Marathon List for 1961
Albania
ALB ?? ??? Shkoder Albanian Championship 3:01:39 Musa Peqini (ALB) none
Australia
AUS 02 Jul Sydney n/a 2:26:44 Keith Ollerenshaw (32,AUS) none
AUS 27 Jul Melbourne 9 Victorian Marathon Club 2:29:45 Tom Kelly (AUS) none
AUS 02 Sep Adelaide South Australia Championship 2:47:40 Alf O'Connor (AUS)
AUS 02 Sep Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:43:26 Ian Hassall (AUS) none
AUS 14 Oct Mentone 22 8+0 Victoria Championship 2:28:51 Tom Kelly (AUS) none
Austria
AUT 01 Jul Ganserndorf Austrian Championship 2:45:40 Adolf Gruber (41,AUT) none
Belgium
BEL 10 Jun Laarne Belgian Championships 2:27:55 Aurele Vandendriessche (28,BEL) none
Brazil
BRA ?? ??? n/a Brazilian Championship 2:47:21.7 Waldir doNascimento (BRA) none
Bulgaria
BUL ?? ??? n/a Bulgarian Championships 2:40:17 Georgi Penchev (BUL) none
Canada
CAN 03 Sep Saint Hyacinthe PQ 5 Saint Hyacinthe 2:31:50 John J Kelley (30,CT/USA) none
CAN 23 Sep Saint John's NF 11 4+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 3:17:00 Jim Jackson (NF/CAN) none
Czech Republic
CZE 05 Aug Domazlice 11 Domazlicky 2:54:00 Bohumil Weber (CZE) none
CZE 20 Aug Upice 11 Upice 2:19:15.8 Vaclav Chudomel (28,CZE) none
Denmark
DEN 20 Aug Hillerod Danish Championships 2:51:02 Werner Johansen (DEN) none
England
ENG 03 Apr Sheffield 19 Doncaster to Sheffield 2:23:03a Peter Wilkinson (27,ENG) none
ENG 29 Apr Hull 9 Hull 2:28:27 Ken Pawson (30,ENG) none
ENG 06 May Nuneaton Midland Counties Championship 2:31:14 Tom Buckingham (43,GBR) none
ENG 27 May Ryde 5 42+0 Isle of Wight 2:28:42 John Tarrant (29,ENG) none
ENG 10 Jun Chiswick 48 164+0 Polytechnic 2:20:25a Peter Wilkinson (27,ENG) none
ENG 08 Jul Bristol 27+0 British RRC Championship 2:27:08 Tony Towl (ENG) none
ENG 29 Jul Enfield AAA 2:24:37.0 Brian Kilby (23,ENG) none
ENG 12 Aug Liverpool 18 Liverpool 2:24:22 Ronald Hill (22,ENG) none
ENG ?? Sep Windermere Round the Lake 2:38:36 John M Kerr (28,SCO) none
Spain
ESP 13 Aug Manresa Spanish Championship 2:34:33 Miguel Navarro (31,ESP) none
Estonia
EST 29 Sep Vandra 6 Estonian Championship 2:30:54.0 Rein Leinus (29,EST) none
Finland
FIN 09 Jul Jyvaskyla Finnish Championships 2:25:49 Paavo Kotila (33,FIN) none
FIN 17 Sep Turku 14 Turku 2:33:58.2 Terho Miettinen (23,FIN) none
France
FRA 09 Jul Fontainebleau Six Nations 2:26:55 Aurele Vandendriessche (29,BEL) none
FRA 17 Sep Montmelian French Championships 2:41:01 Paul Geneve (36,FRA) none
Georgia
GEO 08 Oct Tbilisi Soviet Championships 2:24:05.4 Viktor Baykov (26,RUS) none
Germany
GER 29 Jul Dusseldorf West German Championship 2:28:27.4 Jurgen Wedeking (26,GER) none
GER 03 Sep Meiningen East German Championship 2:30:24 Bruno Bartholome (34,GER) none
GER 03 Sep Wernigerode n/a 2:24:32 Eugen Fuhrmann (29,GER) none
GER 01 Oct Visselhovede n/a 2:39:28 Gideon Papke (32,GER) none
Greece
GRE 07 May Athens 4 Athens International 2:23:44.6a Abebe Bikila (28,ETH) none
