Marathon List for 1959


Albania
ALB   ?? ???  Tirana                                        Albanian Championship                   3:06:46     Servet Abazi (ALB)                          none                            
Argentina
ARG   12 Jul  Buenos Aires                                  PanAm Games Selection                   2:32:53     Walter Lemos (29,ARG)                       none                            
Australia
AUS   30 Jun  Melbourne                      7              Victorian Marathon Club                 2:33:04     Ian Hassall (AUS)                           none                            
AUS   05 Sep  Adelaide                                      South Australia Championship            3:02:50     Rodger Barber (21,AUS)                      none                            
AUS   19 Sep  Sydney                                        New South Wales Championship            2:34:23     Keith Ollerenshaw (30,AUS)                  none                            
AUS   03 Oct  Melbourne                     20      3+0     Victoria Championship                   2:45:17     Les Perry (36,AUS)                          none                            
Austria
AUT   06 Sep  Linz                                          Austrian Championship                   2:33:58     Adolf Gruber (39,AUT)                       none                            
Belgium
BEL   10 May  Waregem                                       Belgian Championships                   2:25:36     Aurele Vandendriessche (26,BEL)             none                            
Bulgaria
BUL   ?? ???  n/a                                           Bulgarian Championship                  2:52:56     Slavi Koev (BUL)                            none                            
Canada
CAN   31 May  Vancouver BC                   4      3+0     Canadian Championship                   2:25:39.4   Gordon Dickson (27,ON/CAN)                  none                            
CAN   18 Jul  Victoria BC                                   n/a                                     2:32:26.4   Ivor Davies (BC/CAN)                        none                            
CAN   06 Sep  Lockport MB                    1      5+0     Manitoba Championship                   2:51:10     Siep Wolters (MB/CAN)                       none                            
CAN   26 Sep  Saint John's NF                9      3+0     Newfoundland Provincial Championships   3:37:00     Frank Martin (NF/CAN)                       none                            
CAN   11 Oct  Saint Hyacinthe PQ             3     23+0     Saint Hyacinthe                         2:41:20     Rudolfo Mendez (28,PUR)                     none                            
China
CHN   13 Sep  Beijing                                       n/a                                     2:29:55.8   Yun-chen Zhang (CHN)                        none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   19 Jul  Domazlice                      9              Domazlicky                              2:40:25     Jaroslav Fiala (35,CZE)                     none                            
CZE   02 Aug  Upice                          9              Vitezove Ratiborickeho                  2:37:16.2   Walter Bednar (33,CZE)                      none                            
CZE   13 Sep  Ostrava                        4              Ostravsky                               2:19:06.0   Pavel Kantorek (29,CZE)                     none                            
Denmark
DEN   09 Aug  n/a                                           Danish Championship                     2:48:30     Bent Jensen (DEN)                           none                            
England
ENG   30 Mar  Sheffield                     17              Sheffield Telegraph                     2:24:56a    Peter Wilkinson (25,ENG)                    none                            
ENG   25 Apr  Hull                           7              Hull                                    2:26:45     Ken Pawson (28,ENG)                         none                            
ENG   23 May  n/a                                           Midland Counties Championship           2:40:35     Peter Dyer (ENG)                            none                            
ENG   23 May  Ryde                           3     35+0     Isle of Wight                           2:35:06     Edward Richardson (30,GBR)                  none                            
ENG   13 Jun  Chiswick                      46    128+0     Polytechnic                             2:25:11.2a  Dennis O'Gorman (31,IRL)                    none                            
ENG   11 Jul  Peterborough                                  n/a                                     2:26:16     Arthur Keily (38,ENG)                       none                            
ENG   25 Jul  Watford                                       Watford                                 2:30:11     John Chris Fleming-Smith (30,EN             none                            
ENG   15 Aug  Liverpool                     16              Liverpool                               2:31:58     Sam Hardicker (30,ENG)                      none                            
ENG   22 Aug  Coventry                             27+0     Road Runners Club                       2:36:06.8   Colin-Keith Kemball (31,ENG)                none                            
