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)                      none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016