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. 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. Note that runners who start early are included in
finisher totals but are not eligible to win. Hence, some races may have
women finishers but no women's winner.
2013
2016 5121 2,140,803 Stats 51360 TCS New York City (NY/USA)
2015 5006 2,308,852 Stats 49312 TCS New York City (NY/USA)
2014 4703 2,007,167 Stats 50403 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2013 4124 1,801,684 Stats 50062 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2012 3693 1,747,542 Stats 37566 Bank of America Chicago (IL/USA)
2011 3070 1,572,182 Stats 46759 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2010 2959 1,500,760 Stats 44829 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2009 2351 1,364,719 Stats 43633 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2008 2094 1,247,743 Stats 38060 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2007 1972 1,203,084 Stats 38557 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2006 1839 1,081,674 Stats 37936 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2005 1659 1,030,171 Stats 36856 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2004 1593 838,089 Stats 36562 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2003 1221 754,325 Stats 34729 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2002 1147 710,839 Stats 32889 London (ENG)
2001 1044 617,025 Stats 30206 London (ENG)
2000 972 595,845 Stats 31561 London (ENG)
1999 923 412,889 Stats 31786 New York City (NY/USA)
1998 871 365,816 Stats 31539 New York City (NY/USA)
1997 764 332,767 Stats 30427 New York City (NY/USA)
1996 789 333,977 Stats 35868 Boston (MA/USA)
1995 831 333,401 Stats 27022 Honolulu (HI/USA)
1994 814 359,571 Stats 29735 New York City (NY/USA)
1993 741 315,263 Stats 26597 New York City (NY/USA)
1992 732 310,430 Stats 27797 New York City (NY/USA)
1991 730 283,095 Stats 25797 New York City (NY/USA)
1990 662 242,145 Stats 24953 London (ENG)
1989 718 254,197 Stats 24659 New York City (NY/USA)
1988 728 246,687 Stats 22405 New York City (NY/USA)
1987 786 239,282 Stats 21244 New York City (NY/USA)
1986 774 198,755 Stats 19689 New York City (NY/USA)
1985 804 207,796 Stats 15881 New York City (NY/USA)
1984 832 321,926 Stats 15649 London (ENG)
1983 856 311,930 Stats 15776 London (ENG)
1982 818 267,798 Stats 15116 London (ENG)
1981 774 217,943 Stats 13223 New York City (NY/USA)
1980 681 168,173 Stats 12512 New York City (NY/USA)
1979 668 168,538 Stats 10477 New York City (NY/USA)
1978 579 120,830 Stats 8588 New York City (NY/USA)
1977 434 54,048 Stats 3701 New York City (NY/USA)
1976 389 30,449 Stats 1997 Schwarzwald (GER)
1975 379 21,954 Stats 2143 Schwarzwald (GER)
1974 338 18,575 Stats 2113 Schwarzwald (GER)
1973 321 14,930 Stats 1726 Schwarzwald (GER)
1972 301 11,674 Stats 1434 Schwarzwald (GER)
1971 273 10,837 Stats 1420 Schwarzwald (GER)
1970 233 8,016 Stats 1040 Schwarzwald (GER)
1969 209 5,674 Stats 1152 Boston (MA/USA)
1968 198 3,612 Stats 792 Schwarzwald (GER)
1967 195 2,814 Stats 549 Equinox (AK/USA)
1966 167 2,588 Stats 580 Equinox (AK/USA)
1965 171 1,802 Stats 365 Boston (MA/USA)
1964 146 1,438 Stats 199 Equinox (AK/USA)
1963 142 1,179 Stats 183 Boston (MA/USA)
1962 114 714 Stats 150 Polytechnic (ENG)
1961 110 645 Stats 164 Polytechnic (ENG)
1960 116 732 Stats 149 Polytechnic (ENG)
1959 111 580 Stats 128 Polytechnic (ENG)
1958 102 580 Stats 151 Polytechnic (ENG)
1957 85 438 Stats 98 Polytechnic (ENG)
1956 102 408 Stats 136 Polytechnic (ENG)
1955 100 394 Stats 137 Polytechnic (ENG)
1954 80 403 Stats 148 Polytechnic (ENG)
1953 71 312 Stats 119 Polytechnic (ENG)
1952 73 397 Stats 126 Polytechnic (ENG)
1951 84 355 Stats 108 Polytechnic (ENG)
1950 68 371 Stats 149 Polytechnic (ENG)
1949 63 447 Stats 138 Polytechnic (ENG)
1948 49 380 Stats 103 Polytechnic (ENG)
1947 55 208 Stats 74 Kosice (SVK)
1946 44 182 Stats 74 Kosice (SVK)
1945 30 101 Stats 34 Boston (MA/USA)
1944 18 136 Stats 33 Boston (MA/USA)
1943 24 152 Stats 35 Boston (MA/USA)
1942 25 189 Stats 45 Boston (MA/USA)
1941 28 240 Stats 75 Boston (MA/USA)
1940 43 251 Stats 98 Boston (MA/USA)
1939 51 207 Stats 42 Yonkers (NY/USA)
1938 59 396 Stats 137 German Championship (GER)
1937 56 340 Stats 93 German Championship (GER)
1936 58 274 Stats 60 German Championship (GER)
1935 73 473 Stats 250 Japanese Championship (JPN)
1934 71 136 Stats 40 Port Chester (NY/USA)
1933 51 345 Stats 57 Italian Championship (Turin ITA)
1932 60 486 Stats 59 AAU Championship (Washington DC/USA)
1931 50 473 Stats 72 Canadian Championship (Toronto ON/CAN)
1930 54 373 Stats 110 Liverpool (ENG)
1929 51 255 Stats 79 Liverpool (ENG) 1928 66 440 Stats 77 Liverpool Civic (ENG) 1927 53 350 Stats 80 Long Beach (NY/USA) 1926 43 208 Stats 30 German Championships (GER) & Port Chester National (NY/USA) 1925 37 182 Stats 28 Polytechnic (ENG) 1924 44 234 Stats 36 Olympic Trials (MD/USA) 1923 39 87 Stats 16 Polytechnic (ENG) 1922 36 138 Stats 28 German Championship (Berlin GER) 1921 29 51 Stats 10 Turin (ITA) 1920 31 169 Stats 35 Olympic Games (BEL) 1919 18 109 Stats 59 Tour de Paris (FRA) 1918 13 53 Stats 38 Tour de Paris (FRA) 1917 18 51 Stats 14 Yonkers (NY/USA) 1916 18 79 Stats 23 Bronx County (NY/USA) 1915 19 36 Stats 18 Brockton Fair (MA/USA) 1914 28 112 Stats 23 Polytechnic (ENG) 1913 31 168 Stats 31 Brockton Fair (MA/USA) 1912 34 171 Stats 34 Olympic Games (SWE) 1911 29 106 Stats 25 Polytechnic (ENG) 1910 55 195 Stats 36 Yonkers (NY/USA) 1909 125 742 Stats 105 Tour de Paris (FRA) 1908 46 445 Stats 92 Boston (MA/USA) 1907 20 215 Stats 53 Boston (MA/USA) 1906 24 156 Stats 45 Boston (MA/USA)
Last Updated on 11 Mar 2017
Major contributors: Franco Anichini, Klaas Loonstra, Paul Michiels, Andy Milroy, Roger Gynn, Martin Rix, Juraj Gasparovic, Franco Civai, Ian Hill, Yoon Kim, Paul Michiels