Marathon List for 1909


Australia
AUS   12 Apr  Sydney                                        New South Wales Championship            3:05:30.2   Andrew Sime (AUS)                           none                            
AUS   21 Aug  Brisbane                             18+0     Australia Championships                 2:59:16     Andrew Wood (AUS)                           none                            
AUS   09 Oct  Melbourne                      1     33+0     Victoria Championship                   3:04:26a    Andrew Sime (AUS)                           none                            
AUS   09 Oct  Perth                                16+0     n/a                                     3:00:00.6a  C Hildebrandt (AUS)                         none                            
Canada
CAN   01 May  Toronto ON                                    n/a                                     2:39:47x    John Marsh (35,WAL)                         none                            
CAN   24 May  Vancouver BC                   1      5+0     n/a                                     3:22:11.2   Billy Chandler (BC/CAN)                     none                            
CAN   24 May  Hamilton ON                          27+0     n/a                                     2:51:53     Eddie Cotter (21,ON/CAN)                    none                            
CAN   24 May  Montreal PQ                                   n/a                                     2:39:30     Albert Wood (28,CAN)                        none                            
CAN   14 Aug  Saint John's NF                               n/a                                     3:07:51x    Ronald MacDonald (34,NS/CAN)                none                            
CAN   21 Aug  Vancouver BC                          6+0     n/a                                     2:43:51     John Marsh (35,WAL)                         none                            
CAN   03 Oct  Montreal PQ                                   n/a                                     2:32:40.8x  Hans Holmer (23,CAN)                        none                            
China
CHN   27 Mar  Tianjin                               8+0     North Club China                        3:01:45x    nfn Gousse (FRA)                            none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   ?? Oct  Dobris                                        n/a                                     3:09:00x    Jan Snopek (CZE)                            none                            
CZE   24 Oct  Prague                                        n/a                                     2:55:15x    Frantisek Slavik (21,CZE)                   none                            
Denmark
DEN   16 May  Copenhagen                                    n/a                                     2:53:24x    Axel Hansen (SWE)                           none                            
England
ENG   12 Apr  Southend                                      n/a                                     2:33:46x    William Thorogood (22,GBR)                  none                            
ENG   01 May  Fallowfield                                   Sandbach-Fallowfield                    2:40:28.8a  James Roberts (ENG)                         none                            
ENG   08 May  London                               40+0     Polytechnic                             2:42:31a    Harry-Fred Barrett (29,GBR)                 none                            
ENG   15 May  Nottingham                                    n/a                                     2:31:02x    Albert Aldous (ENG)                         none                            
ENG   22 May  London                                        n/a                                     2:53:23.2   Charles Gardiner (26,GBR)                   none                            
ENG   29 May  New Brighton                                  n/a                                     n/a         James Roberts (ENG)                         none                            
ENG   18 Dec  London                                1+0     Match Race                              2:37:01.2x  Charles Gardiner (27,GBR)                   none                            
Finland
FIN   13 Jun  Helsinki                             12+0     n/a                                     2:50:48     Kaarlo Nieminen (31,FIN)                    none                            
FIN   20 Jun  Viipuri                              10+0     n/a                                     3:00:11     Willi Kolehmainen (21,FIN)                  none                            
FIN   05 Jul  Helsinki                                      n/a                                     2:51:28.5   Taavetti Kolehmainen (24,FIN)               none                            
FIN   08 Aug  Tampere                                       n/a                                     2:53:02     Willi Kolehmainen (21,FIN)                  none                            
FIN   15 Aug  Lappeenranta                                  n/a                                     3:14:16.5   Alfred Aho (FIN)                            none                            
FIN   19 Sep  Hanko                                         n/a                                     3:10:31.4   Hannes Kolehmainen (19,FIN)                 none                            
FIN   03 Oct  Helsinki                                      n/a                                     3:11:32.2   Willi Kolehmainen (21,FIN)                  none                            
FIN   10 Oct  Helsinki                                      n/a                                     3:02:44     Willi Kolehmainen (21,FIN)                  none                            
France
FRA   28 Feb  Neuilly                               3+0     Velodrome Buffalo                       2:55:20.8   Henri St Yves (21,FRA)                      none                            
