Marathon List for 1939
Australia AUS 21 Oct Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:48:08 James Patterson (AUS) none Bulgaria BUL ?? ??? n/a Bulgarian Championship 3:15:21 Jordan Petrov (BUL) none Canada CAN 24 May Toronto ON 17+0 Canadian Championship 2:36:11 Robert Rankine (30,CAN) none CAN 09 Jul Montreal PQ 9+0 n/a 2:46:45 Gerard Cote (25,PQ/CAN) none CAN 06 Aug Trois-Rivieres PQ 4+0 Quebec Championship 3:05:xx Bill Smallcombe (PQ/CAN) none Czech Republic CZE 09 Jun Podkozi n/a 2:49:25.3x Jan Takac (30,CZE) none CZE 13 Oct Zlin Czechoslovak Championship 2:37:29.8 Jan Takac (30,CZE) none Denmark DEN 14 Aug Aalborg Danish Championship 2:50:35 Anders Hartington-Andersen (32, none England ENG 17 Jun Chiswick 26 10+0 Polytechnic 2:36:56a Henry Palme (31,SWE) none ENG 17 Jun Coventry Midland Counties Championship 3:00:19 J W Allen (ENG) none ENG 08 Jul London AAA Championship 2:35:37a Donald McNab Robertson (33,SCO) none ENG 07 Aug Warrington 16+0 n/a 2:35:45 George Birchall (39,ENG) none Estonia EST 27 Aug Harju Estonian Championship 3:06:40.4 Bernhard Lont (EST) none Finland FIN 24 Jun Hoytiainen n/a 2:40:29x Eljas Suoknuuti (39,FIN) none FIN 05 Aug Helsinki n/a 2:52:48.5 Jussi Hamalainen (36,FIN) none FIN 27 Aug Helsinki Finnish Championship 2:37:31.2 Mauno Tarkiainen (35,FIN) none FIN 01 Oct Helsinki n/a 2:36:51 Tauno Mustonen (31,FIN) none Germany GER 18 Jun Breslau n/a 3:08:24 Hans Engel (35,GER) none Greece GRE 09 Oct Athens 11 Balkan Games 2:52:07a Stylianos Kyriakides (29,GRE) none India IND ?? ??? Poona n/a 2:43:43.8 Chhota Singh (IND) none Ireland IRL 22 Jul Dublin All-Ireland Champions (NACA) 3:00:00.4 Jim Hayden (IRL) none Italy ITA 25 Jun Milan n/a 2:33:25 Savino Resta (29,ITA) none ITA 06 Aug Carpi Italian Championship 2:39:37 Francesco Roccati (31,ITA) none ITA 15 Oct Milan n/a 2:35:23.6 Francesco Roccati (31,ITA) none Japan JPN 05 Apr Kokura n/a 2:31:34 Shinzo Koga (JPN) none JPN 10 Oct Fukuoka n/a 2:37:46 Mitsunori Inoue (JPN) none JPN 03 Nov Tokyo Japanese Championship 2:31:26 To-Yu Go (KOR) none Korea KOR 29 Oct Seoul Korean Championship 2:31:26x Dong-Woo Oh (KOR) none Latvia LAT 13 Aug Riga Latvian Championship 3:12:52.6 Hermanis Grinbergs (LAT) none Mexico MEX ?? ??? n/a Mexican Championship 3:24:17.4 Hilario Hernandez (MEX) none New Zealand NZL 11 Mar Napier New Zealand Championship 2:44:56.2 Clarence Gibbons (34,NZL) none NZL 02 Dec Napier n/a 2:38:33 George Austin (NZL) none Portugal POR 07 May Lisbon Portuguese Championship 2:33:36 Manuel Dias (34,POR) none Romania ROM 06 Aug Brasov Romanian Championship 2:54:26 Ludovic Gall (39,ROM) none South Africa RSA 08 Apr Krugersdorp Southern Transvaal Championship 2:35:07 Jackie Gibson (25,RSA) none RSA ?? Nov Durban 13 Durban Athletic Club 2:54:55 Johannes Coleman (29,RSA) none Russia RUS 10 Sep Moscow Soviet Championship 2:41:27 Ivan Cheburkin (28,RUS) none Scotland SCO 05 Aug Glasgow n/a 2:42:02 Donald McNab Robertson (33,SCO) none Slovenia SLO 16 Jul Ljubljana Yugoslav Championship 3:39:40 Stjepan Gales (SLO) none Switzerland SUI 26 Aug Zurich Swiss Championship 2:56:09.4 August Niederhauser (SUI) none Slovakia SVK 01 Oct Kosice 15 31+0 Kosice 2:47:47.6 Jozsef Kiss (30,HUN) none Sweden SWE 30 Jul Eksjo 8+0 Swedish Championship 2:33:14.4x Henry Palme (31,SWE) none Turkey TUR 15 Jul Istanbul Turkish Championship 2:47:xx Sevki Koru (26,TUR) none United States USA 16 Apr Petaluma CA 5 Petaluma Spartan 2:52:00 Clarence Hall (USA) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 42 Boston 2:28:51.8x Ellison Brown (24,USA) none USA 30 May Salisbury Beach MA 21+0 n/a 2:32:44.4a Pat Dengis (36,MD/USA) none USA 24 Jun Baltimore MD 22+0 n/a 2:44:30.8a Pat Dengis (36,MD/USA) none USA 03 Sep Waterbury CT Orange-Waterbury 2:42:11a Pat Dengis (37,MD/USA) none USA 07 Oct Port Chester NY 15 27+0 Port Chester National 2:45:20a Pat Dengis (37,MD/USA) none USA 12 Nov Yonkers NY 15 42+0 Yonkers 2:33:45.2 Pat Dengis (37,MD/USA) none Wales WAL 15 Jul Ammanford n/a 2:45:00 Isaac O'Brien (34,WAL) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016