Marathon List for 1954
Australia AUS 24 Apr Sydney 3+0 Commonwealth Games Trial 2:33:30 Bryce Mackay (22,AUS) none AUS 10 Jul Melbourne 2 Victorian Marathon Club 2:36:46 Michael Skinner (27,AUS) none AUS 25 Sep Sydney New South Wales Championships 2:32:38 Roland Guy (35,AUS) none AUS 02 Oct Melbourne 15 Victoria Championship 2:43:18.8 Max Negri (AUS) none Austria AUT 26 Jun Vienna Austrian Championship 2:47:56.2 Adolf Gruber (34,AUT) none Canada CAN 19 Jun Hamilton ON Canadian Championship 3:10:46 Gerard Cote (40,PQ/CAN) none CAN 07 Aug Vancouver BC 5 Commonwealth Games 2:39:36 Joe McGhee (25,SCO) none CAN 18 Oct Saint John's NF 5 4+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 2:50:02 George Hillier (24,NF/CAN) none Czech Republic CZE 23 May Bystrice pod Hostynem n/a 2:39:24.4 Drahomir Pechanek (30,CZE) none CZE 27 Jun Prague n/a 2:38:13.2 Walter Bednar (28,CZE) none CZE 30 Jul Prague n/a 2:32:25.8 Jaroslav Sourek (26,CZE) none CZE 01 Aug Upice 5 Vitezove Ratiborickeho 2:30:01.1 Drahomir Pechanek (31,CZE) none CZE 12 Sep Ostrava 1 Ostravsky 2:32:49.0 Jaroslav Sourek (27,CZE) none Denmark DEN ?? ??? n/a Danish Championship 2:40:58 Svend Erik-Olaf Sorensen (36,DE none England ENG 19 Apr Sheffield 12 83+0 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:30:45a Arthur Keily (33,ENG) none ENG ?? Apr Hull 2 Hull 2:38:02 Norman Nielson (29,ENG) none ENG 14 Jun Peterborough n/a 2:33:07 Eric Losthouse (32,ENG) none ENG 19 Jun n/a Midland Counties Championship 2:50:16 Eric Grose (ENG) none ENG 26 Jun Chiswick 41 148+0 Polytechnic 2:17:39.4a James-Henry Peters (35,ENG) none ENG 14 Aug Liverpool 11 Liverpool 2:30:28 Arthur Keily (33,ENG) none Spain ESP 27 Jun Barcelona n/a 2:44:10 Francisco Juan (ESP) none Estonia EST 17 Oct Rakvere Estonian Championship 2:41:25 Viktor Puusepp (28,EST) none Finland FIN 26 Jun Helsinki n/a 2:32:58.4 Veikko Timonen (38,FIN) none FIN 25 Jul Rautjarvi Finnish Championships 2:28:36.6 Veikko Karvonen (28,FIN) none FIN 03 Oct Turku 7 Turku 2:26:41.6 Veikko Karvonen (28,FIN) none France FRA 01 Aug Fontainebleau 21+0 French Championships 2:35:36 Michel Pressense (25,FRA) none Germany GER 13 Jun Bad Nenndorf n/a 2:38:40 Hans Vollbach (32,GER) none GER 24 Jul Leverkusen West German Championships 2:38:44.4 Hans Vollbach (33,GER) none GER 25 Jul Potsdam East German Championship 2:38:28 Siegfried Meyer (28,GER) none GER 15 Aug Braunschweig n/a 2:36:36 Willy Agather (38,GER) none GER 12 Sep Neustadt an der Waldnaab n/a 2:31:03 Siegfried Meyer (28,GER) none Greece GRE 09 May Athens Greek Championship 3:05:01.0a Melis Haralambous (CYP) none Hungary HUN 13 Jun Budapest n/a 2:44:07.2 Jozsef Kiss (45,HUN) none India IND 07 Mar New Delhi n/a 2:48:06.6 Surat Singh (31,IND) none Ireland IRL 26 Jun Dublin All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 2:35:33.2 Arthur Keily (33,ENG) none IRL 24 Jul Crumlin All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:42:49 Patsy McCabe (NIR) none Italy ITA 18 Jul Montecatini n/a 2:43:34.8 Artidoro Berti (33,ITA) none Japan JPN 07 Feb Beppu 2 10+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:34:48 Yoshitaka Uchikawa (22,JPN) none JPN 12 Feb Tokyo 2 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:48:00 Ayao Chiba (0,JPN) none JPN 28 Feb Marugame 8 Kagawa 