National Marathon Champions for Canada
Men (65 runnings)
25 May 2008 Ottawa 2:16:54.1 Giitha Macharia
27 May 2007 Ottawa 2:18:06.9 Matthew McInnes-2
28 May 2006 Ottawa 2:27:59.0 Charles Bedley
29 May 2005 Ottawa 2:18:20.7 James Finlayson
30 May 2004 Ottawa 2:18:52.4 Matthew McInnes
.... not held
12 May 2002 Ottawa 2:15:45.2 Bruce Deacon-3
13 May 2001 Ottawa 2:18:53.3 Bruce Deacon-2
14 May 2000 Ottawa 2:17:13 Bruce Deacon
.... not held
12 May 1991 Ottawa 2:23:44 Michael Petrocci
08 Jul 1990 Calgary 2:28:18 Ashley Dustow
24 Sep 1989 Montreal 2:20:07 Peter Maher
15 May 1988 Ottawa 2:18:40 Gordon Christie
04 Oct 1987 Toronto 2:17:41.1 Michael Dyon-3
28 Sep 1986 Montreal 2:20:36 Agustin Diaz Romero
16 Jun 1985 Winnipeg 2:22:32 Roger Schwegel
13 May 1984 Ottawa 2:13:19 David Edge
29 May 1983 Winnipeg 2:16:21 Art Boileau
30 May 1982 Montreal 2:16:12.6 Michael Dyon-2
03 May 1981 Vancouver 2:19:16 John Hill
04 May 1980 Vancouver 2:16:52 Brian Maxwell-2
09 Sep 1979 Saint John's 2:20:45 Ken Inglis
17 Sep 1978 New Glasgow 2:21:54 Richard Hughson
01 May 1977 Ottawa 2:18:05 Michael Dyon
10 Sep 1976 Waterloo 2:30:55 Doug Scorrar
11 Oct 1975 Kitchener 2:18:40 Brian Maxwell
12 Oct 1974 Waterloo 2:17:57 Thomas Howard
15 Sep 1973 Saint Johns 2:13:26.7 Jerome Drayton-2
24 Jun 1972 Montreal 2:23:13 + Jerome Drayton
23 May 1971 Etobicoke 2:24:57 John Cliff
31 May 1970 Hamilton 2:32:21 Andy Boychuk-4
19 May 1969 Brantford 2:31:44.6 Chris Steer
27 Jul 1968 Calgary 2:29:21 Andy Boychuk-3
04 Jun 1967 Winnipeg 2:26:22.8 Andy Boychuk-2
05 Jun 1966 Ottawa 2:35:24 Andy Boychuk
05 Sep 1965 Saint Hyacinthe 2:36:48 Tom McCarty
18 Jul 1964 Calgary 2:39:55 Gordon Dickson-6
01 Sep 1963 Saint Hyacinthe 2:33:23 Doug Kyle
09 Sep 1962 Saint Hyacinthe 2:27:39 Gordon Dickson-5
03 Sep 1961 Saint Hyacinthe 2:31:50 John J Kelley (MA/USA)
25 Jun 1960 Hamilton 2:52:17 Gordon Dickson-4
31 May 1959 Vancouver 2:25:39.4 Gordon Dickson-3
14 May 1958 Hamilton 2:21:50.6 Gordon Dickson-2
12 Oct 1957 Saint Hyacinthe 2:32:47 Gordon Dickson
29 Sep 1956 Hamilton 2:36:05 George Hillier-2
24 May 1955 Hamilton 3:00:05 Ted Corbitt (NY/USA)
19 Jun 1954 Hamilton 3:10:46 Gérard Coté-3
.... not held
03 May 1952 Saint Hyacinthe 2:47:02.2 Paul Collins-3
04 May 1951 Saint Hyacinthe 2:58:42 Walter Fedorick
28 Aug 1950 Verdun 2:45:11 Paul Collins-2
09 Jul 1949 Toronto 2:48:48 Paul Collins
12 Jun 1948 Hamilton ON 2:46:06 Gérard Coté-2
14 Jun 1947 Toronto 2:45:51 Albert Morton
29 Aug 1946 Quebec City 3:01:00 Gérard Coté
.... not held
24 May 1940 Toronto 2:35:27 Robert Rankine-2
24 May 1939 Toronto 2:36:11 Robert Rankine
22 Oct 1938 Verdun 2:34:47 Walter Young
12 Sep 1937 Hamilton 2:41:30 James Bartlett
20 Jun 1936 Hamilton 3:01:06 Harold Webster
05 Oct 1935 Toronto 2:46:01 Richard Wilding
06 Oct 1934 Toronto 2:44:06 Dave Komonen-3
05 Aug 1933 Toronto 2:40:58 Dave Komonen-2
11 Jun 1932 Toronto 2:52:12 Edgar Cudworth
08 Aug 1931 Toronto 2:40:12 Dave Komonen (FIN)
07 Jun 1930 Toronto 2:51:13 Percy Wyer
24 May 1929 Toronto 2:46:39 Fred Ward (USA)
Notes: The 1972 course was 43.195 km.
