Marathon List for 1949


Australia
AUS   06 Aug  Sydney                                        New South Wales Championship            2:48:15     Roland Guy (30,AUS)                                                         
AUS   17 Sep  Perth                                 7+0     Australian Championship                 2:43:46.0   Robert Prentice (32,AUS)                    none                            
AUS   ?? ???  Sydney                                        New South Wales Championships           2:48:15     Guy Roland (AUS)                            none                            
AUS   19 Nov  Melbourne                     11     12+0     Victoria Championship                   2:41:33     Gordon Stanley (30,AUS)                     none                            
Austria
AUT   25 Sep  Linz                                          Austrian Championship                   2:35:14     Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE)                     none                            
Canada
CAN   09 Jul  Toronto ON                     1      8+0     Gladstone AC Championships              2:48:48     Paul Albert Collins (22,CAN)                none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   12 Jun  Prague                                        n/a                                     2:37:30.4   Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE)                     none                            
CZE   04 Sep  Domazlice                      2              Domazlicky                              2:36:52     Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE)                     none                            
Denmark
DEN   25 Jun  Helsingor                                     Danish Championship                     2:55:37.2   Henning Larsen (38,DEN)                     none                            
England
ENG   18 Apr  Sheffield                      7              Doncaster to Sheffield                  2:41:53a    Jack Holden (42,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   18 Jun  Chiswick                      36    138+0     Polytechnic                             2:42:54.2a  Jack Holden (42,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   09 Jul  Rugby                                         Midland Counties Championship           2:52:39     Gerry Malcolmson (36,ENG)                   none                            
ENG   30 Jul  Birmingham                                    n/a                                     2:34:10.6   Jack Holden (42,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   13 Aug  Liverpool                      6              Liverpool                               2:51:55     Jack Paterson (36,SCO)                      none                            
Spain
ESP   17 Apr  Zaragoza                                      Spanish Championship                    3:05:44     Tomas Ostariz (ESP)                         none                            
Estonia
EST   09 Oct  Tallinn                                       Estonian Championship                   2:56:21     Richard Lulla (EST)                         none                            
Finland
FIN   26 Jun  Pihlava                                       n/a                                     2:35:44.2   Aarne Jung (36,FIN)                         none                            
FIN   11 Sep  Kuopio                                        n/a                                     2:34:51     Onni Kuivalainen (33,FIN)                   none                            
FIN   02 Oct  Turku                          2              n/a                                     2:28:39.4   Salomon Kononen (23,FIN)                    none                            
France
FRA   10 Jul  Colombes                             13+0     French Championships                    2:48:18     Rene Josset (38,FRA)                        none                            
Germany
GER   06 Aug  Bremen                               44+0     West German Championships               2:53:10.8   Wilhelm Burklein (37,GER)                   none                            
GER   18 Sep  Frankfurt                                     n/a                                     2:43:53     Gerd von Hanu-Kruger (26,GER)               none                            
Greece
GRE   15 May  Athens                                        Greek Championship                      2:57:17     Dimitrios Dervenis (GRE)                    none                            
GRE   09 Oct  Athens                                        Greek-French Games                      2:59:47a    Dimitrios Dervenis (GRE)                    none                            
Hungary
HUN   25 Sep  Szeged                                        n/a                                     2:40:28     Mihaly Esztergomi (37,HUN)                  none                            
India
IND   13 Feb  Delhi                                         n/a                                     2:44:21.9   Chhota Singh (IND)                          none                            
Ireland
IRL   11 Sep  Mosney                                        All Ireland Championships (NACA)        3:11:05     Tom Reilly (IRL)                            none                            
Italy
ITA   11 Sep  Novara                                        Italian Championship                    2:51:00     Cristofano Sestini (36,ITA)                 none                            
Japan
JPN   27 Mar  Marugame                       3              Kagawa                                  2:40:08     Giichi Noda (JPN)                           none                            
JPN   04 May  Osaka                          4              Mainichi                                2:40:32     Saburo Yamada (JPN)                         none                            
JPN   27 Aug  Kashiwara                                     n/a                                     2:52:20     Hiroshi Hashimoto (JPN)                     none                            
