Marathon List for 1960
Albania
ALB ?? ??? Shkoder Albanian Championship 3:03:00 Petrit Keta (ALB) none
Australia
AUS 04 Jun Melbourne 18+0 Australian Championship 2:25:13.9 Ian Sinfield (25,AUS) none
AUS 27 Aug Melbourne 8 Victorian Marathon Club 2:40:30 Tom Kelly (AUS) none
AUS 03 Sep Adelade South Australia Championship 2:49:07 Ron Ford (AUS) none
AUS ?? ??? Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:33:17 Stan Chorlton (AUS) none
AUS 08 Oct Mentone 21 Victoria Championship 2:39:51 Tom Kelly (AUS) none
Austria
AUT 31 Jul Vienna Austrian Championship 2:35:55 Adolf Gruber (40,AUT) none
Bangladesh
BAN ?? Feb Dakha n/a 2:30:02.4 Mohamed Ibrahim (PAK) none
Bulgaria
BUL ?? ??? n/a Bulgarian Championship 2:44:41 Georgi Penchev (BUL) none
Canada
CAN 26 Jun Hamilton ON 3+0 Canadian Olympic Trials 2:52:36 Gordon Dickson (28,ON/CAN) none
CAN 01 Jul Vancouver BC 5 British Columbia Championship 2:47:31 Al Sweeney (BC/CAN) none
CAN 24 Sep Saint John's NF 10 4+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 3:10:24 Jim Jackson (NF/CAN) none
CAN 09 Oct Saint Hyacinthe PQ 4 21+0 Saint Hyacinthe 2:29:45 Basil Dimitru (ROM) none
Chile
CHI 16 Oct Santiago 1 Iberoamerican Championships 2:38:22.4 Osvaldo-Roberto Suarez (26,ARG) none
Croatia
CRO 08 Aug Zagreb Yugoslav Championships 2:29:11 Dobrivoje Stojanovic (31,SER) none
Czech Republic
CZE 15 May Bystrice Bystrice 2:29:01.0 Pavel Kantorek (30,CZE) none
CZE 18 Jun Prague Kladno-Prague 2:27:12.4 Pavel Kantorek (30,CZE) none
CZE 14 Aug Upice 10 Upice 2:25:11.6 Jaroslav Sourek (32,CZE) none
CZE 04 Sep Domazlice 10 Domazlicky 2:43:09 Jaroslav Strupp (44,CZE) none
Denmark
DEN 12 Aug Sarpsborg n/a 2:28:00 Thyge Thorgersen (33,DEN) none
DEN 20 Aug Aalborg Danish Championship 2:53:17 Egon Nielsen (31,DEN) none
England
ENG 18 Apr Sheffield 18 45+0 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:19:23a Arthur Keily (39,ENG) none
ENG ?? May n/a Midland Counties Championship 2:50:32 Tom Buckingham (42,GBR) none
ENG 28 May Ryde 4 45+0 Isle of Wight 2:30:47.0 John Tarrant (28,ENG) none
ENG 11 Jun Chiswick 47 149+0 Polytechnic Harriers 2:19:06.0a Arthur Keily (39,ENG) none
ENG 18 Jun Hull 8 Hull 2:33:26 Brian Cooke (25,ENG) none
ENG 09 Jul Welwyn Garden City AAA 2:22:44.8 Brian Kilby (22,ENG) none
ENG 30 Jul Huyton Liverpool 2:18:15.6 Dennis O'Gorman (32,IRL) none
ENG 13 Aug Liverpool 17 Liverpool 2:22:35 John Tarrant (28,ENG) none
Spain
ESP 17 Apr Zaragoza Spanish Championship 2:24:00.2x Jaime Guixa (ESP) none
Estonia
EST 07 Aug Tartu Estonian Championship 2:48:36.8 Rein Leinus (28,EST) none
Ethiopia
ETH ?? Jul Addis Ababa n/a 2:39:50 Abebe Bikila (27,ETH) none
ETH ?? Aug Addis Ababa n/a 2:21:23 Abebe Bikila (28,ETH) none
Finland
FIN 31 Jul Kuopio Finnish Championships 2:24:40.2 Eino Oksanen (29,FIN) none
FIN 02 Oct Turku 13 Turku 2:34:39.6 Ilmo Suikkanen (FIN) none
FIN 09 Oct Lahti n/a 2:39:52 Veikko Simukka (33,FIN) none
France
FRA 07 Aug Fontainebleau French Championships 2:31:54.4 Alain Mimoun (39,FRA) none
Germany
GER 07 May Sondershausen n/a 2:39:07 Gerhard Luty (GER) none
GER 05 Jun Morfelden n/a 2:36:58.2 Ingo Kretschmer (26,GER) none