2:35:08 Giichi Noda (JPN) none JPN 04 Apr Tokyo Kanto District Championship 2:34:46 Teruo Nakano (JPN) none JPN 16 May Osaka 9 Mainichi 2:27:56 Hideo Hamamura (25,JPN) none JPN 06 Jun Tokyo Kanto Inter-Collegiate Games 2:34:59 Yoshitaka Uchikawa (23,JPN) none JPN 26 Sep Tokyo n/a 2:40:26 Yoshikatsu Takahashi (JPN) none JPN 05 Dec Kamakura 8 37+0 Asahi Shimbun 2:24:55 Reinaldo Gorno (36,ARG) none JPN 19 Dec Kochi 9 Kochi Shinbun 2:38:31 Hiroyoshi Nagai (JPN) none Latvia LAT ?? ??? Riga Latvian Championship 2:37:06.4 Alfreds Grotans (25,LAT) none Netherlands; The NED 25 Jul Hilversum n/a 2:32:45.8 Janus vanderZande (29,NED) none Northern Ireland NIR ?? ??? Belfast 9 Belfast n/a John Henning (45,NIR) none Norway NOR 25 Jul Valer Norwegian Championships 2:30:56 Viktor Olsen (30,NOR) none New Zealand NZL ?? Jan Invercargill 3 1+0 Southland 4:32:xxa Richard McKernan (NZL) none NZL 06 Mar Hamilton New Zealand Championship 2:35:45 Edwin Rye (31,NZL) none Poland POL 22 Jul Warsaw Polish Championship 2:45:04.8 Stefan Mielczarek (37,POL) none Portugal POR 03 Apr Lisbon Portuguese Championship 2:21:00.6x Jose Araujo (30,POR) none Romania ROM 26 Sep Bucharest Romanian Championship 2:31:47.8 Siegfried Meyer (28,GER) none South Africa RSA 24 Jan n/a Transvaal 2:33:06.6 Jackie Mekler (21,RSA) none RSA 11 Apr Port Elizabeth n/a 2:25:31.8 Johannes Barnard (24,RSA) none RSA 17 Apr Johannesburg South African Championships 2:35:25.1 Jackie Mekler (21,RSA) none RSA ?? ??? Bloemfontein n/a 2:47:59 Wally Hayward (45,RSA) none RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 9 Jackie Gibson 2:39:32 Wally Hayward (46,RSA) none RSA 09 Oct Krugersdorp Southern Transvaal Championship 2:31:51 Jackie Mekler (22,RSA) none RSA 20 Nov Durban 22 Durban Athletic Club 2:43:57 Jackie Mekler (22,RSA) none Russia RUS 01 Jul Moscow Soviet Championships 2:27:05.6 Boris Grishayev (24,UKR) none Scotland SCO 29 May Glasgow Scottish Championship 2:35:22 Joe McGhee (24,SCO) none Serbia SER 25 Jul Belgrade 14 Balkan Games 2:48:48.4 Franjo Skrinjar (34,CRO) none Switzerland SUI 27 Jun Bern Swiss Championship 2:44:47.2 Jules Zehnder (27,SUI) none SUI 25 Aug Bern 5 22+0 European Championships 2:24:51.6 Veikko Karvonen (28,FIN) none Slovakia SVK 18 Jul Cadca 2 Kysucky 2:42:17 Jaroslav Strupp (37,CZE) none SVK 10 Oct Kosice 29 70+0 Kosice 2:27:21 Erkki Puolakka (29,FIN) none Sweden SWE 18 Jul Karlstad n/a 2:27:39 Bengt Rehnvall (29,SWE) none Trinidad and Tobago TRI 01 Aug Port of Spain 2 4+0 AAA n/aa Claude McShine (TRI) none Turkey TUR 11 Apr Istanbul n/a 2:31:31.8 Ahmet Aytar (31,TUR) none United States USA 31 Jan Philadelphia PA 1 Shanahan Catholic Club 2:36:06x Ted Corbitt (35,NY/USA) none USA ?? Mar Honolulu HI 2 Hawaiian AAU 3:36:36 Norman Tamanaha (46,HI/USA) none USA 04 Apr Petaluma CA 20 Petaluma Spartan 2:44:50 Aldo Scandurra (37,NY/USA) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 57 Boston 2:20:39x Veikko Karvonen (28,FIN) none USA 16 May Yonkers NY 30 Yonkers 2:46:13.9 Ted Corbitt (35,NY/USA) none USA 19 Jun Culver City CA 7 n/a 2:32:47 Robert Cons (23,CA/USA) none USA 17 Oct Detroit MI National Junior 2:35:50 Ted Corbitt (35,NY/USA) none Wales WAL 17 Jul Port Talbot n/a 2:33:01.8 Dyfrig Rees (31,GBR) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016