Marathon List for 1953
Australia AUS 08 Aug Melbourne 1 Victorian Marathon Club 2:35:33 Robert Prentice (36,AUS) none AUS 15 Aug Sydney New South Wales Championships 2:26:59 Roland Guy (34,AUS) none AUS 26 Sep Sydney 10+0 Australian Championship 2:24:48 Roland Guy (34,AUS) none AUS 29 Oct Melbourne 14 5+0 Victoria Championship 2:35:54 Bryce Mackay (22,AUS) none Austria AUT 30 Aug Dornbirn Austrian Championship 2:33:08.0 Reinaldo Gorno (35,ARG) none Belgium BEL 19 Sep Brussels n/a 2:43:24 Jean Simonet (26,BEL) none Canada CAN 12 Oct Saint John's NF 4 5+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 2:45:43 George Hillier (23,NF/CAN) none Czech Republic CZE 12 Jul Pardubice n/a 2:36:35 Jindrich Novak (34,CZE) none CZE 09 Aug Domazlice 6 Domazlicky 2:40:10 Jindrich Novak (34,CZE) none CZE 06 Sep Upice 4 Vitezove Ratiborickeho 2:29:07.0 Jaroslav Sourek (25,CZE) none Denmark DEN 26 Jul Aarhus Danish Championship 2:52:11.8 Kai Muhlig (DEN) none Egypt EGY 31 Jul Alexandria n/a 2:31:49.8 Hassan Abdel Abdelfattah (32,EG none England ENG 06 Apr Sheffield 11 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:33:00a William McMinnis (37,ENG) none ENG 24 May Hull 1 Hull 2:43:41 Norman Nielson (28,ENG) none ENG 30 May Coventry Midland Counties Championship 2:39:37.6 Sidney Prestidge (35,ENG) none ENG 13 Jun Chiswick 40 119+0 Polytechnic 2:18:40.4a James-Henry Peters (34,ENG) none ENG 12 Aug Liverpool 10 Liverpool 2:27:13 William McMinnis (37,ENG) none Spain ESP 19 Apr Reus Spanish Championship 2:52:00 Manuel Polo (ESP) none Estonia EST 04 Oct Tallinn Estonian Championship 2:38:17 Viktor Puusepp (27,EST) none Finland FIN 05 Jul Mynamaki n/a 2:34:48.2 Eino Jarvinen (37,FIN) none FIN 09 Aug Vihtavuori n/a 2:28:42 Erkki Puolakka (28,FIN) none FIN 27 Sep Vuoksenniska n/a 2:33:19t Vaino Nevalainen (40,FIN) none FIN 04 Oct Turku 6 Turku 2:18:34.8 James-Henry Peters (34,ENG) none France FRA 19 Jul Colombes 13+0 French Championships 2:37:52.0 Charles Cerou (35,FRA) none Germany GER 14 Jun Bad Nenndorf n/a 2:45:12.4 Ernst Weber (43,GER) none GER 19 Jul Leipzig East German Championship 2:39:24 Gerhard Heber (29,GER) none GER 25 Jul Augsburg West German Championship 2:54:07.0 Hans Vollbach (32,GER) none Greece GRE 12 Apr Athens Greek Championship 3:13:15 Christos Vartzakis (GRE) none GRE 29 Jun Athens 13 Balkan Games 3:09:45.6 Franjo Skrinjar (33,CRO) none Hungary HUN 25 Jul Budapest n/a 2:35:05.0 Jozef Dobronyi (36,HUN) none HUN 01 Nov Budapest n/a 2:27:45.4 Jozef Dobronyi (36,HUN) none India IND 27 Sep Jabalpur n/a 2:33:21.4 Chhota Singh (IND) none Japan JPN 01 Feb Beppu 1 6+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:29:05 Keizo Yamada (25,JPN) none JPN 22 Feb Tokyo 1 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:31:13 Kiyoshi Shinozaki (JPN) none JPN 08 Mar Marugame 7 Kagawa 2:49:16 Fumio Kuramoto (JPN) none JPN 