GER 18 Jun Dresden East German Championship 2:37:55 Gunter Havenstein (31,GER) none
GER 16 Jul Dresden n/a 2:24:33 Bruno Bartholome (32,GER) none
GER 07 Aug Potsdam n/a 2:37:07 Eugen Fuhrmann (28,GER) none
GER 02 Oct Celle West German Championship 2:29:16 Jurgen Wedeking (25,GER) none
Greece
GRE 22 Jul Athens Greek Championship 3:08:54a Dimitrios Dervenis (GRE) none
GRE 25 Sep Athens 20 Balkan Games 2:29:11.2 Dobrivoje Stojanovic (32,SER) none
Hungary
HUN 17 Jul Szeged 4 International Friendship 2:32:02.4 Adolf Gruber (40,AUT) none
HUN 09 Oct Budapest n/a 2:24:58.2 Bela Szalay (34,HUN) none
India
IND 06 Feb Delhi n/a 2:28:22.4 Chand Nil (31,IND) none
IND ?? Feb Jullundur n/a 2:39:56.2 Chand Nil (31,IND) none
IND 08 Nov Patiala n/a 2:30:48 Chand Nil (32,IND) none
IND 12 Nov Lucknow n/a 2:28:58 Jagmal Singh (IND) none
IND 11 Dec Lucknow n/a 2:25:59.8 Jagmal Singh (IND) none
Iran
IRI 06 Oct Teheran Iranian Championship 2:46:34 Ali Baghban (36,IRI) none
Ireland
IRL 02 Jul Dublin All-Ireland Championships 2:28:42.7 Albert "Bertie" Messitt (31,IRL none
IRL 23 Jul Crumlin All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:53:52 Willie Morris (IRL) none
IRL 06 Aug Dublin Irish Championships (AAU) 2:27:50 Gerald McIntyre (31,IRL) none
Italy
ITA 10 Jul Mondovi Italiane 2:34:51.4 Francesco Perrone (29,ITA) none
ITA 10 Sep Rome 15 62+0 Olympic Games 2:15:16.2 Abebe Bikila (28,ETH) none
ITA 16 Oct Busto Arsizio Italian Championship 2:25:19.2x Rino Lavelli (31,ITA) none
Japan
JPN ?? ??? Fukuchiyama 2 Fukuchiyama 2:33:03 Yutaka Sumita (JPN) none
JPN 07 Feb Kochi 14 Kochi Shinbun 2:35:48 Tadami Minami (JPN) none
JPN 14 Feb Beppu 8 30+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:23:30 Kazumi Watanabe (24,JPN) none
JPN 21 Feb Marugame 13 Kagawa 2:45:43 Takayoshi Yokoi (JPN) none
JPN 19 Mar Naha 6 Shinpo Naha 2:42:12 Toshio Hashiguchi (JPN) none
JPN 20 Mar Nagoya 8 n/a 2:35:08 Masami Kurihara (JPN) none
JPN 27 Mar Nagano 3 Shinmai 2:29:11 Hidenori Baba (26,JPN) none
JPN 27 Mar Ome 8 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:37:09 Hideya Fujimoto (JPN) none
JPN 17 Apr Fukui 2 Fukui 2:31:35 Hiroshi Uwa (JPN) none
JPN 15 May Osaka 15 Mainichi 2:34:57 Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (31,JPN) none
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JPN 14 Aug Sapporo 3 Hokkai Times 2:34:40 Yasuo Koshikawa (JPN) none
JPN 14 Aug Tamatsukuri 3 Tamatsukuri Mainichi 2:37:02 Noriyuki Kimoto (JPN) none
JPN 04 Dec Fukuoka 14 27+0 Fukuoka 2:19:04 Barry Magee (26,NZL) none
Kenya
KEN 27 Mar n/a Olympic Trials 2:42:17.8 Arere Anentia (28,KEN) none
Korea
KOR 16 Oct n/a Korean Championship 2:36:12 Jae-Duk Han (KOR) none
Latvia
LAT 06 Oct Riga Latvian Championship 2:38:51.8 Alfreds Grotans (31,LAT) none
Mexico
MEX 29 May Ciudad Sahagun Mexican Championship 3:03:30 nfn Diaz (MEX) none
Netherlands; The
NED 23 Jul Eindhoven 2 Dutch Championships 2:26:07.8 Frans Kunen (NED) none
Northern Ireland
NIR 03 Sep Belfast 15 Belfast 2:26:11.0 Stanley Vennard (NIR) none
New Zealand
NZL 23 Jan Christchurch 11 Canterbury Championship 2:30:35 Ronald Stevens (NZL) none
