Western Hemisphere Marathon

Culver City CA/USA

Race Winners (54 runnings)

02 Dec 2001	2:33:03	James Maynard (CA/USA)	3:03:54	Mary Akor-2
03 Dec 2000	2:42:42	Jaime Ortiz(CA/USA)	3:18:32	Lauren Kearney (CA/USA)
12 Dec 1999	2:46:41	Holger Beckmann (CA/USA)	3:15:26	Nobuko Motushita (CA/USA)
06 Dec 1998	2:37:15	Hector Lopez (CA/MEX)	3:01:44	Theresa Uhrig (CA/USA)
07 Dec 1997	2:39:17	Keith Iovine (CA/USA)	3:02:42	Yurira Zysrael-Kent-2
08 Dec 1996	2:35:00	Rejep Ivazi (USA)	2:56:22	Mary Akor (NGR)
03 Dec 1995	2:28:27	Jose Ortiz Pina-2	3:04:50	Lisa Davis (USA)
04 Dec 1994	2:31:28	Eoin Fahey-2	2:59:09	Yurira Zysrael-Kent (USA)
05 Dec 1993	2:28:04	Eoin Fahey (IRL)	3:19:53	Mary Campbell
06 Dec 1992	2:27:43	Jose Ortiz Pina (CA/USA)	2:51:02	Mary Button (CA/USA)
24 Nov 1991	2:34:22	Angel Roman (CA/VEN)	3:07:03	Pamela Haskell (USA)
02 Dec 1990	2:29:26	Samson Obwocha (KEN)	2:57:13	Jennifer Henderson (CA/USA)
03 Dec 1989	2:25:10	Alfredo Rosas (CA/USA)	3:06:54	Antoinette Delgado (USA)
04 Dec 1988	2:29:40	Virtue Ishihara (CA/USA)	3:12:59	Merle Heimberg (USA)
06 Dec 1987	2:32:27	Harold Ketting (CA/USA)	2:50:56	Teri Gerber (CA/USA)
07 Dec 1986	2:33:12	Christopher Weston (USA)	3:14:40	Lucy Tellez (USA)
24 Nov 1985	2:23:21	Steve Flynn-3	3:16:01	Sandra Kiddy (CA/USA)
02 Dec 1984	2:29:28	Steve Flynn-2	2:50:53	Pauline Brown-2
04 Dec 1983	2:27:42	Steve Flynn (CA/USA)	2:57:06	Beth Milewski (CA/USA)
05 Dec 1982	2:22:26	Alan Dehlinger (NV/USA)	2:52:40	Pauline Brown (NZL)
06 Dec 1981	2:32:53	Bill Entz (USA)	3:01:05	Deborah Wilkinson (USA?)
07 Dec 1980	2:24:25	Manuel Garcia (MEX)	3:03:19	Tish Husak (USA)
02 Dec 1979	2:30:06	Athol Barton (NZL)	3:15:05	Leslie Mahr (USA)
03 Dec 1978	2:20:47	Vicente Barrera (MEX)	3:01:59	Sherria Simmons (USA)
04 Dec 1977	2:17:48.5	Hakan Spik (FIN) (nc)	2:50:53	Jacqueline Hansen-3
05 Dec 1976	2:18:19	Lionel Ortega (USA)	2:45:32.2	Julie Brown (CA/USA) (nc)
07 Dec 1975	2:17:27	Gary Tuttle (CA/USA) (nc)	2:47:45	Michiko Gorman-2
01 Dec 1974	2:18:08.8	Mario Cuevas (MEX)	2:43:54.6	Jacqueline Hansen-2
02 Dec 1973	2:16:31.6	Reino Paukkonen (FIN)	2:46:37	Michiko Gorman (CA/USA)
03 Dec 1972	2:18:54	Brian Armstrong (CAN)	3:15:53	Jacqueline Hansen (CA/USA)
05 Dec 1971	2:15:21	William Scobey (CA/USA)	2:49:40	Cheryl Flanagan-2
06 Dec 1970	2:21:07.6	Byron Lowry (CA/USA)	3:14:45	Cheryl Flanagan (CA/USA)
07 Dec 1969	2:24:43	Tom Heinonen (USA) (nc)
12 May 1968	2:20:48	Robert Deines (CA/USA)
10 Dec 1967	2:22:53.9	James Freeman (USA)
11 Dec 1966	2:27:10.4	Mike Kimball (CA/USA)
11 Dec 1965	2:19:13.0	Norm Higgins-2
26 Jul 1964	2:27:01.4	Peter McArdle-2
14 Dec 1963	2:19:33.4	Norm Higgins (CT/USA)	3:37:07	Merry Lepper (CA/USA)
09 Dec 1962	2:17:11.4	Peter McArdle (NY/USA)
09 Dec 1961	2:26:19	William Peck (USA)
03 Dec 1960	2:22:17	Robert Carman (CA/USA)
12 Dec 1959	2:28:20	Thomas Ryan (USA)
14 Sep 1958	2:32:35.4	Michael Allen-2
03 Aug 1957	2:55:41	Mal Robertson (USA)
21 Jul 1956	2:40:49	Michael Allen (CA/USA)
01 Oct 1955	2:37:21	Robert Cons-4
19 Jun 1954	2:32:47	Robert Cons-3
27 Jun 1953	2:46:30	Robert Cons-2
16 Jun 1952	2:50:37	Joseph Brooks (USA)
17 Jun 1951	2:45:10	Wen-gua Lu (CHN)
18 Jun 1950	3:00:20	Mainhardt Bredt (USA)
27 Nov 1949	2:45:27	Robert Cons (USA)
21 May 1948	2:42:07	Gerard Cote (CAN)

Notes: 1948 was the inaugural year. The 1948 race followed the route of the 1932 Olympic Marathon and finished at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The race was moved to Culver City for the 1949 race. From 1955, the race was known as the Western Hemisphere Marathon. The 1962-63 courses are considered to have been short. The 1968 course was certified but the reported times were taken 513m before the finish because it was claimed that the course was 564m over-distance. A remeasurement of the course proved this to be the case; Deines time was 2:22:28 for the full (long) course. This race was a qualifier for the 1968 USA Olympic Trials Marathon.

(nc) => national championship

1977 Edward Schelegle was the national champion (2:18:11, 2nd place)

Most Wins (1948-2001)

Men

4

Bob Cons (USA)

1949,1953-55

Women

3

Jacqueline Hansen (USA)

1972,1974,1977

Prize Money
No prize money has been awarded at this race according to available information.

Race Time Bias
Insufficient data to calculate race time biases.

Competitive Level
Insufficient data to calculate competitive levels.

Quality Performances

Men
<2:16       2
<2:17       3
<2:18       6
<2:19      11
<2:20      18

Women
<2:44       1
<2:46       2
<2:48       5
<2:50       6

Last Updated on 03 Jun 2011

Contributors: Malcolm Heyworth, Andy Milroy, Martin Rix, Jack Leydig (4), Stephen Trumble