29 Mar Tokyo n/a 2:35:29 Zenzo Shibata (JPN) none JPN 10 May Osaka 8 Mainichi 2:41:28 Hiroshi Uwa (JPN) none JPN 05 Jul Otaru n/a 2:36:38 Yukio Takahashi (JPN) none JPN 11 Oct Tokyo Japanese Championships 2:39:23 Kurao Hiroshima (24,JPN) none JPN 06 Dec Kochi 8 Kochi Shinbun 2:35:36 Hiroyoshi Nagai (JPN) none JPN 06 Dec Nagoya 7 20+0 Asahi Shimbun 2:27:26 Hideo Hamamura (25,JPN) none Netherlands; The NED 12 Sep Enschede 4 Enschede 2:19:22 James-Henry Peters (34,ENG) none Northern Ireland NIR ?? ??? Belfast 8 Belfast n/a John Henning (44,NIR) none NIR 20 Jun Belfast All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 2:43:15 Harry Cooney (IRL) none NIR 02 Aug Belfast All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:42:36 Terence O'Sulivan (IRL) none Norway NOR 26 Jul Trondheim Norwegian Championship 2:41:43 John Systad (40,NOR) none NOR 05 Sep Oslo n/a 2:30:16 Veikko Karvonen (27,FIN) none New Zealand NZL 10 Jan Invercargill 2 1+0 Southland 3:47:15a Gordon Dickson (NZL) none NZL ?? ??? Dunedin n/a 2:41:29.8 Arthur Lydiard (36,NZL) none Poland POL 06 Sep Warsaw Polish Championships 2:39:17.6 Mieczyslaw Szewczyk (26,POL) none Romania ROM 04 Oct Bucharest 1 International Youth Games 2:30:29.8 Jozef Dobronyi (36,HUN) none South Africa RSA 24 Jan Krugersdorp Southern Transvaal Championship 2:33:06.6 Jackie Mekler (20,RSA) none RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 8 Jackie Gibson 2:35:59 Sidney Luyt (27,RSA) none RSA 10 Oct Durban n/a 2:37:52 Trevor Allen (RSA) none RSA 28 Nov Durban 21 Durban Athletic Club 2:37:51 Jackie Mekler (21,RSA) none Russia RUS 27 Aug Moscow Soviet Championships 2:29:02.8 Pyotr Sorokovich (25,UKR) none Scotland SCO 27 Jun Edinburgh Scottish Championship 2:38:00 John Duffy (33,SCO) none Slovenia SLO 23 Aug Maribor n/a 2:43:50 Franjo Skrinjar (33,CRO) none Switzerland SUI 13 Sep St Gallen Swiss Championship 2:31:14 Hans Frischknecht (30,SUI) none Slovakia SVK 02 Aug Cadca 1 Kysucky 2:42:12 Rudolf Vichera (34,CZE) none SVK 18 Oct Kosice 28 41+0 Kosice 2:53:32.8 Walter Bednar (27,CZE) none Sweden SWE 14 Jun Falkoping Swedish Championship 2:27:04 Gustaf-Nils Jansson (31,SWE) none Turkey TUR 19 Apr Adana n/a 2:50:25 Yusef Akkaya (TUR) none United States USA ?? Mar Honolulu HI 1 Hawaiian AAU 2:51:35 Norman Tamanaha (45,HI/USA) none USA 12 Apr Petaluma CA 19 Petaluma Spartan 3:37:45 Vic Duran (USA) none USA 20 Apr Boston MA 56 92+0 Boston 2:18:51x Keizo Yamada (25,JPN) none USA 17 May Yonkers NY 29 Yonkers 2:48:12.5 Gosta Leandersson (35,SWE) none USA 27 Jun Culver City CA 6 n/a 2:46:30 Robert Cons (22,CA/USA) none USA 08 Nov Philadelphia PA Valley Forge Wales WAL 25 Jul Cardiff Welsh Championships 2:22:29 James-Henry Peters (34,ENG) none Zimbabwe ZIM 04 Apr Salisbury South African Championship 2:46:52.8 Nic Slabbert (RSA) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016