JPN   03 Nov  Tokyo                          4              Japanese National Games                 2:35:31     Fumio Babasaki (JPN)                        none                            
JPN   23 Nov  Kochi                          4              Kochi Shimbun                           2:44:54     Shinichi Nagano (JPN)                       none                            
JPN   04 Dec  Shizuoka                       3              Asahi                                   2:40:26     Shinzo Koga (JPN)                           none                            
Korea
KOR   ?? ???  n/a                                           Korean Championships                    2:37:28     Kil-Yun Song (KOR)                          none                            
Netherlands; The
NED   20 Aug  Enschede                       2              Enschede                                2:20:52x    Jack Holden (42,ENG)                        none                            
Northern Ireland
NIR   ?? ???  Belfast                        4              Belfast                                 n/a         John Henning (40,NIR)                       none                            
NIR   09 Jul  Belfast                                       All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU)    2:45:07     John Henning (40,NIR)                       none                            
Norway
NOR   27 Jul  Oslo                                          USA vs Scandanavia                      2:37:25     Gosta Leandersson (31,SWE)                  none                            
New Zealand
NZL   12 Mar  Christchurch                                  New Zealand Championships               2:40:05.6   George Bromley (NZL)                        none                            
NZL   12 Oct  Christchurch                   1              Canterbury Championship                 2:37:47     John R Clarke (NZL)                         none                            
Poland
POL   24 Jul  Gdansk                                        n/a                                     3:14:45     Stanislaw Gluszcz (42,POL)                  none                            
Romania
ROM   11 Sep  Bucharest                                     Romanian Championships                  2:35:20     Jaroslav Fiala (25,CZE)                     none                            
South Africa
RSA   16 Apr  Queenstown                                    n/a                                     2:34:16.5   Sidney Luyt (23,RSA)                        none                            
RSA   ?? Aug  Johannesburg                   4              Jackie Gibson                           2:52:43     William Keith (23,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   ?? Nov  Durban                        17              Durban Athletic Club                    2:47:21     Len Wootton (RSA)                           none                            
RSA   ?? Nov  Paarl                                         n/a                                     2:39:27     Sidney Luyt (23,RSA)                        none                            
Russia
RUS   19 Jul  Moscow                                        n/a                                     2:34:49.4   Vasiliy Gordiyenko (35,UKR)                 none                            
Scotland
SCO   09 Jul  Glasgow                                       Scottish Championship                   2:57:07     Jack Paterson (36,SCO)                      none                            
SCO   03 Sep  Edinburgh                                     n/a                                     2:46:04     Jack Paterson (36,SCO)                      none                            
Switzerland
SUI   28 Aug  St Gallen                                     Swiss Championship                      2:53:03     Hans Frischknecht (26,SUI)                  none                            
Slovakia
SVK   23 Oct  Kosice                        24     77+0     Kosice                                  2:33:45.6   Martti Urpalainen (31,FIN)                  none                            
Sweden
SWE   19 Jun  Kungsbacka                           18+0     n/a                                     2:40:38     Gosta Leandersson (31,SWE)                  none                            
SWE   11 Sep  Stockholm                            10+0     Nordic Championship                     2:32:18     Martti Urpalainen (31,FIN)                  none                            
Turkey
TUR   03 Apr  Antakya                                       n/a                                     2:50:44     Ahmet Aytar (26,TUR)                        none                            
TUR   ?? ???  Istanbul                                      Mediterranean Games                     2:41:16     Mustafa Kaplan (28,TUR)                     none                            
TUR   23 Oct  Istanbul                                      n/a                                     2:38:56.8   Sevki Koru (36,TUR)                         none                            
United States
USA   03 Apr  Petaluma CA                   15              Petaluma Spartan                        2:58:45     Jesse vanZant (26,USA)                      none                            
USA   19 Apr  Boston MA                     52     90+0     Boston                                  2:31:51x    Gosta Leandersson (30,SWE)                  none                            
USA   15 May  Yonkers NY                    25     30+0     Yonkers                                 2:38:48.9   Victor Dyrgall (31,USA)                     none                            
USA   30 May  Salisbury Beach MA                            n/a                                     2:36:32a    Johnny A Kelley (41,MA/USA)                 none                            
USA   27 Nov  Culver City CA                 2              n/a                                     2:45:27     Robert Cons (19,CA/USA)                     none                            
Wales
WAL   09 Jul  Margam                                        Weksh Championship                      2:54:00     Ken Thomas (WAL)                            none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016