Marathon List for 1958
Albania
ALB ?? ??? Tirana Albanian Championship 3:08:24 Musa Peqini (ALB) none
Australia
AUS 23 Mar Sydney 5+0 Australian Championships 2:40:30.0 John Russell (26,AUS) none
AUS 16 Aug Melbourne 6 Victorian Marathon Club 2:41:33 Francis Tutchner (AUS) none
AUS 06 Sep Adelade South Australia Championship 2:42:39 Les Trigg (AUS) none
AUS 27 Sep Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:49:22 Leo Saunders (AUS) none
AUS 04 Oct Melbourne 19 4+0 Victoria Championship 2:45:12 Francis Tutchner (AUS) none
Austria
AUT 04 May Vienna n/a 2:25:03 Adolf Gruber (37,AUT) none
AUT 20 Jul Mattersburg Austrian Championship 2:35:39 Adolf Gruber (38,AUT) none
Bulgaria
BUL 21 Sep Sofia 18 Balkan Games 2:41:05.6 Franjo Skrinjar (38,CRO) none
BUL ?? ??? n/a Bulgarian Championship 2:50:06 Georgi Penchev (BUL) none
Canada
CAN 24 May Hamilton ON Canadian Championship 2:21:50.6 Gordon Dickson (26,ON/CAN) none
CAN 31 Aug Saint Hyacinthe PQ 2 20+0 North American Championships 2:31:57.3a John J Kelley (27,CT/USA) none
China
CHN 05 Oct Anshan n/a 2:32:02.0 Chi-tung Chu (CHN) none
CHN 02 Nov Beijing Chinese Championship 2:21:29 Chao-hsin Cheng (CHN) none
CHN 21 Dec Tsinan Tsinan 2:19:55.6 Tun-yung Li (CHN) none
CHN 24 Dec Shandan n/a 2:21:58.4 Tsai-chun Lian (CHN) none
Czech Republic
CZE 27 Jul Pardubice n/a 2:31:14 Drahomir Pechanek (35,CZE) none
CZE 17 Aug Upice 8 Vitezove Ratiborickeho 2:33:02.0 Miroslav Ciboch (29,CZE) none
Denmark
DEN ?? ??? n/a Danish Championship 2:45:44 Arthur Hansen (32,DEN) none
England
ENG 07 Apr Sheffield 16 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:26:25a Arthur Keily (37,ENG) none
ENG 03 May Hull 6 Hull 2:28:37 Ken Pawson (27,ENG) none
ENG ?? ??? n/a Midland Championship 2:36:04 Peter Dyer (ENG) none
ENG 07 Jun Ryde 2 63+0 Isle of Wight 2:28:13 Robert Pape (34,GBR) none
ENG 28 Jun Chiswick 45 151+0 Polytechnic 2:22:27.4a Colin-Keith Kemball (30,ENG) none
ENG 19 Jul Peterborough n/a 2:33:05 Joe Keily (26,GBR) none
ENG 16 Aug Liverpool 15 Liverpool 2:27:09 Robert Pape (34,GBR) none
Spain
ESP 27 Apr Zaragoza Spanish Championship 2:34:49.3 Miguel Navarro (28,ESP) none
Estonia
EST 19 Jul Tallinn Soviet Championships 2:20:09 Sergey Popov (27,RUS) none
Finland
FIN 08 Jun Vassa n/a 2:22:34 Paavo Kotila (30,FIN) none
FIN 27 Jul Hameenlinna Finnish Championship 2:31:05.2 Olavi-Adrian Manninen (41,FIN) none
FIN 05 Oct Turku 11 Turku 2:24:35 Veikko Karvonen (32,FIN) none
France
FRA 20 Jul Colombes French Championships 2:25:29.3 Alain Mimoun (37,FRA) none
Georgia
GEO 02 Nov Tbilisi n/a 2:20:06.6 Nikolay Rumyantsev (28,RUS) none
Germany
GER 25 May Bad Nenndorf n/a 2:32:32.8 Jurgen Wedeking (22,GER) none
GER 26 Jul Duisburg East and West German Trials 2:30:32.8 Jurgen Wedeking (23,GER) none
