Marathon List for 1938
Australia AUS 07 Feb Sydney 9+0 Empire Games 2:30:49.8 Johannes Coleman (27,RSA) none AUS 24 Sep Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:42:27 Brendan Doyle (AUS) none Austria AUT 18 Aug Vienna Austrian Championship 2:40:26 Rudolf Wober (26,AUT) none Bulgaria BUL ?? ??? n/a Bulgarian Championship 3:06:00.0 Bogdan Fingarov (BUL) none Canada CAN 03 Jul Montreal PQ 16+0 Montreal 2:42:00a Pat Dengis (35,MD/USA) none CAN 28 Jul Toronto ON n/a 2:45:00 James Bartlett (30,ON/CAN) none CAN 11 Sep Hamilton ON n/a 2:36:35 James Bartlett (30,ON/CAN) none CAN 22 Oct Verdun PQ 13+0 Dominion 2:34:47 Walter Young (25,PQ/CAN) none China CHN 17 Apr Dalian n/a 2:42:31x Satoshi Seguchi (JPN) none Czech Republic CZE 29 May Prague 9 Masaryk's 2:44:38.6a Josef Bena (35,CZE) none Denmark DEN 22 Aug Kobenhavn Danish Championship 3:04:24 Carl Mikkelsen (DEN) none England ENG 07 May Blackpool 7 n/a 2:41:58 Harold Wood (35,ENG) none ENG 06 Jun Newcastle Northumberland Championships 2:44:18.8 Donald McNab Robertson (32,SCO) none ENG 18 Jun Chiswick 25 24+0 Polytechnic 2:42:00a Henry Palme (30,SWE) none ENG 25 Jun Oakengates Midland Counties Championship 2:47:39 Jack Beman (41,ENG) none ENG 16 Jul London AAA Championship 2:36:39.6a Jack Beman (41,ENG) none ENG 01 Aug Warrington 10+0 n/a 2:46:29 George Birchall (38,ENG) none Finland FIN 07 Aug Helsinki Finnish Championship 2:46:36.8 Mauno Tarkiainen (33,FIN) none FIN 14 Aug Karhula n/a 2:43:09x Vaino Sipila (40,FIN) none FIN 02 Oct Helsinki n/a 2:51:26 Edvin Kettunen (FIN) none France FRA 24 Jul Colombes 9+0 French Championship 2:13:52.6x Maurice Waltispurger (27,FRA) none FRA 04 Sep Paris 2 14+0 European Championships 2:37:28.8 Vaino Muinonen (39,FIN) none Germany GER 29 Jul Breslau 137+0 German Championship 2:37:25.0 Eugen Bertsch (31,GER) none GER 25 Sep Weilburg n/a 2:47:21 Hermann Helber (35,GER) none GER 16 Oct Leipzig 50+0 n/a 2:43:41.8 Erich Puch (26,GER) none Greece GRE 26 Jun Athens Greek Championship 3:13:47 Vassilios Kousidis (GRE) none Hungary HUN 09 Oct Budapest Hungarian Championship 2:38:44.8 Jozsef Mucsi (25,HUN) none India IND 06 Feb Kolkata Indian Championships 2:59:17.6 Amar Singh (IND) none Ireland IRL 17 Jul Cashel All-Ireland Champions (NACA) 3:09:15 Jim Hayden (IRL) none Italy ITA 02 Oct Carpi Italian Championship 2:41:26.6 Francesco Roccati (30,ITA) none Japan JPN 06 Mar Kokura n/a 2:32:24 Shinichi Nakamura (24,JPN) none JPN 03 Apr Nagoya n/a 2:45:41x Sotaro Kondo (JPN) none JPN 25 Jun Aomori n/a 2:37:38 Shigekazu Kabasawa (JPN) none JPN 24 Sep Nishinomiya Japanese Championship 2:45:29 Shigekazu Kabasawa (JPN) none JPN 09 Oct Tokyo n/a 2:40:55 Shigekazu Kabasawa (JPN) none JPN 06 Nov Aomori n/a 2:44:25 Ryoji Akiba (JPN) none JPN 23 Nov Nishinomiya n/a 2:39:20 Shinichi Yoshida (JPN) none Korea KOR 04 Oct Seoul Korean Championship 2:44:08 Jang-Chun Yoo (26,KOR) none KOR 16 Oct Seoul n/a 2:20:36x Jang-Chun Yoo (26,KOR) none Latvia LAT 07 Aug Riga Latvian Championship 3:12:29.6 Karlis Blumbergs (LAT) none Netherlands; The NED 22 May Amsterdam n/a 2:46:14.8 Felix Meskens (32,BEL) none NED 26 Jun Rotterdam n/a 3:14:43.4 Pleun vanLeenen (37,NED) none New Zealand NZL ?? ??? Auckland Auckland Championship 3:06:21 R French (NZL) none Panama PAN 10 Feb Panama City Central America and Caribbean Games 3:01:03.4 Jose Thompson (PAN) none Poland POL 09 Oct Poznan 12+0 Polish Championship 2:50:29.2 Jan Marynowski (27,POL) none Portugal POR 17 Apr Lisbon Portuguese Championship 2:40:35.6 Manuel Dias (33,POR) none South Africa RSA ?? Nov Durban 12 Durban Athletic Club 2:48:22 Johannes Coleman (28,RSA) none Russia RUS 18 Sep Moscow Soviet Championships 2:43:32.2 Nikolay Golovanov (27,RUS) none Scotland SCO 06 Aug Glasgow n/a 2:46:58 Tommy Lalande (33,RSA) none Serbia SER 26 Jun Beograd Yugoslav Championship 3:28:25 Franjo Krajcar (23,SER) none SER 18 Sep Belgrade 10 Balkan Games 2:30:38x Athanasios Ragazos (25,GRE) none Switzerland SUI 07 Aug Lausanne n/a 2:58:40 Ernst Meier (25,SUI) none Sweden SWE 31 Jul Krybo 9+0 Swedish Championship 2:32:31x Henry Palme (30,SWE) none SWE 23 Oct Halmstad 7+0 n/a 2:31:52.6x Henry Palme (31,SWE) none United States USA 19 Apr Boston MA 41 Boston 2:35:34.8x Leslie Pawson (33,RI/USA) USA 24 Apr Petaluma CA 4 Petaluma Spartan 2:51:21 Leland Smith (USA) none USA 30 May Salisbury Beach MA 22+0 n/a 2:30:27.6a Pat Dengis (35,MD/USA) none USA 12 Oct Port Chester NY 14 18+0 Port Chester National 2:42:29.2a Pat Dengis (36,MD/USA) none USA 06 Nov Yonkers NY 14 46+0 Yonkers 2:39:38.2 Pat Dengis (36,MD/USA) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016