Marathon List for 1955
Albania ALB ?? Sep Tirana Albanian Championship 2:52:35 Hasan Dinia (ALB) none Argentina ARG 17 Oct Buenos Aires Lacoste-Luisi 2:39:16 Armando Belivet (ARG) none Australia AUS 16 Jul Melbourne 3 Victorian Marathon Club 2:35:40 Michael Skinner (29,AUS) none AUS 24 Sep Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:22:18 Keith Ollerenshaw (26,AUS) none AUS 01 Oct Melbourne 16 Victoria Championship 2:44:54 Michael Skinner (29,AUS) none Austria AUT 18 Sep Linz Austrian Championship 2:36:50 Adolf Gruber (35,AUT) none Belgium BEL 09 Jul Brussels Belgian Championship 2:44:47 Jules Limbourg (BEL) none Bulgaria BUL 09 Oct Sofia Bulgarian Championship 2:39:11 Georgi Penchev (BUL) none Canada CAN 24 May Hamilton ON n/a 2:31:50.5 Gordon Dickson (23,ON/CAN) none CAN 20 Aug Three Rivers PQ Canadian National 3:00:55 Ted Corbitt (36,NY/USA) none CAN 26 Sep Saint John's NF 6 3+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 3:02:09 Greg Doyle (NF/CAN) none Czech Republic CZE 29 Jun Prague n/a 2:34:24.4 Drahomir Pechanek (31,CZE) none CZE 24 Jul Domazlice 7 Domazlicky 2:43:17 Jaroslav Fiala (31,CZE) none CZE 21 Aug Upice 6 Vitezove Ratiborickeho 2:39:35 Walter Bednar (29,CZE) none CZE 11 Sep Ostrava 2 Ostravsky 2:28:38.0 Walter Bednar (29,CZE) none Denmark DEN 27 Jul Odense Danish Championship 2:39:51.6 Poul Nielsen (32,DEN) none DEN 04 Sep Copenhagen n/a 2:21:21.6 Veikko Karvonen (29,FIN) none Egypt EGY 01 May Cairo n/a 2:33:45 Ali Hamed (EGY) none England ENG 11 Apr Sheffield 13 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:35:36.4a Ernest Kirkup (25,ENG) none ENG 30 Apr Hull 3 Hull 2:28:21 Eric Losthouse (33,ENG) none ENG 30 May Peterborough Brotherhoods 2:31:50 Eric Losthouse (33,ENG) none ENG 18 Jun Chiswick 42 137+0 Polytechnic 2:26:22a William McMinnis (39,ENG) none ENG 26 Jun n/a Midland Counties Championship 2:43:10 Brian Ashwell (22,ENG) none ENG 23 Jul Reading AAA Championship 2:39:35 William McMinnis (39,ENG) none ENG 13 Aug Liverpool 12 Liverpool 2:34:25 Arthur Keily (34,ENG) none Spain ESP 19 Jun Barcelona Spanish Championship 2:46:42 Jaime Guixa (ESP) none ESP 18 Jul Barcelona 2 Mediterranean Games 2:50:35 Mahmoud Abdul Kerim (EGY) none Estonia EST 04 Sep Tartu 8+0 Estonian Championship 2:35:52.2 Viktor Puusepp (28,EST) none Finland FIN 07 Aug Rauma Finnish Championship 2:26:29 Paavo Kotila (28,FIN) none FIN 25 Sep Turku 8 Turku 2:38:54 Eino Jarvinen (40,FIN) none FIN 25 Sep Vaasa n/a 2:28:58 Pauli Pellinen (31,FIN) none France FRA 18 Sep Chambery 8+0 French Championship 2:48:44 Joseph Pezier (FRA) none Georgia GEO 13 Nov Tbilisi 50+0 n/a 2:21:23.8 Symen Kuznetsov (27,RUS) none Germany GER 24 Apr Eilendorf Aachen-Eilendorf 2:31:53 Gunther Leifhelm (28,GER) none GER 12 Jun Bad Nenndorf n/a (B race) 2:37:41 August Blumensaat (44,GER) none GER 12 Jun Bad Nenndorf n/a 2:31:40 Hans Vollbach (33,GER) none GER 17 Jul Meissen n/a 2:36:05.8 Kurt Hartung (30,GER) none GER 31 Jul Chemnitz n/a 2:36:48.4 Walter Troger (38,GER) none GER 06 Aug Frankfurt am Main 59+0 West German Championship 2:41:00.0 Hans Vollbach (34,GER) none GER 18 Sep Leipzig East German Championship 2:31:24.6 Kurt Hartung (30,GER) none GER 16 Oct Altenrath n/a 2:27:41.0 August Blumensaat (44,GER) none Greece GRE 22 May Athens Greek Championship 3:14:43.6 Christos Klapsinikas (GRE) none GRE 02 Oct Athens 1 Athens International 2:27:30a Veikko Karvonen (29,FIN) none Hungary HUN 29 May Szeged n/a 2:34:48.6 Jozsef Kiss (46,HUN) none HUN 04 Sep Budapest Hungarian Championship 2:31:53.6 Bela Juhasz (34,HUN) none India IND ?? Feb Kolkata n/a 2:39:15.6 Gurucharan Singh (IND) none Ireland IRL 31 Jul Crumlin All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:48:50 Patsy McCabe (NIR) none Italy ITA 10 Sep Naples Italian Championship 2:33:05 Artidoro Berti (35,ITA) none Japan JPN 06 Feb Ome 3 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:29:40 Hidenori Baba (21,JPN) none JPN 13 Feb Beppu 3 