GER 14 Sep Templin East German Championship 2:29:58 Lothar Beckert (27,GER) none
GER 27 Sep Leipzig International Military Games 2:25:32.6 Pavel Kantorek (28,CZE) none
GER 05 Oct Rottach-Egern 63+0 West German Championship 2:26:08.2 Jurgen Wedeking (23,GER) none
Greece
GRE 20 Aug Drama Greek Championship 3:15:48 Dimitrios Dervenis (GRE) none
Hungary
HUN 15 Jun Szeged 2 International Friendship 2:32:51 Franjo Skrinjar (38,CRO) none
India
IND 19 Jan Patiala n/a 2:34:43.1 nfn Dass (IND) none
IND 05 Feb Munbai n/a 2:34:16.5 nfn Dass (IND) none
IND 09 Feb Cuttack Indian Championship 2:23:58.4x Gulzara Singh (45,IND) none
IND 15 Feb Kerala n/a 2:31:31 Ran Bahadur (IND) none
IND 14 Dec New Delhi n/a 2:32:24.8 Gulzara Singh (46,IND) none
Ireland
IRL 28 Jun Dublin All-Ireland Championships 2:33:19 Hugh McEleney (IRL) none
IRL 26 Jul Dublin 4+0 Irish Championships (AAU) 2:32:42 Vincent Frazer-Walker (IRL) none
IRL 27 Jul Dublin All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:29:23 Noel McGowan (IRL) none
Italy
ITA 22 Jun Treviso n/a 2:29:30.2 Edoardo Righi (31,ITA) none
ITA 19 Oct Rome Italian Championship 2:32:31 Francesco Perrone (27,ITA) none
Japan
JPN 02 Feb Ome 6 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:35:05 Teruo Nakano (JPN) none
JPN 09 Feb Beppu 6 27+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:25:16 Kurao Hiroshima (29,JPN) none
JPN 23 Feb Marugame 11 Kagawa 3:00:54 Muneyuki Maekawa (JPN) none
JPN 23 Feb Naha 4 Shinpo Naha 2:37:09 Tameo Tokishi (JPN) none
JPN 21 Mar Nagoya 6 n/a 2:35:29 Masami Kurihara (JPN) none
JPN 30 Mar Tokyo n/a 2:25:08 Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (29,JPN) none
JPN 20 Apr Nagano 1 Shinmai 2:30:15 Kikuo Ono (JPN) none
JPN 11 May Osaka 13 Mainichi 2:25:51 Takayuki Nakao (19,JPN) none
JPN 29 May Tokyo 2 6+0 Asian Games 2:32:55.0 Chang-Hoon Lee (23,KOR) none
JPN 08 Jun Tokyo 9 Kanto Inter-Collegiate Games 2:30:25 Masao Suzuki (JPN) none
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JPN 10 Aug Sapporo 1 Hokkai Times 2:47:31 Masao Suzuki (JPN) none
JPN ?? Aug Tamatsukuri 1 Tamatsukuri Mainichi 2:50:58 Tadamasa Ogawa (JPN) none
JPN 12 Oct Tokyo Japanese Championship 2:27:16 Sumio Horinouchi (JPN) none
JPN 30 Nov Kochi 13 Kochi Shinbun 2:44:13 Yukihide Kawamura (JPN) none
JPN 07 Dec Utsunomiya 12 56+0 Asahi Shimbun 2:24:01 Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (29,JPN) none
Korea
KOR ?? ??? n/a Korean Championship 2:33:43 Hae-Ryong Kim (KOR) none
Latvia
LAT ?? Jul Riga Latvian Championship 2:41:20.4 Alfreds Grotans (29,LAT) none
Netherlands; The
NED 05 Jul Zaandam Zaandam 2:26:17.4 Pavel Kantorek (28,CZE) none
Northern Ireland
NIR 07 Jun Belfast 13 Belfast 2:37:42 James Todd (36,NIR) none
Norway
NOR 03 Aug Trondheim Norwegian Championship 2:28:50 Viktor Olsen (34,NOR) none
