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
Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016