Spain
ESP   26 Apr  Valencia                                      Spanish Championship                    2:28:22.2   Miguel Navarro (29,ESP)                     none                            
Estonia
EST   12 Jul  Tallinn                                       Estonian Championship                   2:25:09.0   Rein Leinus (27,EST)                        none                            
EST   27 Sep  Vandra                         4              n/a                                     2:37:01     Alder Madisalu (RUS)                        none                            
Finland
FIN   02 Aug  Vaasa                                         Finnish Championship                    2:29:06.8   Olavi-Adrian Manninen (42,FIN)              none                            
FIN   30 Aug  Pori                                          n/a                                     2:25:35.0   Eino Oksanen (28,FIN)                       none                            
FIN   04 Oct  Saynatsalo                                    n/a                                     2:29:53.4   Kaarlo Tupitsa (FIN)                        none                            
FIN   04 Oct  Turku                         12              Turku                                   2:26:20.4   Olavi-Adrian Manninen (42,FIN)              none                            
France
FRA   14 Jun  Colombes                             10+0     n/a                                     2:27:54.2x  Jean Carron (26,FRA)                        none                            
FRA   13 Sep  Colombes                              6+0     French Championships                    2:23:41x    Alain Mimoun (38,FRA)                       none                            
Germany
GER   19 Jul  Duisburg                                      Six Nations Meeting                     2:37:00.4   Aurele Vandendriessche (27,BEL)             none                            
GER   15 Aug  Leipzig                                       East German Championships               2:29:34.8   Bruno Bartholome (31,GER)                   none                            
GER   16 Aug  Delmenhorst                                   West German Championships               2:28:45.6   Gustav Disse (25,GER)                       none                            
GER   04 Oct  Celle                                         n/a                                     2:32:43     Hans Gerdes (24,GER)                        none                            
GER   04 Oct  Dresden                                       n/a                                     2:30:45.2   Eugen Fuhrmann (27,GER)                     none                            
Greece
GRE   27 Jul  Athens                                        Greek Championship                      3:16:57a    Ioannis Christopoulos (GRE)                 none                            
GRE   26 Oct  Athens                         3              Athens International                    2:26:30a    Eino Oksanen (28,FIN)                       none                            
Hungary
HUN   26 Jul  Szeged                         3              International Friendship                2:31:57     Franjo Skrinjar (39,CRO)                    none                            
HUN   05 Sep  Budapest                                      Hungarian Championship                  2:31:51.4   Jozef Dobronyi (42,HUN)                     none                            
India
IND   ?? Jan  Poona                                         n/a                                     2:36:51     Amar Singh (IND)                            none                            
IND   ?? Feb  Kolkatta                                      n/a                                     2:34:53.4   nfn Dass (IND)                              none                            
IND   15 Feb  Thiruvananthapuram                            Indian Championship                     2:31:31     Ran Bahadur (IND)                           none                            
Ireland
IRL   26 Jul  Crumlin                                       All Ireland Championships (NACA)        2:41:59     Dan Lennon (NIR)                            none                            
IRL   29 Aug  Dublin                                        Irish Championships (AAU)               2:40:47     Vincent Frazer-Walker (IRL)                 none                            
Italy
ITA   07 Jun  Padova                                        Bassano                                 2:42:20     Rino Lavelli (30,ITA)                       none                            
ITA   07 Sep  Rome                                          Italian Championship                    2:39:20.0   Enrico Masante (26,ITA)                     none                            
Japan
JPN   ?? ???  Fukuchiyama                    1              Fukuchiyama                             2:33:16     Tsuguyoshi Nakamura (JPN)                   none                            
JPN   08 Feb  Beppu                          7     30+0     Beppu Mainichi                          2:23:40     Yoshitaka Tsuiji (JPN)                      none                            
JPN   22 Feb  Marugame                      12              Kagawa                                  2:44:02     Takayoshi Yokoi (JPN)                       none                            
