Marathon List for 1940


Austria
AUT   29 Sep  Vienna                               10+0     Austrian Championship                   2:47:25     Rudolf Wober (28,AUT)                       none                            
Bulgaria
BUL   ?? ???  n/a                                           Bulgarian Championship                  3:00:36.6   Jordan Petrov (BUL)                         none                            
Canada
CAN   24 May  Toronto ON                           11+0     Canadian Championship                   2:35:27     Robert Rankine (31,CAN)                     none                            
CAN   18 Aug  Three Rivers PQ                               n/a                                     2:52:15     Gerard Cote (27,PQ/CAN)                     none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   16 Jun  Prague                                        n/a                                     2:56:54     Josef Bena (37,CZE)                         none                            
CZE   29 Sep  Strakonice                                    n/a                                     2:47:18.0   Josef Sulc (33,CZE)                         none                            
CZE   20 Oct  Pardubice                                     n/a                                     2:38:03.4   Josef Sulc (33,CZE)                         none                            
Denmark
DEN   12 Aug  Kobenhavn                                     Danish Championship                     2:58:20     Carl Mikkelsen (DEN)                        none                            
England
ENG   15 Jun  Windsor                       27              Polytechnic                             2:53:41.6   Leslie Griffiths (35,ENG)                   none                            
Spain
ESP   20 Oct  Zaragoza                                      Spanish Championship                    2:56:13     Vicente Salas (ESP)                         none                            
Estonia
EST   15 Sep  Marjamaa                                      Estonian Championship                   2:58:46.0   Bernhard Lont (EST)                         none                            
Finland
FIN   25 Aug  Tampere                                       Finnish Championship                    2:40:53.8   Vaino Muinonen (41,FIN)                     none                            
FIN   29 Sep  Helsinki                                      n/a                                     2:55:24     Urho Seppala (32,FIN)                       none                            
Germany
GER   18 Aug  Berlin                               50+0     German Championship                     2:35:04     Erich Puch (28,GER)                         none                            
GER   06 Oct  Jena                                          n/a                                     2:53:02     Willi Trapp (28,GER)                        none                            
Hungary
HUN   29 Sep  Szentendre                                    Hungarian Championship                  2:36:10.6   Jozsef Kiss (31,HUN)                        none                            
India
IND   11 Feb  Mumbai                                        Indian Championship                     3:02:00     Amar Singh (IND)                            none                            
Italy
ITA   22 Sep  Rome                                          Italian Championship                    2:35:43     Salvatore Constantino (20,ITA)              none                            
ITA   20 Oct  Bologna                                       n/a                                     2:39:23.8   Vaino Muinonen (41,FIN)                     none                            
Japan
JPN   09 Jun  Tokyo                                         n/a                                     2:39:55     Yasuta Akiba (25,JPN)                       none                            
JPN   08 Sep  Kagawa                                        n/a                                     2:39:35     Choichi Sakamoto (JPN)                      none                            
JPN   30 Sep  Tokyo                                         n/a                                     2:41:14     Yasuta Adachi (JPN)                         none                            
JPN   01 Nov  Tokyo                                         Japanese Championship                   2:33:42     Shoichiro Takenaka (JPN)                    none                            
Korea
KOR   27 Oct  Seoul                                         Korean Championship                     2:35:02x    Jae-Chung Lee (KOR)                         none                            
Mexico
MEX   ?? ???  n/a                                           Mexican Championship                    3:18:11.2   Antonio Miranda (MEX)                       none                            
New Zealand
NZL   09 Mar  Wellington                                    New Zealand Championship                2:47:50     George Austin (NZL)                         none                            
Pakistan
PAK   ?? Feb  Lahore                                        n/a                                     3:05:08.0   Chhota Singh (IND)                          none                            
Portugal
POR   ?? Apr  Lisbon                                        Portuguese Championship                 2:43:20     Manuel Dias (35,POR)                        none                            
Romania
ROM   04 Aug  Brasov                                        Romanian Championship                   2:51:06     Ion Tartareanu (ROM)                        none                            
South Africa
RSA   23 Mar  Durban                                        South African Championship              2:37:30     Johannes Coleman (29,RSA)                   none                            
Russia
RUS   ?? ???  Saint Petersburg                              n/a                                     2:45:30     N Kozyakov (RUS)                            none                            
RUS   15 Sep  Moscow                                        n/a                                     2:39:35t    Yakov Punko (24,RUS)                        none                            
Switzerland
SUI   29 Sep  Winterthur                                    Swiss Championship                      2:43:24     Ernst Meier (27,SUI)                        none                            
Sweden
SWE   18 Aug  Hofors                               16+0     Swedish Championship                    2:31:10.0x  Henry Palme (32,SWE)                        none                            
Turkey
TUR   21 Apr  Ankara                                        Turkish Championship                    3:16:33     Sevki Koru (27,TUR)                         none                            
TUR   06 Oct  Istanbul                      12              Balkan Games                            2:41:37.6   Athanasios Ragazos (27,GRE)                 none                            
Ukraine
UKR   28 Aug  Kharkov                                       n/a                                     2:51:48     nfn Nazarov (UKR)                           none                            
United States
USA   06 Apr  Baltimore MD                         32+0     Frank Dengis Memorial                   2:41:03.2a  Don Heinicke (25,MD/USA)                    none                            
USA   14 Apr  Petaluma CA                    6              Petaluma Spartan                        2:57:22     Leland Smith (USA)                          none                            
USA   19 Apr  Boston MA                     43     98+0     Boston                                  2:28:28.6x  Gerard Cote (26,PQ/CAN)                     none                            
USA   30 May  Salisbury Beach MA                            n/a                                     2:27:29.6x  Ellison Brown (25,USA)                      none                            
USA   12 Oct  Port Chester NY               16              Port Chester National                   2:45:37.8a  Don Heinicke (25,MD/USA)                    none                            
USA   10 Nov  Yonkers NY                    16     34+0     Yonkers                                 2:34:06.2   Gerard Cote (27,PQ/CAN)                     none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016