Marathon List for 1946


Australia
AUS   15 Jun  Sydney                                        New South Wales Championship            2:45:08     Douglas Dickings (22,AUS)                   none                            
AUS   21 Sep  Melbourne                      8              Victoria Championship                   2:47:10     Douglas Dickings (23,AUS)                   none                            
Canada
CAN   09 Jun  Montreal PQ                                   n/a                                     2:42:21     Johnny A Kelley (38,MA/USA)                 none                            
CAN   29 Aug  Quebec City PQ                                Canadian Championship                   3:01:00     Gerard Cote (33,PQ/CAN)                     none                            
CAN   15 Sep  Quebec City PQ                                n/a                                     2:59:50     Albert Morton (31,ON/CAN)                   none                            
Denmark
DEN   03 Jun  Helsingor                                     Danish Championship                     2:44:24.2   Henning Larsen (35,DEN)                     none                            
England
ENG   23 Apr  Sheffield                      4              Doncaster to Sheffield                  2:50:16.2a  Horace Oliver (31,WAL)                      none                            
ENG   15 Jun  Chiswick                      33              Polytechnic                             2:38:12a    Horace Oliver (31,WAL)                      none                            
ENG   06 Jul  Wolverhampton                                 Midland Counties Championship           2:46:34     Jack Holden (39,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   20 Jul  White City                                    English (AAA) Championship              2:43:14.4   Squire Stevens Yarrow (40,ENG)              none                            
Spain
ESP   07 Apr  Algemesi                                      Spanish Championship                    2:47:51.4   Pedro Gomez (21,ESP)                        none                            
Finland
FIN   21 Jul  Vuoksenniska                                  Finnish Championship                    2:31:37     Mikko Hietanen (34,FIN)                     none                            
FIN   21 Aug  Helsinki                                      n/a                                     2:31:39     Mikko Hietanen (34,FIN)                     none                            
FIN   29 Sep  Helsinki                                      n/a                                     2:39:59.8   Enver Bedredin (31,FIN)                     none                            
France
FRA   21 Jul  Colombes                              8+0     French Championship                     2:41:17     Pierre Cousin (33,FRA)                      none                            
Hungary
HUN   06 Oct  Szeged                                        Hungarian Championship                  2:52:40     Andras Csaplar (33,HUN)                     none                            
India
IND   08 Feb  Bangalore                                     Indian Championship                     2:58:11.5   Chhota Singh (IND)                          none                            
Ireland
IRL   24 Jun  Dublin                                        All-Ireland Champions (AAU/NIRR)        3:13:48     John Henning (37,NIR)                       none                            
IRL   04 Aug  Dundalk                                       All-Ireland (NACA) Championship         3:10:55     A Harrington (IRL)                          none                            
Italy
ITA   01 Sep  Modena                                        Italian Championship                    3:00:34     Stefano Natale (43,ITA)                     none                            
ITA   27 Oct  Rome                                          n/a                                     2:32:06x    Ettore Padovani (37,ITA)                    none                            
Japan
JPN   10 Feb  Osaka                          1              Mainichi                                2:44:57     Shinzo Koga (JPN)                           none                            
JPN   10 Nov  Kochi                          1              Kochi Shinbun                           3:28:xx     Takeshi Yano (JPN)                          none                            
Korea
KOR   14 Oct  Seoul                                         Korean Championship                     2:39:40     Yoon-Bok Soo (23,KOR)                       none                            
Northern Ireland
NIR   03 Aug  Belfast                        1              Northern Ireland Championship           2:46:15     John Henning (37,NIR)                       none                            
Norway
NOR   22 Aug  Oslo                           3     14+0     European Championships                  2:24:55x    Mikko Hietanen (34,FIN)                     none                            
NOR   ?? ???  n/a                                           n/a                                     2:58:50     John Systad (34,NOR)                        none                            
New Zealand
NZL   02 Mar  Wanganui                                      New Zealand Championship                2:40:00     Lionel Fox (NZL)                            none                            
Poland
POL   29 Sep  Lodz                                          Polish Championship                     3:11:34     Stanislaw Przybylko (46,POL)                none                            
Portugal
POR   05 May  Lisbon                                        n/a                                     2:42:29     Manuel Goncalves (POR)                      none                            
Romania
ROM   03 Nov  Bucharest                                     Romanian Championship                   3:00:27     Ion Baboie (32,ROM)                         none                            
South Africa
RSA   20 Apr  Kimberley                                     South African Championship              2:39:02     Wally Hayward (37,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   ?? Aug  Johannesburg                   1              Jackie Gibson                           2:43:52     Wally Hayward (38,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   ?? Nov  Durban                        14              Durban Athletic Club                    2:59:31     Hardy Ballington (34,RSA)                   none                            
Scotland
SCO   08 Jun  Edinburgh                                     Scottish Championship                   2:45:39a    Donald McNab Robertson (40,SCO)             none                            
Switzerland
SUI   08 Sep  Zurich                                        Swiss Championship                      2:45:47.6   Kaspar Schiesser (30,SUI)                   none                            
Slovakia
SVK   28 Oct  Kosice                        21     74+0     Kosice                                  2:35:02.4   Mikko Hietanen (35,FIN)                     none                            
Sweden
SWE   14 Jul  Selanger                             17+0     Swedish Championship                    2:26:48.8x  Erik Jonsson (26,SWE)                       none                            
SWE   21 Sep  Halmstad                              7+0     n/a                                     2:40:08x    Sven Hakansson (36,SWE)                     none                            
Turkey
TUR   06 Oct  Istanbul                                      Turkish Championship                    2:44:53.5   Sevki Koru (33,TUR)                         none                            
Ukraine
UKR   22 Sep  Dnyepropetrovsk                               Soviet Championship                     2:49:53.8   Yakov Punko (30,RUS)                        none                            
United States
USA   26 Mar  Petaluma CA                   12              Petaluma Spartan                        2:48:25     Fred Kline (31,USA)                         none                            
USA   20 Apr  Boston MA                     49     33+0     Boston                                  2:29:27x    Stylianos Kyriakides (35,GRE)               none                            
USA   27 Oct  Yonkers NY                    22     29+0     Yonkers                                 2:47:53.6   Gerard Cote (33,PQ/CAN)                     none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016