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
10
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
Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016