Marathon List for 1950
Albania ALB ?? Jul Tirana Albanian Championship 3:03:08 Hasan Dinia (ALB) none Australia AUS 23 Sep Sydney New South Wales State Championships 2:48:00 Robert Prentice (33,AUS) none AUS 11 Nov Melbourne 12 Victoria Championship 2:41:08.2 Robert Prentice (33,AUS) none Austria AUT 30 Jul Vienna Austrian Championship 2:32:15x Rudolf Wober (38,AUT) none Belgium BEL 23 Aug Brussels 4 19+0 European Championships 2:32:13.2 Jack Holden (43,ENG) none Canada CAN 28 Aug Verdun PQ n/a 2:45:11 Paul Albert Collins (24,CAN) none CAN 09 Oct Saint John's NF 1 11+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 3:07:26 George Crane (NF/CAN) none Czech Republic CZE 02 Jul Kladno n/a 2:34:39x Karel Zemlicka (28,CZE) none CZE 20 Aug Upice 1 Ratiboricky 2:44:52.3 Vaclav Weishautel (37,CZE) none CZE 03 Sep Domazlice 3 Domazlicky 2:41:54 Vaclav Weishautel (37,CZE) none Denmark DEN 30 Jun Helsingor Danish Championship 2:46:35.0 Henning Larsen (39,DEN) none England ENG 10 Apr Sheffield 8 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:49:24.2a Bert Hemsley (ENG) none ENG 27 May Coventry Midland Counties Championship 2:38:23.6 Jack Holden (43,ENG) none ENG 17 Jun Chiswick 37 149+0 Polytechnic 2:33:07a Jack Holden (43,ENG) none ENG 08 Jul Rugby n/a 2:49:25 Bob Jackson (32,GBR) none ENG 22 Jul Reading n/a 2:31:03.4 Jack Holden (43,ENG) none ENG 07 Aug Peterborough Brotherhoods 2:36:03x Walter Cousins (43,GBR) none ENG 12 Aug Liverpool 7 Liverpool 2:41:45 Walter Cousins (43,GBR) none Estonia EST 01 Oct Rakvere Estonian Championship 2:59:16 Viktor Puusepp (24,EST) none Finland FIN 22 Jun Vuoksenniska n/a 2:40:25 Mikko Hietanen (38,FIN) none FIN 23 Jul Miehikkala n/a 2:39:59 Vilho Partanen (30,FIN) none FIN 10 Sep Vaasa n/a 2:30:47 Veikko Timonen (34,FIN) none FIN 01 Oct Turku 3 n/a 2:33:14.0 Aarne Jung (37,FIN) none France FRA 23 Jul Colombes 13+0 French Championships 2:39:49 Rene Josset (39,FRA) none Germany GER 18 Jun Buren n/a 2:38:42 Ernst Weber (40,GER) none GER 16 Jul Nurnberg n/a 2:32:53x Wilhelm Burklein (38,GER) none GER 05 Aug Stuttgart 49+0 German Championship 2:46:48 Wilfried Hogrefe (28,GER) none GER 24 Sep Weilburg n/a 2:37:59 Gerd von Hanu-Kruger (27,GER) none Greece GRE 30 Apr Athens Greek Championship 2:59:18a Athanasios Ragazos (36,GRE) none Hungary HUN 24 Sep Budapest n/a 2:37:25.8 Mihaly Esztergomi (38,HUN) none India IND ?? Feb Mumbai n/a 2:54:32 Chhota Singh (IND) none Ireland IRL 08 Jul Dublin All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 3:03:22 John Henning (41,NIR) none IRL 10 Sep Mosney All Ireland Championships (NACA) 3:03:30 Jack Cox (IRL) none Italy ITA 24 Sep Rome Rome 2:36:01 Etienne Gailly (27,BEL) none ITA 29 Oct Taranto n/a 2:34:44 Gaetano Marzano (28,ITA) none Japan JPN 21 Mar Yawata n/a 2:37:19 Fumio Babasaki (JPN) none JPN 26 Mar Marugame 4 Kagawa 2:39:21 Toshio Fuke (JPN) none JPN 07 May Osaka 5 Mainichi 2:37:25 Giichi Noda (JPN) none JPN 30 Jul Matsumoto All-Japan Worker's Athletic Games 2:46:14 Keizo Yamada (22,JPN) none JPN 08 Oct Kagoshima n/a 2:47:17 Yoshikazu Noda (JPN) none JPN 10 Dec Hiroshima 4 Asahi Shimbun 2:30:47 Shunji Koyanagi (JPN) none JPN 17 Dec Kochi 5 Kochi Shinbun 2:52:27 Ichiro Murata (JPN) none Netherlands; The NED 22 Jul Rotterdam Dutch Championship 2:58:12 Adri Moons (NED) none Northern Ireland NIR ?? ??? Belfast 5 Belfast n/a John Henning (41,NIR) none Norway NOR 23 Jul Moss Norwegian Championship 2:44:19 John Systad (37,NOR) none New Zealand NZL 11 Feb Auckland 4 14+0 British Empire Games 2:32:57 Jack Holden (42,ENG) none NZL ?? Mar Napier New Zealand Championship 2:55:07 George Bromley (NZL) none NZL 30 Dec Christchurch 2 Canterbury Championship 2:40:00.4 George Bromley (NZL) none Poland POL 16 Jul Warsaw Polish Champinship 2:55:26.6 Winandiusz Osinski (36,POL) none Romania ROM 10 Sep Bucharest Romanian Championship 2:48:58 Vasile Teodosiu (33,ROM) none South Africa RSA 08 Apr Kimberley South African Championship 2:41:21 William Keith (24,RSA) none RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 5 Jackie Gibson 2:57:54 William Keith (24,RSA) none RSA ?? Nov Durban 18 Durban Athletic Club 2:50:46 Nick vanDeventer (RSA) none Russia RUS 15 Jul Moscow n/a 2:29:09.4 Feodosiy Vanin (36,RUS) none Scotland SCO 08 Jul Edinburgh Scottish Championship 2:43:56 Harold Howard (36,GBR) none SCO 02 Sep Edinburgh n/a 2:40:16 Harold Howard (36,GBR) none Switzerland SUI 16 Jul Lugano Swiss Championship 2:39:44.4x Gottfried Knecht (28,SUI) none Slovakia SVK 29 Oct Kosice 25 91+0 Kosice 2:31:20.2 Gosta Leandersson (32,SWE) none Sweden SWE 16 Jul Sala Swedish Championship 2:38:33.4 Gosta Leandersson (32,SWE) none Turkey TUR 09 Apr Izmir Turkish Championship 2:48:52 Behzat Akdeniz (34,TUR) none TUR 13 May Istanbul n/a 2:44:49.7 Ahmet Aytar (27,TUR) none United States USA 02 Apr Petaluma CA 16 Petaluma Spartan 2:57:42 Fred Kline (35,USA) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 53 Boston 2:32:39x Kee-Yong Ham (KOR) none USA 21 May Yonkers NY 26 25+0 Yonkers 2:45:55.3 Johnny A Kelley (42,MA/USA) none USA 18 Jun Culver City CA 3 n/a 3:00:20 Mainhardt Bredt (25,USA) none USA 22 Jul Fort Fairfield ME Maine AAU Potato Blossom 2:44:07 John Lafferty (32,CA/USA) none USA 20 Aug Berkeley CA n/a 2:28:29x Chen-ling Wang (HKG) none Wales WAL 08 Jul Margam Welsh Championship 2:42:53 Thomas Richards (40,WAL) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016