FRA   05 Sep  Paris                          5    105+0     Tour de Paris                           2:35:40x    Victor Snouck (21,FRA)                      none                            
FRA   26 Dec  Neuilly                               5+0     Velodrome Buffalo                       2:49:55.2x  Louis Orphee (31,FRA)                       none                            
Greece
GRE   04 Apr  Athens                                        Greek Championships                     3:07:23.1x  Christos Miliggos (GRE)                     none                            
Guernsey
GUE   25 Nov  n/a                                           Guensey                                 3:03:50     H Becker (GBR)                              none                            
Ireland
IRL   16 May  Dublin                                        n/a                                     2:51:51     Thomas Hynes (29,IRL)                       none                            
Italy
ITA   01 Jun  Ravenna                                       n/a                                     3:16:00     Fortunato Zanti (22,ITA)                    none                            
ITA   10 Jun  Ferrara                                       n/a                                     2:51:00x    Arturo deMaria (22,ITA)                     none                            
ITA   13 Jun  Milan                                         n/a                                     2:51:49.2   Fortunato Zanti (22,ITA)                    none                            
ITA   19 Jun  Turin                                         n/a                                     3:00:02     Giuseppe Cattro (22,ITA)                    none                            
ITA   26 Jun  Mantua                                        n/a                                     2:51:00x    Fortunato Zanti (22,ITA)                    none                            
ITA   29 Jun  Mantova                                       n/a                                     2:51:00     Fortunato Zanti (22,ITA)                    none                            
ITA   08 Sep  Colorno                                       n/a                                     2:49:45     Umberto Blasi (22,ITA)                      none                            
ITA   19 Sep  Milan                                         n/a                                     2:38:30x    Umberto Blasi (22,ITA)                      none                            
ITA   26 Sep  Voltri                                        n/a                                     2:48:44x    Umberto Blasi (22,ITA)                      none                            
New Zealand
NZL   14 Jul  Invercargill                   1      7+0     Southland                               3:22:30a    David Stewart (NZL)                         none                            
NZL   09 Nov  Wellington                                    n/a                                     2:58:23     Harry Thompson (AUS)                        none                            
South Africa
RSA   18 Mar  Johannesburg                                  n/a                                     3:10:24     Arthur Preston (29,RSA)                     none                            
RSA   24 Apr  Johannesburg                                  n/a                                     2:59:01     Arthur Preston (30,RSA)                     none                            
RSA   04 Sep  Johannesburg                                  n/a                                     3:03:54.2a  Kennedy McArthur (27,RSA)                   none                            
RSA   25 Oct  Durban                                        n/a                                     2:44:36x    Kennedy McArthur (27,RSA)                   none                            
Scotland
SCO   01 Jan  Edinburgh                            11+0     Powderhall (professional)               2:44:40x    Henri St Yves (20,FRA)                      none                            
SCO   ?? ???  Blairgowrie                                   n/a                                     2:10:45x    Charles Gardiner (27,GBR)                   none                            
Switzerland
SUI   ?? ???  n/a                                           Swiss Championship                      2:48:17x    Albert Charbonnel (36,FRA)                  none                            
Sweden
SWE   30 May  Stockholm                                     n/a                                     2:39:35.2x  Thure Johansson (22,SWE)                    none                            
SWE   16 Jun  Stockholm                                     n/a                                     2:48:22x    Gustav Tornros (22,SWE)                     none                            
SWE   31 Aug  Stockholm                                     n/a                                     2:40:34.2   Thure Johansson (23,SWE)                    none                            
SWE   06 Sep  Goteborg                                      n/a                                     2:31:12x    Thure Johansson (23,SWE)                    none                            
United States
USA   01 Jan  Yonkers NY                            7+0     Empire City                             2:52:45.4   Robert Fowler (26,MA/USA)                   none                            
USA   02 Jan  Buffalo NY                            1+0     Match Race                              3:03:31.4   Thomas Longboat (21,CAN)                    none                            
USA   08 Jan  New York NY                                   Madison Square Garden                   2:54:45.4   Matthew Maloney (NY/USA)                    none                            
USA   09 Jan  Boston MA                                     n/a                                     2:43:55x    Robert Fowler (26,MA/USA)                   none                            
USA   11 Jan  Saint Louis MO                        1+0     n/a                                     2:44:32.4   Dorando Pietri (23,ITA)                     none                            
