:45.6 Franjo Skrinjar (33,CRO) none
Hungary
HUN 25 Jul Budapest n/a 2:35:05.0 Jozef Dobronyi (36,HUN) none
HUN 01 Nov Budapest n/a 2:27:45.4 Jozef Dobronyi (36,HUN) none
India
IND 27 Sep Jabalpur n/a 2:33:21.4 Chhota Singh (IND) none
Japan
JPN 01 Feb Beppu 1 Beppu Mainichi 2:29:05 Keizo Yamada (25,JPN) none
JPN 22 Feb Tokyo n/a 2:31:13 Kiyoshi Shinozaki (JPN) none
JPN 29 Mar Tokyo n/a 2:35:29 Zenzo Shibata (JPN) none
JPN 10 May Osaka 8 Mainichi 2:41:28 Hiroshi Uwa (JPN) none
JPN 05 Jul Otaru n/a 2:36:38 Yukio Takahashi (JPN) none
JPN 11 Oct Tokyo Japanese Championships 2:39:23 Kurao Hiroshima (24,JPN) none
JPN 06 Dec Kochi 8 Kochi Shinbun 2:35:36 Hiroyoshi Nagai (JPN) none
JPN 06 Dec Nagoya 7 Asahi Shimbun 2:27:26 Hideo Hamamura (25,JPN) none
Netherlands; The
NED 12 Sep Enschede 4 Enschede 2:19:22 James Henry Peters (34,ENG) none
Northern Ireland
NIR 20 Jun Belfast All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 2:43:15 Harry Cooney (IRL) none
NIR 02 Aug Berlfast All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:42:36 Terence O'Sulivan (IRL) none
Norway
NOR 26 Jul Trondheim Norwegian Championship 2:41:43 John Systad (40,NOR) none
NOR 05 Sep Oslo n/a 2:30:16 Veikko Karvonen (27,FIN) none
New Zealand
NZL ?? ??? Dunedin n/a 2:41:29.8 Arthur Lydiard (36,NZL) none
Poland
POL 06 Sep Warsaw Polish Championships 2:39:17.6 Mieczyslaw Szewczyk (POL) none
Romania
ROM 04 Oct Bucharest Romanian International Championships 2:30:29.8 Jozef Dobronyi (36,HUN) none
South Africa
RSA 24 Jan Krugersdorp n/a 2:33:06.6 Jackie Meckler (20,RSA) none
RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 8 Jackie Gibson 2:35:59 Sidney Luyt (27,RSA) none
RSA 10 Oct Durban n/a 2:37:52 Trevor Allen (RSA) none
RSA 28 Nov Durban 21 Durban Athletic Club 2:37:51 Jackie Meckler (21,RSA) none
Russia
RUS 27 Aug Moscow Soviet Championships 2:29:02.8 Pyotr Sorokovich (25,RUS) none
Scotland
SCO 27 Jun Edinburgh n/a 2:38:00 John Duffy (33,SCO) none
Switzerland
SUI 13 Sep Saint Gallen n/a 2:31:14 Hans Frischknecht (31,SUI) none
Slovakia
SVK 18 Oct Kosice 28 Kosice 2:53:32.8 Walter Bednar (27,CZE) none
Sweden
SWE 14 Jun Falköping n/a 2:27:04 Gustaf Jansson (31,SWE) none
Turkey
TUR 19 Apr Adana n/a 2:50:25 Yusef Akkaya (TUR) none
United States
USA ?? Mar Honolulu HI 1 Hawaiian AAU 2:51:35 Norman Tamanaha (46,HI/USA) none
USA 12 Apr Petaluma CA 19 Petaluma Spartan 3:37:45 Vic Duran (USA) none
USA 20 Apr Boston MA 56 92+0 Boston 2:18:51x Keizo Yamada (25,JPN) none
USA 17 May Yonkers NY 29 Yonkers 2:48:12.5 Karl Gösta Leandersson (35,SWE) none
USA 27 Jun Culver City CA 6 n/a 2:46:30 Robert Cons (CA/USA) none
USA 08 Nov Philadelphia PA Valley Forge
Wales
WAL 25 Jul Cardiff Welsh Championships 2:22:29 James Henry Peters (34,ENG) none
Zimbabwe
ZIM 04 Apr Salisbury South African Championship 2:46:52.8 Nic Slabbert (RSA) none
Last Updated on 06 Jun 2008