Marathon List for 1908
Australia
AUS 14 Mar Melbourne Olympic Trial 2:45:xxx George Blake (29,AUS) none
AUS 28 Mar Brunswick Olympic Trial 2:26:26x Victor Aitken (18,AUS) none
Canada
CAN 16 May Vancouver BC 2+0 n/a 3:15:20x Ira Shragg (BC/CAN) none
CAN 06 Jun Toronto ON n/a 2:38:11x Harry Lawson (26,CAN) none
Czech Republic
CZE 25 Oct Prague n/a n/ax Arnost Nejedly (25,CZE) none
Denmark
DEN 03 May Copenhagen 14+0 n/a 2:57:16x Rudy Hansen (DEN) none
DEN 05 Jun Copenhagen n/a 2:59:08x Julius Jorgensen (27,DEN) none
England
ENG 04 Apr London n/a 2:51:02.2x E R Small (GBR) none
ENG 11 Apr Derby n/a 2:37:40x R Eglinton (GBR) none
ENG 25 Apr London 1 49+0 Polytechnic 2:15:45x Alexander Duncan (24,GBR) none
ENG 09 May Birmingham 14+0 Coventry-West Bromwich 2:37:13x Jack Price (23,GBR) none
ENG 23 May London n/a 2:28:23x J Powell (GBR) none
ENG 24 Jul London 27+0 Olympic Games 2:55:18.4a John Hayes (23,NY/USA) none
ENG 29 Aug Norwich n/a 3:07:23.2 Robert Bugg (24,GBR) none
ENG 10 Oct London 32+0 n/a 2:37:23a Henri Siret (21,FRA) none
ENG 31 Oct Bristol n/a 2:20:22.8x Jack Price (24,GBR) none
ENG 02 Dec Reading n/a 2:19:14x Lewis Southwell (GBR) none
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ENG 16 Dec Hastings 22+0 n/a 2:37:16.8x William Clarke (26,GBR) none
ENG 26 Dec Malden n/a 2:07:50x Harry Green (22,GBR) none
Finland
FIN 24 May Helsinki Olympic Trial 2:47:19.4x Kaarlo Nieminen (30,FIN) none
FIN 21 Jun Viipuri 35+0 n/a 2:39:04x Taavetti Kolehmainen (23,FIN) none
FIN 06 Sep Helsinki n/a 2:58:55xt Taavetti Kolehmainen (23,FIN) none
France
FRA 02 Aug Paris 4 10+0 Tour de Paris 2:36:05.4x Henri Siret (21,FRA) none
Germany
GER 31 May Hamburg n/a 3:10:xxx Paul Nettelbeck (19,GER) none
Italy
ITA 03 Jun Rome n/a 3:07:04x Umberto Blasi (21,ITA) none
ITA 07 Jul Carpi n/a 2:38:00x Dorando Pietri (22,ITA) none
ITA 27 Sep Milan 13+0 n/a 2:42:29.4x Henri Siret (21,FRA) none
ITA 22 Nov Naples n/a 2:35:xxx Bernardino Mazzarella (ITA) none
Netherlands; The
NED 24 May Gouda Rotterdam-Gouda 2:55:44.4x W Theunissen (NED) none
Norway
NOR 24 May Oslo n/a 2:49:00x Oscar Fonbaek (20,NOR) none
South Africa
RSA 13 Mar Bloemfontein n/a 2:56:00x Charles Hefferon (30,RSA) none
RSA 11 Apr Johannesburg Transvaal AAA Trial 2:20:30x Kennedy McArthur (26,RSA) none
RSA 22 Apr Cape Town 4+0 Olympic Trial 3:18:27.4x Kennedy McArthur (26,RSA) none
Switzerland
SUI 09 Jun Geneva Swiss Championships 2:49:00x Antonio Fraschini (25,ITA) none
Sweden
SWE 31 May Stockholm n/a 2:54:06.2x Gustav Tornros (21,SWE) none
Uganda
UGA 09 Nov Kampala Enetebbe-Kampala 3:03:00x nfn Kapere (UGA)
United States
USA 24 Mar New York NY (outdoor track) 2:54:55x Thomas Morrisey (19,NY/USA) none
USA 20 Apr Boston MA 12 92+0 Boston 2:25:44x Thomas Morrisey (19,NY/USA) none
USA 02 May Saint Louis MO 31+0 All-Western 2:29:56.4x Sidney Hatch (22,IL/USA) none
USA 14 Aug Rockland ME 2+0 Old Home Week 3:20:10x Arthur Halstead (MA/USA) none
USA 19 Sep Chicago IL 4 43+0 n/a 2:57:30x Albert Corey (30,FRA) none
USA 02 Oct Brockton MA n/a 2:35:24.8x James O'Mara (MA/USA) none
USA 25 Nov New York NY 2+0 (indoor) 2:44:20.4 Dorando Pietri (23,ITA) none
USA 26 Nov Yonkers NY 2 Mercury Athletics Club 2:49:16.4x James Crowley (21,IRL) none
USA 15 Dec New York NY Madison Square Gardens 2:54:05.4 Thomas Longboat (21,CAN) none
USA 26 Dec New York NY 53+0 n/a 2:36:26.2x Matthew Maloney (NY/USA) none
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Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016