Marathon List for 1948
Australia AUS 27 Aug Sydney New South Wales Championships 2:56:10 Gordon Stanley (29,AUS) none AUS 25 Sep Melbourne 10 Victoria Championship 2:35:01 Gordon Stanley (29,AUS) none Austria AUT 09 Oct Vienna Austrian Championship 3:09:32 Alois Wagner (26,AUT) none Canada CAN 12 Jun Hamilton ON 12+0 Canadian Championship 2:46:06 Gerard Cote (34,PQ/CAN) none CAN 11 Oct Guelph ON n/a 2:46:26 Albert Morton (33,ON/CAN) none Denmark DEN 17 Jun Helsingor Danish Championship 2:48:05.6 Henning Larsen (37,DEN) none England ENG 30 Mar Sheffield 6 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:47:40a John Henning (39,NIR) none ENG 01 May Tipton n/a 2:36:13 Jack Holden (41,ENG) none ENG 19 Jun Chiswick 35 103+0 Polytechnic 2:36:44.6a Jack Holden (41,ENG) none ENG 02 Aug Liverpool 5 Liverpool 2:43:30 John Henning (39,NIR) none ENG 07 Aug London 12 30+0 Olympic Games 2:34:51.6 Delfo Cabrera (28,ARG) none Spain ESP 25 Apr Zaragoza Spanish Championship 2:43:39.4 Jose Maria Blay (ESP) none Estonia EST 19 Sep Viljandi Estonian Championship 2:58:04.0 Aleksandr Kulm (EST) none Finland FIN 11 Jul Vuoksenniska Finnish Championship 2:31:02 Mikko Hietanen (36,FIN) none FIN 08 Aug Helsinki n/a 2:38:24 Vaino Nevalainen (34,FIN) none FIN 29 Aug Riihimaki n/a 2:37:24 Paavo Laine (41,FIN) none FIN 10 Oct Turku 1 Turku 2:26:04.8x Paavo Laine (41,FIN) none France FRA 27 Jun Colombes 14+0 French Championship 2:36:58 Rene Josset (37,FRA) none Greece GRE 11 Apr Athens Greek Championship 3:01:58 Christos Vartzakis (GRE) none Hungary HUN 20 Jun Budapest n/a 2:40:24.0 Istvan Simon (35,HUN) none India IND 22 Feb Lucknow Indian Championship 2:42:33.6 Chhota Singh (IND) none Ireland IRL 19 Jun Dublin All-Ireland (AAU/NIRR) Championship 2:56:02 Francis Mulvihill (38,IRL) none IRL 04 Jul Ballinasloe All-Ireland (NACA) Championship 2:33:20x Aidan Browne (IRL) none Italy ITA 24 Oct Rome Italian Championship 2:46:55 Renato Braghini (34,ITA) none Japan JPN 14 Mar Marugame 2 Kagawa 2:39:54 Toshio Fuke (JPN) none JPN 09 May Osaka 3 Mainichi 2:40:05 Shinzo Koga (JPN) none JPN 02 Nov Fukuoka 3 Japanese National Games 2:42:41 Shinzo Koga (JPN) none JPN 05 Dec Takamatsu 2 n/a 2:37:25 Saburo Yamada (JPN) none JPN 26 Dec Kochi 3 Kochi Shinbun 2:58:13 Tadashi Komatsu (JPN) none Netherlands; The NED 12 Sep Hilversum Dutch Championship 2:46:37.8 Joop Overdijk (41,NED) none Northern Ireland NIR 26 Jun Belfast 3 Belfast 2:48:04 John Henning (39,NIR) none Norway NOR 28 Jun Oslo n/a 2:27:11x John Systad (35,NOR) none New Zealand NZL 06 Mar Dunedin New Zealand Championship 2:44:06 John R Clarke (NZL) none Poland POL 10 Oct Kielce Polish Championship 2:50:04.6 Winandiusz Osinski (35,POL) none Romania ROM 26 Sep Bucharest Romanian Championships 2:40:50 Slavi Koev (BUL) none South Africa RSA 27 Mar Port Elizabeth South African Championship 2:32:30 Johannes Coleman (37,RSA) none RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 3 Jackie Gibson 2:42:20 George Burdett (RSA) none RSA ?? Nov Durban 16 Durban Athletic Club 2:55:55 Nick vanDeventer (RSA) none Russia RUS 26 Jul Moscow Soviet Championship 2:31:55 Feodosiy Vanin (34,RUS) none Scotland SCO 11 Sep Dundee 2 Perth-Dundee 2:45:12a Charles D Robertson (29,SCO) none Switzerland SUI 20 Jun Huttwil Swiss Championship 2:41:57 Hans Frischknecht (25,SUI) none Slovakia SVK 28 Oct Kosice 23 87+0 Kosice 2:34:46.4 Gosta Leandersson (30,SWE) none Sweden SWE 20 Jun Sodertalje 9+0 n/a 2:36:22.2 Gustav Ostling (33,SWE) none SWE 05 Sep Karlskoga 17+0 Swedish Championship 2:31:12 Gosta Leandersson (30,SWE) none United States USA 04 Apr Petaluma CA 14 Petaluma Spartan 2:48:19 Chen-ling Wang (HKG) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 51 51+0 Boston 2:31:02x Gerard Cote (34,PQ/CAN) none USA 21 May Los Angeles CA 1 Coliseum Relays 2:42:30 Gerard Cote (34,PQ/CAN) none USA 31 May Salisbury Beach MA n/a 2:38:03a Tom Crane (23,USA) none USA 12 Sep Yonkers NY 24 57+0 Yonkers 2:48:32.2 Johnny A Kelley (41,MA/USA) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016