13+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:29:19 Katsuo Nishida (26,JPN) none JPN 27 Feb Naha 1 Shinpo Naha 3:25:16 Masayasu Tawada (JPN) none JPN 08 May Osaka 10 Mainichi 2:26:32 Kurao Hiroshima (26,JPN) none JPN 11 Dec Fukuoka 9 35+0 Asahi Shimbun 2:23:16 Veikko Karvonen (29,FIN) none JPN 18 Dec Kochi 10 Kochi Shinbun 2:34:43 Hiroyoshi Nagai (JPN) none Korea KOR 25 Jun Kwangju n/a 2:25:15 Yoon-Chil Choi (26,KOR) none KOR 18 Oct Seoul Korean Championship 2:30:05 Yeong-Bun Kim (20,KOR) none Mexico MEX 19 Mar Mexico City 3 Pan American Games 2:59:10 Doroteo Flores (GUA) none MEX 10 Jul Cuernavaca 1 Rover Scout Mexico 6:45:xx Jose Miguel Quintana (MEX) none Netherlands; The NED 05 Jun Rotterdam n/a 2:39:43.6 Janus vanderZande (30,NED) none NED 27 Aug Enschede 5 Enschede 2:26:33 Reinaldo Gorno (37,ARG) none Northern Ireland NIR 04 Jun Belfast 10 n/a 2:38:51 John Dawson (NIR) none NIR 02 Jul Belfast All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 2:33:00x Harry Cooney (IRL) none Norway NOR 31 Jul Lunde Norwegian Championship 2:43:14 John Systad (42,NOR) none New Zealand NZL ?? Jan Invercargill 4 2+0 Southland 2:34:07.4a Melvin Munro (NZL) none NZL 22 Jan Christchurch 6 Canterbury Championship 2:31:28 Albert "Bill" Richards (30,NZL) none NZL ?? Mar Auckland New Zealand Championship 2:42:34 Arthur Lydiard (37,NZL) none NZL ?? Dec Feilding 1 Feilding 3:09:00 Norm Pearce (NZL) none Poland POL 06 Aug Warsaw 2 International Youth Sport's Games 2:28:41.8 Ivan Filin (29,RUS) none POL 23 Oct Lodz Polish Championships 2:36:41.4 Benedykt Gugala (30,POL) none Portugal POR 02 Oct Lisbon Portuguese Championship 2:28:53.4 Jose Araujo (31,POR) none Romania ROM 02 Oct Bucharest Romanian Championship 2:27:02 Eino Pulkkinnen (29,FIN) none South Africa RSA 09 Mar Bellville n/a 2:54:xx Fred vanderMerwe (RSA) none RSA 12 Mar Bethlehem n/a 2:56:21 Frans Mare (RSA) none RSA 09 Apr Pretoria South African Championship 2:36:39.6 Johannes Barnard (25,RSA) none RSA 23 Jul East London n/a 2:50:49 Jackie Mekler (22,RSA) none RSA 04 Aug Johannesburg 10 Jackie Gibson 2:42:37 Mercer Davies (30,RSA) none RSA 10 Oct Durban n/a 2:36:17 Gerald Walsh (RSA) none RSA 10 Oct Johannesburg Southern Transvaal Championship 2:49:54 Jackie Mekler (23,RSA) none RSA 23 Oct Durban n/a 2:42:55 Gerald Walsh (RSA) none RSA ?? Nov Durban 23 Durban Athletic Club 2:40:23 Mercer Davies (30,RSA) none Russia RUS 10 Jul Moscow Soviet Championships 2:23:09.6 Ivan Filin (29,RUS) none Scotland SCO 25 Jun Edinburgh Scottish Championship 2:25:50a Joe McGhee (25,SCO) none SCO 20 Aug Edinburgh Edinburgh Highland Games 2:31:04.3a Ernest Kirkup (26,ENG) none Switzerland SUI 04 Sep Zurich Swiss Championship 2:38:09.8 Jules Zehnder (29,SUI) none Slovakia SVK 25 Sep Cadca 3 Kysucky 2:40:00 Gustav Belsky (35,SVK) none SVK 16 Oct Kosice 30 73+0 Kosice 2:25:40 John-Evert Nyberg (30,SWE) none Sweden SWE 31 Jul Sala Swedish Championship 2:40:51 John-Evert Nyberg (30,SWE) none Trinidad and Tobago TRI 27 Feb Port of Spain 2 6+0 AAA 2:49:30a Claude McShine (TRI) none Turkey TUR 14 Aug Istanbul 15 Balkan Games 2:51:33.7 Haydar Erturan (TUR) none United States USA 30 Jan Philadelphia PA 2 Shanahan Catholic Club 2:25:23x John J Kelley (24,CT/USA) none USA ?? Mar Honolulu HI 3 Hawaiian AAU 3:36:31 Norman Tamanaha (47,HI/USA) none USA 03 Apr Petaluma CA 21 Petaluma Spartan 2:53:25 Jesse vanZant (32,USA) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 58 Boston 2:18:22x Hideo Hamamura (26,JPN) none USA 01 May Philadelphia PA Fairmount Park 2:38:20 Ted Corbitt (36,NY/USA) none USA 22 May Yonkers NY 31 Yonkers 2:31:12.4 Nicholas Costes (28,AL/USA) none USA 01 Oct Culver City CA 8 Western Hemisphere 2:37:21 Robert Cons (25,CA/USA) none Wales WAL 26 Jun Cardiff Welsh Championships 2:35:42 Thomas Richards (45,WAL) none Zimbabwe ZIM 20 Feb Harare n/a 2:48:30.2 David Dodds (ZIM) none ZIM 26 Jun Harare n/a 2:42:00 David Dodds (ZIM) none ZIM 04 Dec Bulawayo n/a 2:33:00x David Dodds (ZIM) noneLast Updated on 07 Jan 2016