Marathon List for 1947


Australia
AUS   23 Aug  Sydney                                        New South Wales Championship            2:36:30     Roland Guy (28,AUS)                         none                            
AUS   20 Sep  Melbourne                      9              Victoria Championship                   2:37:21     Gordon Stanley (28,AUS)                     none                            
Belarus
BLR   ?? ???  Minsk                                         n/a                                     3:11:57     Aleksandr Kreshchanovich (BLR)              none                            
Canada
CAN   14 Jun  Toronto ON                                    Canadian Championship                   2:45:51     Albert Morton (32,ON/CAN)                   none                            
CAN   02 Aug  Guelph ON                                     n/a                                     3:10:33     Albert Morton (32,ON/CAN)                   none                            
CAN   14 Sep  Quebec PQ                            11+0     n/a                                     2:48:32.2   Gerard Cote (34,PQ/CAN)                     none                            
CAN   28 Sep  Montreal PQ                          14+0     n/a                                     2:42:40     Lloyd Evans (32,PQ/CAN)                     none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   05 Oct  Prague                                        n/a                                     2:37:36x    Vaclav Weishautel (34,CZE)                  none                            
Denmark
DEN   16 Aug  Kobenhavn                                     Danish Championship                     2:51:18.0   Henning Larsen (36,DEN)                     none                            
England
ENG   08 Apr  Sheffield                      5              Doncaster to Sheffield                  2:41:55.8a  Jack Holden (40,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   03 May  Manchester                    13              Manchester Evening Chronicle            2:45:37     John Henning (38,NIR)                       none                            
ENG   14 Jun  Chiswick                      34              Polytechnic                             2:36:52.4a  Cecil Ballard (36,ENG)                      none                            
ENG   05 Jul  Dudley                                        Midland Counties Championship           2:53:26     Jack Holden (40,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   12 Jul  Rugby                                         n/a                                     2:43:03.4   Thomas Richards (37,WAL)                    none                            
ENG   23 Aug  Loughborough                                  n/a                                     2:33:20.2   Jack Holden (40,ENG)                        none                            
Spain
ESP   27 Apr  Algemesi                                      Spanish Championship                    2:58:07     Manuel Sanchez (ESP)                        none                            
Estonia
EST   28 Sep  Tallinn                                       Estonian Championship                   3:08:03.0   Loit Laidna (EST)                           none                            
Finland
FIN   10 Aug  Riihimaki                                     n/a                                     2:35:26.2   Mikko Hietanen (35,FIN)                     none                            
FIN   28 Sep  Seinajoki                                     n/a                                     2:39:10     Paavo Laine (40,FIN)                        none                            
FIN   05 Oct  Helsinki                                      n/a                                     2:34:52     Risto Vesterlund (32,FIN)                   none                            
France
FRA   03 Aug  Colombes                              8+0     French Championship                     2:58:47     Pierre Cousin (34,FRA)                      none                            
Greece
GRE   05 Oct  Athens                                        East Mediterranean Games                2:52:15a    Sevki Koru (34,TUR)                         none                            
Hungary
HUN   05 Oct  Szeged                                        n/a                                     2:41:14.6   Jozsef Kiss (38,HUN)                        none                            
Ireland
IRL   28 Jun  Belfast                                       All-Ireland Champions (AAU/NIRR)        2:44:57     John Henning (38,NIR)                       none                            
IRL   02 Aug  Dundalk                                       All-Ireland (NACA) Championship         3:04:47     Charles Browne (IRL)                        none                            
Italy
ITA   14 Sep  Naples                                        Italian Championship                    2:48:12     Salvatore Costantino (28,ITA)               none                            
ITA   26 Oct  Rome                                          n/a                                     2:29:51.0x  Salvatore Costantino (28,ITA)               none                            
Japan
JPN   09 Mar  Marugame                       1              Kagawa                                  2:47:30     Toshio Fuke (JPN)                           none                            
