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)                 none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016