Non-Champion Race Winners 2008 2:10:59.8 David Cheruiyot-2 2007 2:10:35.4 David Cheruiyot-2 2006 2:12:18.2 Abderrahim Bouramdhane (MAR) 2005 2:14:20.3 David Cheruiyot (KEN) 2004 2:11:48.3 Elly Rono (KEN) 2002 2:14:04.0 Joseph Ndiritu (KEN) 2001 2:15:50.5 Joseph Ndiritu (KEN) 1986 2:10:30.3 Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 1985 2:18:01 Dennis Rinde (CA/USA) 1981 2:16:27 Brian Morgan (AUS) 1980 2:13:14 Gary Henry (AUS) 1965 2:30:22 John Booras (USA) 1962 2:26:31 Fred Norris (ENG)
First Canadian with Non-Canadian Champion 1961 2:59:26 2nd Orville Atkins 1955 3:04:45 2nd George Hillier 1934 unknown 1933 unknown 1931 2:47:37 2nd Jack O'Reilly 1929 2:47:26 2nd Gabriel Routsalainen
Women (23 runnings)
25 May 2008 Ottawa 2:33:57.3 Tara Quinn
27 May 2007 Ottawa 2:31:56.6 Lyudmila Korchagina-3
28 May 2006 Ottawa 2:29:42.1 Lyudmila Korchagina-2
29 May 2005 Ottawa 2:32:18.5 Lyudmila Korchagina
30 May 2004 Ottawa 2:34:45.0 Nicole Stevenson
.... not held
12 May 2002 Ottawa 2:39:16.5 Tania Jones
13 May 2001 Ottawa 2:37:58.9 Danuta Bartoszek
14 May 2000 Ottawa 2:36:46 Veronique Vandersmissen
.... not held
12 May 1991 Ottawa 2:51:00 Laura Konantz
08 Jul 1990 Calgary 2:45:59 Claire Kroshus
24 Sep 1989 Montreal 2:39:46 Ellen Rochefort-2
15 May 1988 Ottawa 2:54:27 Jean Payette
04 Oct 1987 Toronto 2:46:02.3 Marjorie Stewart
28 Sep 1986 Montreal 2:35:51 Ellen Rochefort
16 Jun 1985 Winnipeg 2:48:09 Bernadette Duffy
13 May 1984 Ottawa 2:30:37 Sylvie Ruegger
29 May 1983 Winnipeg 2:40:27 Cynthia Hamilton-2
30 May 1982 Montreal 2:39:01.7 Cynthia Hamilton
03 May 1981 Vancouver 2:48:23 Nancy McLaren
04 May 1980 Vancouver 2:53:01 Jane Welshaupt
09 Sep 1979 Saint John's 3:00:17 Wendy Robertson
14 May 1978 Ottawa 2:47:38 Christine Lavalee
....
02 May 1976 Ottawa 3:09:27 Eleanor Thomas
Non-Champion Race Winners 2008 2:28:43.9 Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) 2005 2:31:52.7 Lidiya Vasilevskaya (RUS) 2004 2:30:53.9 Lyudmila Korchagina-2 2002 2:33:13.3 Lyudmila Korchagina (RUS) 1988 2:52:08 Margarita Galicia (MEX) 1985 2:38:08 Janice Klecker (MN/USA) 1982 2:36:05.5 Annick Loir (FRA) 1980 2:45:27 Marilyn Belwood (USA)
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Men
(1929/date)
6
Gordon Dickson
1957-60,1962,1964
Women
(1976-date)
3
Lyudmila Korchagina
2005-07
Last Updated on
23 Aug 2008
Contributors: Maurice Wilson (50), Steve Gajersky (8), Jack Leydig (1), Alex Wilson (1), Andy Milroy (2)