NZL 06 Feb Auckland 5 Auckland Championship 2:24:54 Raymond Puckett (24,NZL) none
NZL 08 Mar Dunedin New Zealand Championships 2:23:12.6a Raymond Puckett (24,NZL) none
NZL ?? Nov Feilding 6 Feilding 2:50:19 J Hewes (NZL) none
Pakistan
PAK ?? Jan Lahore n/a 2:49:57.1 nfn Dass (IND) none
Poland
POL 07 Aug Olsztyn Polish Championships 2:39:31.6 Euzebiusz Fert (40,POL) none
Portugal
POR ?? May n/a Portuguese Championship 2:32:16 Inacio Ribeiro (POR) none
Romania
ROM 09 Jul Bucharest Romanian Championship 2:37:24 Vasile Teodosiu (43,ROM) none
South Africa
RSA 27 Feb Krugersdorp Southern Transvaal Championship 2:33:58.8 Keith James (25,RSA) none
RSA 06 Mar Durban 27 Durban Athletic Club 2:40:22 Nick Raubenheimer (RSA) none
RSA 16 Apr Bloemfontein South African Championships 2:29:14.6 Keith James (25,RSA) none
RSA ?? Jun Cape Town Western Provinces 2:50:07 Wilhelm Olivier (25,RSA) none
RSA 11 Jul Brakpan 5 Golden Reef 2:31:44.5a Marthinus Wiid (28,RSA) none
RSA 13 Aug Johannesburg 15 Jackie Gibson 2:53:02 Charlie Chase (RSA) none
RSA 29 Oct Durban Transvaal Championships 2:26:47.4 Marthinus Wiid (28,RSA) none
Russia
RUS 16 Jul Moscow Soviet Championships 2:29:16 Konstantin Vorobyev (29,RUS) none
RUS 16 Oct Tver n/a 2:32:24 Boris Tarasov (29,KGZ) none
RUS 13 Nov Adler n/a 2:22:58.2 Leodor Batov (24,RUS) none
Scotland
SCO 25 Jun Edinburgh Scottish Championship 2:36:40a Gordon Eadie (SCO) none
Serbia
SER 17 Jul Leskovac n/a 2:22:20x Dobrivoje Stojanovic (31,SER) none
Switzerland
SUI 23 Jul Kirchberg Swiss Championship 2:30:25.7 Arthur-Karl Wittwer (32,SUI) none
Slovakia
SVK 09 Oct Kosice 35 81+0 Kosice International Peace 2:26:46.8 Sam Hardicker (31,ENG) none
Sweden
SWE 30 Jul Olofstrom Swedish Championship 2:25:30 Arnold Waide (34,SWE) none
SWE 02 Oct Visby n/a 2:20:20x Erik-Verner Ostbye (39,SWE) none
Tunisia
TUN 05 Jun Tunis 11+0 Tunis 2:20:26x Franjo Skrinjar (40,CRO) none
Ukraine
UKR 16 Oct Kiev n/a 2:21:31.8 Ivan Semyenov (34,RUS) none
United States
USA 02 Jan Atlantic City NJ 21+0 National Junior AAU Championship 2:30:35 Kent Mills (29,FL/USA) none
USA 21 Feb Bronx NY 3 Cherry Tree 2:21:39.8x Alex Breckenridge (27,PA/USA) none
USA 19 Apr Boston MA 63 83+0 Boston 2:20:54a Paavo Kotila (32,FIN) none
USA 24 Apr Berkeley CA 7+0 Pacific Association AAU 3:02:24 John M Garcia (41,CA/USA) none
USA 22 May Yonkers NY 36 51+0 Yonkers 2:20:13.6x John J Kelley (29,CT/USA) none
USA 17 Jul Olympia WA 2 6+0 Capital Lakefair 2:45:20 Adrien Vali (BC/CAN) none
USA 14 Aug Manitou Springs CO 5 12+0 Pike's Peak 4:14:25 Calvin Hansen (CO/USA) none
USA 05 Sep Columbia MO 1 2+0 Heart of America 3:57:xx Joe Schroeder (IL/USA) none
USA 16 Oct Atlantic City NJ 1 19+0 Road Runners Club 2:39:53 George Foulds (24,NY/USA) none
USA 03 Dec Culver City CA 13 35+0 Western Hemisphere 2:22:17 Robert Carman (30,CA/USA) none
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Wales
WAL 25 Jun Cardiff Welsh Championship 2:37:13 Ron Franklin (32,WAL) none
WAL 20 Aug Port Talbot Aberavon 2:44:19 Bob Bratt (WAL) none
Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016