USA   15 Jan  Fairbanks AK                                  n/a                                     n/ax        Nick Demera (GRE)                           none                            
USA   17 Jan  Chicago IL                           20+0     Chicago American                        3:18:15     Sidney Hatch (23,IL/USA)                    none                            
USA   22 Jan  Chicago IL                                    Dexter Park Pavilion                    2:56:00.4   Dorando Pietri (23,ITA)                     none                            
USA   26 Jan  Fairbanks AK                                  n/a                                     3:27:xx     Nick Demera (GRE)                           none                            
USA   27 Jan  Fairbanks AK                                  n/a                                                 none                                        none                            
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USA   30 Jan  Pittsburgh PA                                 Pittsburgh Press                        3:40:30     William Shannon (USA)                       none                            
USA   31 Jan  San Francisco CA                      9+0     San Francisco Examiner                  2:55:18.4   William Joyner (USA)                        none                            
USA   05 Feb  New York NY                           1+0     Match Race                              2:53:40.4   Thomas Longboat (21,CAN)                    none                            
USA   06 Feb  New Haven CT                                  n/a                                     2:38:48x    James Crowley (21,IRL)                      none                            
USA   08 Feb  Brooklyn NY                                   Clermont Rink                           3:20:03     Albert Raines (19,NY/USA)                   none                            
USA   10 Feb  San Francisco CA                              n/a                                     3:07:29     George Millar (USA)                         none                            
USA   12 Feb  n/a FL                                        Florida                                 2:59:30     Dorando Pietri (23,ITA)                     none                            
USA   12 Feb  Chicago IL                           10+0     Riverview Park                          2:52:51     Alex Thibeau (25,IL/USA)                    none                            
USA   12 Feb  New York NY                          29+0     Brooklyn-Sea Gat                        2:46:52.6   James Clark (NY/USA)                        none                            
USA   19 Feb  Fairbanks AK                                  n/a                                     n/ax        Nick Demera (GRE)                           none                            
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USA   22 Feb  San Francisco CA                     47+0     Golden Gate Park                        2:40:31.6x  Otto Boeddiker (USA)                        none                            
USA   22 Feb  Brooklyn NY                          22+0     Fourteenth Regiment National Guard      2:53:46     Eddie White (20,NY/USA)                     none                            
USA   22 Feb  Peekskill NY                          6+0     Peekskill                               2:32:00x    Carl Schlobohm (USA)                        none                            
USA   05 Mar  New York NY                                   Sixty-ninth Regiment National Guard Armo2:57:23     Matthew Maloney (NY/USA)                    none                            
USA   13 Mar  Pittsburgh PA                                 Exposition Park                         3:16:36.2   William Schoeller (USA)                     none                            
USA   15 Mar  New York NY                           2+0     Madison Square Garden                   2:48:08     Dorando Pietri (23,ITA)                     none                            
USA   26 Mar  Chicago IL                           10+0     All-Nations                             2:44:00.2x  Sidney Hatch (23,IL/USA)                    none                            
USA   27 Mar  San Francisco CA                              n/a                                     3:46:00     Cornelius Connolly (USA)                    none                            
USA   27 Mar  New York NY                                   n/a                                     3:12:11a    William Rozette (NY/USA)                    none                            
USA   30 Mar  Pittsburgh PA                        19+0     n/a                                     2:48:43.4   Mike Ryan (20,NY/USA)                       none                            
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USA   03 Apr  New York NY                                   n/a                                     2:40:50.6   Henri St Yves (21,FRA)                      none                            
USA   10 Apr  Boston MA                                     n/a                                     2:51:27x    Louis Orphee (30,FRA)                       none                            
USA   11 Apr  Long Island NY                                n/a                                     2:48:17x    Harry Jensen (26,USA)                       none                            
USA   18 Apr  Honolulu HI                                   n/a                                     3:48:00     Nigel Jackson (USA)                         none                            
USA   19 Apr  Boston MA                     13     81+0     Boston                                  2:53:36.8x  Henri Renaud (NH/USA)                       none                            
USA   19 Apr  New York NY                                   n/a                                     2:41:44.4   Johan Svanberg (27,SWE)                     none                            