New Zealand
NZL ?? Jan Invercargill 6 Southland
NZL 25 Jan Christchurch 9 Canterbury Championship 2:34:28 Brian Curle (NZL) none
NZL 08 Feb Auckland 3 Auckland Championship 2:33:51 Raymond Puckett (22,NZL) none
NZL 08 Mar Lower Hutt New Zealand Championships 2:37:28 Raymond Puckett (22,NZL) none
NZL ?? ??? Ashburton n/a 2:26:38x Albert "Bill" Richards (34,NZL) none
NZL 06 Dec Auckland n/a 2:23:41 William Baillie (24,NZL) none
NZL ?? Dec Feilding 4 Feilding 2:43:00 Edwin Rye (36,NZL) none
Poland
POL 19 Jul Bydgoszcz Polish Championship 2:37:27.6 Josef Russek (35,POL) none
Portugal
POR 29 Jun Lisbon Portuguese Championship 2:32:11.2 Jose Araujo (34,POR) none
Romania
ROM 13 Jul Campia Turzii Romanian Championship 2:41:07 Cristea Dinu (46,ROM) none
South Africa
RSA 22 Feb Krugersdorp Southern Transvaal Championship 2:36:16 Keith James (23,RSA) none
RSA ?? ??? Durban 25 Durban Athletic Club 2:46:36 Nick Raubenheimer (RSA) none
RSA 05 Apr Pretoria South African Championships 2:28:04 Johannes Barnard (28,RSA) none
RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 13 Jackie Gibson 2:42:33 Jackie Mekler (26,RSA) none
Scotland
SCO 21 Jun Edinburgh Scottish Championship 2:31:23a Hugo Fox (37,SCO) none
Switzerland
SUI 20 Jul Lausanne Swiss Championship 2:47:14.8 Arthur-Karl Wittwer (30,SUI) none
Slovakia
SVK 12 Oct Kosice 33 64+0 Kosice 2:29:37.2 Pavel Kantorek (28,CZE) none
Sweden
SWE 13 Jul Stockholm Swedish Championships 2:30:20.4 Arnold Waide (32,SWE) none
SWE 24 Aug Stockholm 6 22+0 European Championships 2:15:17.6 Sergey Popov (27,RUS) none
United States
USA 05 Jan Philadelphia PA 5 Shanahan Catholic Club 2:26:44x Ted Corbitt (38,NY/USA) none
USA ?? Mar Honolulu HI 6 Hawaiian AAU 4:16:41 A Travens (HI/USA) none
USA 16 Mar Bronx NY 1 Macombs Dam Park 2:41:48.7 Ted Corbitt (39,NY/USA) none
USA 19 Apr Boston MA 61 Boston 2:25:54a Franjo Mihalic (38,SER) none
USA 20 Apr Petaluma CA 24 Petaluma Spartan 3:31:35 Jesse vanZant (35,USA) none
USA 18 May Yonkers NY 34 Yonkers 2:21:00.4x John J Kelley (27,CT/USA) none
USA 08 Aug Manitou Springs CO 3 8+0 Pike's Peak 4:29:40 Calvin Hansen (CO/USA) none
USA 14 Sep Culver City CA 11 9+0 Western Hemisphere 2:32:35.4 Michael G Allen (23,CA/USA) none
USA 28 Sep Seattle WA 3+0 Pacific Northwest AAU Olympic Develop 2:47:20 Adrien Vali (BC/CAN) none
USA 11 Oct Jersey City NJ 1 35+0 Jersey City 2:20:55.6 John J Kelley (27,CT/USA) none
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USA 15 Nov Fairview Village PA 19+0 Valley Forge 2:34:41 Ted Corbitt (39,NY/USA) none
Wales
WAL 21 Jun Cardiff Welsh Championship 2:35:29.2 Rhys Davies (34,WAL) none
WAL 24 Jul Cardiff 6 21+0 British Empire Games 2:22:45.6 David Power (30,AUS) none
Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016