JPN   15 Mar  Ome                            7              Yomiuri Zenkoku                         2:32:34     Hidenori Baba (25,JPN)                      none                            
JPN   21 Mar  Nagoya                         7              n/a                                     2:27:41     Masami Kurihara (JPN)                       none                            
JPN   22 Mar  Naha                           5              Shinpo Naha                             3:03:41     Kenji Fujiki (JPN)                          none                            
JPN   ?? Apr  Fukui                          1              Fukui                                   2:45:07     Shogo Suzuki (JPN)                          none                            
JPN   19 Apr  Nagano                         2              Shinmai                                 2:32:07     Tadaichi Ishibuchi (JPN)                    none                            
JPN   10 May  Osaka                         14              Mainichi                                2:30:06     Kurao Hiroshima (30,JPN)                    none                            
JPN   30 Jul  Ome                                           Japanese Championships                  2:43:59     Yasuo Koshikawa (JPN)                       none                            
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JPN   08 Aug  Sapporo                        2              Hokkai Times                            2:38:39     Yoshikazu Igarashi (JPN)                    none                            
JPN   ?? Aug  Tamatsukuri                    2              Tamatsukuri Mainichi                    2:41:37     Noriyuki Kimoto (JPN)                       none                            
JPN   08 Nov  Fukuoka                       13     36+0     Asahi Shimbun                           2:29:34     Kurao Hiroshima (30,JPN)                    none                            
Korea
KOR   ?? ???  n/a                                           Korean Championship                     2:35:39     Wha-Dong Im (KOR)                           none                            
KOR   28 Sep  Seoul                                19+0     Seoul International                     2:24:07.8   Chang-Hoon Lee (24,KOR)                     none                            
Latvia
LAT   10 Jul  Riga                                          Latvian Championship                    2:42:52.2   Alfreds Grotans (30,LAT)                    none                            
Lebanon
LIB   17 Oct  Beirut                         3              Mediterranean Games                     2:24:14.8   Bakir benAissa (MAR)                        none                            
Moldova
MDA   25 Oct  Chisinau                                      n/a                                     2:27:38.2   Vitautas Seljanas (25,LTU)                  none                            
Mexico
MEX   ?? Jul  San Luis Potosi                               Mexican Championships                   2:39:26.4   Pedro Alvarado (MEX)                        none                            
Netherlands; The
NED   04 Jul  Eindhoven                      1              Eindhoven                               2:45:05     Fritz Schoning (37,GER)                     none                            
NED   15 Aug  Enschede                       7     50+0     Enschede                                2:26:48     Pavel Kantorek (29,CZE)                     none                            
Northern Ireland
NIR   27 Jun  Belfast                       14              Belfast                                 2:33:00     Robert Crossan (35,NIR)                     none                            
NIR   01 Jul  Belfast                                       n/a                                     2:36:27     John Dawson (NIR)                           none                            
Norway
NOR   02 Jul  Kongsberg                                     Norwegian Championship                  2:39:32     Viktor Olsen (35,NOR)                       none                            
New Zealand
NZL   24 Jan  Invercargill                   7      1+0     Southland                               3:18:19a    Bill King (NZL)                             none                            
NZL   07 Feb  Auckland                       4              Auckland Championship                   2:29:16     Richard Chase (NZL)                         none                            
NZL   07 Mar  Palmerston North                              New Zealand Championships               2:27:28     Raymond Puckett (23,NZL)                    none                            
NZL   22 Aug  Auckland                                      Auckland                                2:20:13     William Baillie (25,NZL)                    none                            
NZL   ?? Nov  Feilding                       5              Feilding                                2:37:50     Ross Rawnsley (NZL)                         none                            
NZL   05 Dec  Auckland                                      Handicap                                2:31:51     Barry Magee (25,NZL)                        none                            
Poland
