Marathon List for 1929
Argentina ARG 19 Sep Buenos Aires n/a 2:45:25 Jose Ribas (30,ARG) none Australia AUS 03 Oct Melbourne Victorian Championship 3:14:02a Norm Chiverton (AUS) none Austria AUT 22 Sep Vienna Austrian Championship 2:44:42 Franz Tuschek (30,AUT) none Canada CAN 24 May Toronto ON Canadian Championship 2:46:38.8 Fred Ward (31,NY/USA) none CAN 02 Sep Halifax NS 3 Halifax Herald and Evening Mail 2:52:10 Clarence DeMar (41,MA/USA) none CAN 22 Sep Hamilton ON 20+0 n/a 2:46:25 Johnny Miles (23,ON/CAN) none Czech Republic CZE 14 Jul Prague 6+0 Czechoslovak Championship 2:48:31 Oskar Heks (21,CZE) none Denmark DEN 19 Aug Aarhus Danish Championship 2:44:27x Teofilius Jensen (DEN) none England ENG 16 Feb Hereford British Professional Championships 2:48:45 R E Cole (WAL) none ENG 01 Apr Sheffield 1 16+0 Sheffield Independent 2:51:37.6 George Sutton (26,ENG) none ENG 18 May London 16 12+0 Polytechnic 2:40:47.4a Sam Ferris (28,ENG) none ENG 05 Jul London AAA Championship 2:30:57.6a Harry Payne (36,GBR) none ENG 18 Sep Liverpool 3 79+0 Liverpool 2:45:22a Harold Wood (26,ENG) none ENG 28 Sep Bolton n/a 2:53:18.6 William Maleedy (32,GBR) none Estonia EST 29 Sep Tartu Estonian Championship 3:31:13 Karl Laas (21,EST) none Finland FIN 29 Sep Helsinki n/a 2:37:51x Pertti Pesonen (28,FIN) none France FRA 01 Sep Paris 19 Tour de Paris 2:48:xxx Francois Gorrebeeck (BEL) none Germany GER 08 Jul Frankfurt n/a 3:17:00x Fritz Hauck (GER) none GER 21 Jul Breslau German Championship 3:07:15.8 Franz Wanderer (28,GER) none GER 11 Aug Kassel n/a 2:52:57x Willi Tietz (25,GER) none GER 14 Oct Berlin n/a 2:47:34.4 Paul Hempel (39,GER) none Greece GRE 28 Apr Athens SUI vs GRE 3:07:25.8a Marius Schiavo (33,SUI) none GRE 29 Sep Athens 1 Pre-Balkan Games 3:12:31.8 Christos Sarras (GRE) none Hungary HUN 06 Oct Budapest Hungarian Championship 2:52:39 Jozsef Galambos (29,HUN) none Ireland IRL 30 Jun Dublin All-Ireland Champions (NACA) 3:11:15 Dave McKeon (IRL) none Italy ITA 06 Oct Turin 10 Italian Championship 2:39:00.4 Stefano Natale (26,ITA) none ITA 27 Oct Mestre n/a 2:41:34.2 Luigi Rossini (24,ITA) none Japan JPN 21 Apr Kyoto n/a 2:18:16.4x Kozo Kusunoki (20,JPN) none JPN 21 Apr Tokyo n/a 2:48:44 Seiji Takahashi (29,JPN) none JPN 28 Apr Osaka n/a 2:44:28.8 Kozo Kusunoki (20,JPN) none JPN 20 Oct Osaka n/a 2:42:53 Kozo Kusunoki (21,JPN) none JPN 20 Oct Tokyo Kanto District Qualifier 2:36:45 Seiji Takahashi (29,JPN) none JPN 03 Nov Tokyo Japanese Championship 2:35:24 Kozo Kusunoki (21,JPN) none JPN 23 Nov Tokyo n/a 2:40:18 Seiji Takahashi (29,JPN) none Korea KOR 12 Oct Seoul n/a 2:39:57x nfn Lee (KOR) none Mexico MEX ?? ??? n/a Mexican Championship 3:01:35 Eduardo Rangel (MEX) none Poland POL 29 Sep Krakov Polish Championship 2:57:55.4 Jozef Milicz (POL) none South Africa RSA 28 Aug Kimberley 2+0 South African Championship 3:21:26.8 William Victor (RSA) none RSA ?? Nov Durban 3 Durban Athletic Club 3:14:29 Mathews Steytler (34,RSA) none Switzerland SUI 26 May Lausanne Swiss Championship 3:11:40 Fritz Schaler (SUI) none Slovakia SVK 28 Oct Kosice 6 30+0 Kosice 2:51:31 Paul Hempel (39,GER) none Sweden SWE 28 Jul Gavle 8+0 Swedish Championship 2:46:53.4x Gustav Kinn (34,SWE) none United States USA 30 Mar Pawtucket RI n/a 2:53:10 Albert Michelsen (35,NY/USA) none USA 13 Apr Zanesville OH Pyle Trans-America (professional)- Stage3:08:15x Pete Gavuzzi (23,GBR) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 32 Boston 2:33:08x Johnny Miles (23,ON/CAN) none USA 14 May Albany TX Pyle Trans-America (professional) 2:57:40x Samuel Richman (NY/USA) none USA 15 Jun Los Angeles CA Los Angeles Times 3:04:34.8 Harry Chaca (18,CA/USA) none USA 30 Jun Detroit MI 10+0 n/a 3:07:15 Percy Wyer (45,ON/CAN) none USA 14 Sep Baltimore MD 23+0 n/a 3:08:xx William Agee (23,MD/USA) none USA 12 Oct Port Chester NY 5 31+0 Port Chester National 2:38:31a Albert Michelsen (35,NY/USA) none USA 22 Dec Vallejo CA 18+0 n/a 2:41:25x Harry Chaca (19,CA/USA) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016