JPN   18 May  Osaka                          2              Mainichi                                2:43:17     Shinzo Koga (JPN)                           none                            
JPN   05 Oct  Tobata                                        n/a                                     2:41:17     Shinzo Koga (JPN)                           none                            
JPN   02 Nov  Kanazawa                       2              Japanese National Games                 2:36:33     Shinzo Koga (JPN)                           none                            
JPN   30 Nov  Kochi                          2              Kochi Shinbun                           3:03:05     Mitsuito Kashiwai (JPN)                     none                            
JPN   07 Dec  Kumamoto                       1     23+0     n/a                                     2:45:46     Toshikazu Wada (JPN)                        none                            
Korea
KOR   09 Aug  Chunchon                       1              Chosunilbo Chunchon                     2:57:20     Jong-Oh Hong (KOR)                          none                            
KOR   18 Oct  n/a                                           n/a                                     2:34:47     Yoon-Chil Choi (19,KOR)                     none                            
Latvia
LAT   22 Sep  Riga                                          Latvian Championship                    2:56:49     Alfreds Zvejnieks (LAT)                     none                            
Netherlands; The
NED   12 Jul  Enschede                       1              Enschede                                2:44:13     Eero Riikonen (36,FIN)                      none                            
Northern Ireland
NIR   07 Jun  Belfast                        2              Belfast                                 2:39:51     John Henning (38,NIR)                       none                            
New Zealand
NZL   ?? ???  Auckland                                      n/a                                     2:58:54     George Bromley (NZL)                        none                            
Poland
POL   21 Sep  Olsztyn                                       Polish Championship                     2:52:27.2   Stanislaw Gluszcz (40,POL)                  none                            
Portugal
POR   04 May  n/a                                           n/a                                     2:40:14.4   Manuel Goncalves (POR)                      none                            
Romania
ROM   28 Sep  Bucharest                                     Romanian Championship                   2:56:05     Ion Baboie (33,ROM)                         none                            
South Africa
RSA   ?? Aug  Johannesburg                   2              Jackie Gibson                           2:47:04     Johannes Coleman (37,RSA)                   none                            
RSA   ?? Nov  Durban                        15              Durban Athletic Club                    2:39:27     Sidney Luyt (21,RSA)                        none                            
Russia
RUS   20 Jul  Moscow                                        n/a                                     2:37:00     Vasiliy Gordiyenko (33,UKR)                 none                            
Scotland
SCO   05 Jul  Edinburgh                                     Scottish Championship                   2:37:49     Donald McNab Robertson (41,SCO)             none                            
Switzerland
SUI   14 Sep  Winterthur                                    Swiss Championship                      2:52:00     Hans Frischknecht (24,SUI)                  none                            
Slovakia
SVK   28 Oct  Kosice                        22     75+0     Kosice                                  2:36:06.0   Charles Heirendt (36,LUX)                   none                            
Sweden
SWE   06 Jul  Stockholm                                     n/a                                     2:10:55x    Gustav Ostling (32,SWE)                     none                            
SWE   07 Sep  Stockholm                             7+0     n/a                                     2:30:58     Mikko Hietanen (35,FIN)                     none                            
Turkey
TUR   13 Apr  Istanbul                                      n/a                                     2:34:29.4   Mustafa Kaplan (25,TUR)                     none                            
United States
USA   13 Apr  Petaluma CA                   13              Petaluma Spartan                        3:27:45     John Dicke (USA)                            none                            
USA   19 Apr  Boston MA                     50     41+0     Boston                                  2:25:39x    Yoon-Bok Soo (24,KOR)                       none                            
USA   26 Oct  Yonkers NY                    23     29+0     Yonkers                                 2:40:11     Ted Vogel (22,USA)                          none                            
Zimbabwe
ZIM   05 Apr  Bulawayo                                      n/a                                     2:57:41     Carl Pace (28,RSA)                          none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016