POL   23 Aug  Gdansk                                        Polish Championship                     2:38:06.4   Euzebiusz Fert (40,POL)                     none                            
Portugal
POR   17 May  Coimbra                                       n/a                                     2:37:48.2   Inacio Ribeiro (POR)                        none                            
Romania
ROM   21 Sep  Bucharest                     19              Balkan Games                            2:33:16.6   Franjo Skrinjar (39,CRO)                    none                            
South Africa
RSA   28 Feb  Krugersdorp                                   Southern Transvaal Championship         2:32:51     Keith James (24,RSA)                        none                            
RSA   ?? ???  Durban                        26              Durban Athletic Club                    2:47:18     Trevor Allen (RSA)                          none                            
RSA   28 Mar  Durban                                6+0     South African Championships             2:44:45     Keith James (24,RSA)                        none                            
RSA   28 May  Krugersdorp                                   n/a                                     2:32:51     Keith James (24,RSA)                        none                            
RSA   ?? Jul  Brakpan                        4              Golden Reef                             2:38:22a    Dave Nortje (RSA)                           none                            
RSA   09 Aug  Johannesburg                  14              Jackie Gibson                           2:31:30     Keith James (24,RSA)                        none                            
RSA   31 Oct  Bellville                                     n/a                                     2:36:00     Floris Visser (RSA)                         none                            
Russia
RUS   15 Aug  Moscow                                        Soviet Championships                    2:21:54.2   Sergey Popov (28,RUS)                       none                            
Scotland
SCO   27 Jun  Edinburgh                                     Scottish Championship                   2:28:27a    Hugo Fox (38,SCO)                           none                            
Serbia
SER   05 Jul  Belgrade                                      n/a                                     2:35:11     Franjo Skrinjar (39,CRO)                    none                            
Sri Lanka
SRI   ?? ???  Colombo                        1     21+0     n/a                                     2:40:53.5   Linus Diaz (GBR)                            none                            
Switzerland
SUI   13 Sep  Sierre                                        Swiss Championship                      2:41:54     Arthur-Karl Wittwer (31,SUI)                                                
Slovakia
SVK   11 Oct  Kosice                        34     60+0     Kosice                                  2:17:45.2   Sergey Popov (29,RUS)                       none                            
Sweden
SWE   19 Jul  Kola                                          Swedish Championships                   2:32:27.7   Erik-Verner Ostbye (38,SWE)                 none                            
United States
USA   25 Jan  Philadelphia PA                6              Shanahan Catholic Club                  2:29:43x    Ted Corbitt (39,NY/USA)                     none                            
USA   22 Feb  Bronx NY                       2      6+0     Cherry Tree                             2:38:57     Ted Corbitt (40,NY/USA)                     none                            
USA   05 Apr  Petaluma CA                   25     10+0     Petaluma Spartan                        3:04:45     Austin Pyles (CA/USA)                       none                            
USA   20 Apr  Boston MA                     62              Boston                                  2:22:42a    Eino Oksanen (27,FIN)                       none                            
USA   24 May  Yonkers NY                    35     49+0     Yonkers                                 2:21:54.4   John J Kelley (28,CT/USA)                   none                            
USA   07 Aug  Manitou Springs CO             4     12+1     Pike's Peak                             4:20:18     Calvin Hansen (CO/USA)          9:16:00     Arlene Pieper (CO/USA)          
USA   30 Aug  Olympia WA                     1      7+0     Lakefair                                3:28:38     Robert Startzell (WA/USA)                   none                            
USA   02 Sep  Chicago IL                     4      8+0     Pan-American Games                      2:27:54.2   John J Kelley (28,CT/USA)                   none                            
USA   12 Dec  Culver City CA                12     21+0     Western Hemisphere                      2:28:20     Thomas Ryan (30,CA/USA)                     none                            
Wales
WAL   20 Jun  Cardiff                                       Welsh Championship                      2:35:29.2   Rhys Davies (35,WAL)                        none                            
Zimbabwe
ZIM   12 Jul  Nchanga                                       n/a                                     2:37:15.2   Trevor Haynes (RSA)                         none                            

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