USA   22 Apr  Brooklyn NY                           7+0     n/a                                     2:46:00.4x  William Wilson (USA)                        none                            
USA   28 Apr  Troy NY                                       n/a                                     3:07:00     Samuel Mellor (31,NY/USA)                   none                            
USA   01 May  Saint Louis MO                       14+0     All-Western                             2:49:10.4   Joseph Erxsleben (19,MO/USA)                none                            
USA   08 May  Bronx NY                             13+0     n/a                                     2:46:04.6x  Albert Raines (19,NY/USA)                   none                            
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USA   08 May  Brooklyn NY                          47+0     n/a                                     3:01:58     George Obermeyer (USA)                      none                            
USA   08 May  New York NY                                   n/a                                     2:44:05     Henri St Yves (21,FRA)                      none                            
USA   08 May  Philadelphia PA                               n/a                                     2:54:14x    Al Nash (USA)                               none                            
USA   15 May  Jersey City NJ                                n/a                                     3:07:16x    James Crowley (22,IRL)                      none                            
USA   29 May  Denver CO                      1              Denver Post                             3:16:02     Troy Trimble (CO/USA)                       none                            
USA   29 May  Chicago IL                            6+0     n/a                                     2:48:11.2   Johan Svanberg (28,SWE)                     none                            
USA   29 May  Brooklyn NY                           6+0     n/a                                     2:57:40.4   James Crowley (22,IRL)                      none                            
USA   31 May  Albany NY                                     n/a                                     3:20:00     Eddie Carr (NY/USA)                         none                            
USA   31 May  Brighton Beach NY                             n/a                                     2:59:57.4   Louis Orphee (30,FRA)                       none                            
USA   31 May  Troy NY                                       n/a                                     2:47:00     Samuel Mellor (31,NY/USA)                   none                            
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USA   05 Jun  Denver CO                                     n/a                                     3:01:53.8   Saul Halyve (USA)                           none                            
USA   04 Jul  Tacoma VA                                     n/a                                     2:42:49     John Marsh (35,WAL)                         none                            
USA   05 Jul  Fairbanks AK                                  n/a                                     2:50:00     Jerry Sullivan (IRL)                        none                            
USA   05 Jul  Burlington VT                                 Plattsburg Tercentenary                 3:00:30     Pat Dineen (USA)                            none                            
USA   17 Jul  Atlantic City NJ                              n/a                                     2:50:20     Hans Holmer (23,CAN)                        none                            
USA   03 Sep  Forest Park IL                       18+0     n/a                                     3:01:37.4   Leonard Pillivant (23,IL/USA)               none                            
USA   06 Sep  Brooklyn NY                                   n/a                                     2:38:31x    William Feeney (USA)                        none                            
USA   09 Sep  Lowell MA                                     n/a                                     2:43:37     Hans Holmer (23,CAN)                        none                            
USA   02 Oct  Chicago IL                     5     31+0     n/a                                     2:55:30     Leonard Pillivant (23,IL/USA)               none                            
USA   03 Oct  Honolulu HI                                   n/a                                     n/a         Nigel Jackson (USA)                         none                            
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USA   08 Oct  Brockton MA                                   n/a                                     2:37:26.5x  William Hackett (MA/USA)                    none                            
USA   17 Oct  Seattle WA                                    n/a                                     2:32:39.2   Henri St Yves (21,FRA)                      none                            
USA   05 Nov  Chicago IL                           14+0     n/a                                     2:46:00x    Sidney Hatch (23,IL/USA)                    none                            
USA   14 Nov  Honolulu HI                                   n/a                                     3:08:40.2   Antone Kaoo (USA)                           none                            
USA   14 Nov  Yonkers NY                                    n/a                                     2:48:12.4   Pat Dineen (USA)                            none                            
USA   27 Nov  Yonkers NY                     3     14+0     Yonkers                                 2:46:43.2x  Harry Jensen (27,USA)                       none                            
USA   12 Dec  San Francisco CA                              n/a                                     2:26:54.6x  John Hayes (24,NY/USA)                      none                            

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