Hungary
HUN 23 Jul Szeged 5 International Friendship 2:23:55.4 Bela Szalay (34,HUN) none
HUN 02 Sep Budapest Hungarian Championships 2:41:17 Zoltan Kovacs (35,HUN) none
HUN ?? Oct Budapest 1 Csepeli Nemzetkozi 2:28:21 Jozef Suto (24,HUN) none
HUN 07 Nov Budapest n/a 2:28:20.2 Sandor Molnar (26,HUN) none
India
IND 19 Feb Jalandhar Indian Championship 2:29:56.2 Chand Nil (32,IND) none
IND 10 Dec New Delhi n/a 2:45:55.4 Gulzara Singh (49,IND) none
IND 16 Dec Lucknow n/a 2:26:16 Jagmal Singh (IND) none
IND ?? Dec Secunderabad n/a 2:29:06 Akotkar Balkrishnan (24,IND) none
Iran
IRI 11 Oct Teheran Iranian Championships 2:45:34 nfn Moslemi (IRI) none
Ireland
IRL 24 Jul Fermoy All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:45:44 Seamus Kearns (IRL) none
IRL 02 Sep Finglas Irish Championships (AAU) 2:55:00 Mick Doyle (IRL) none
Italy
ITA 08 Oct Novara Italian Champioonship 2:27:22.8 Francesco Perrone (30,ITA) none
Japan
JPN ?? ??? Fukuchiyama 3 Fukuchiyama 2:34:55 Yutaka Sumita (JPN) none
JPN ?? Jan Kagoshima n/a 2:31:20 Yoshiaki Sasaki (JPN) none
JPN 05 Feb Kochi 15 Kochi Shinbun 2:40:21 Tadami Minami (JPN) none
JPN 12 Feb Beppu 9 40+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:23:45 Hiroshi Uwa (JPN) none
JPN 19 Mar Nagano 4 Shinmai 2:28:41 Katsuyoshi Ito (JPN) none
JPN 21 Mar Nagoya 9 Chunichi 2:18:54 Takayuki Nakao (22,JPN) none
JPN 26 Mar Utsunomiya 9 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:26:01 Yosuke Ozeki (23,JPN) none
JPN ?? Apr Fukui 3 n/a 2:30:19 Mataichi Nasu (JPN) none
JPN 15 Apr Naha 7 Shinpo Naha 2:34:36 Hiroshi Uwa (JPN) none
JPN ?? ??? n/a Kanto Inter-Collegiate Championshis 2:34:15 Toshihiko Senuma (JPN) none
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JPN 25 Jun Osaka 16 18 Mainichi 2:29:27 Abebe Bikila (28,ETH) none
JPN 13 Aug Sapporo 4 Hokkai Times 2:47:56 Yoshiaki Kawashima (27,JPN) none
JPN 20 Aug Tamatsukuri 4 Tamatsukuri Mainichi 2:46:14 Yutaka Sumita (JPN) none
JPN 03 Dec Fukuoka 15 32+0 Fukuoka 2:22:05 Pavel Kantorek (31,CZE) none
Korea
KOR 28 Sep Seoul Inchon-Seoul 2:40:25.2a Tom Kelly (AUS) none
KOR ?? ??? n/a Korean Championship 2:35:04.6 Jae-Duk Han (KOR) none
Latvia
LAT 05 Aug Riga Latvian Championship 2:38:32.2 Alfreds Grotans (32,LAT) none
Morrocco
MAR 29 Aug Casablanca Pan-Arab Games 2:44:44 Hassan benMohamed (MAR) none
Myanmar
MYA 15 Feb Rangoon Burmese Championships 3:17:19 D Bahadur (IND) none
Netherlands; The
NED 12 Aug Enschede 8 Enschede 2:24:11.4 Peter Wilkinson (28,ENG) none
NED 28 Oct Zaandam n/a 2:25:43 Thyge Thorgersen (34,DEN) none
Northern Ireland
NIR 01 Jul Belfast 16 All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 2:32:17 Hugh McEleney (IRL) none
Norway
NOR 02 Aug Oslo n/a 2:26:14 Tenho Salakka (27,FIN) none
NOR 18 Aug Bergen Norwegian Championship 2:31:42 Oddvar Thorsen (35,NOR) none
New Zealand
NZL 28 Jan Christchurch 12 Canterbury Championship 2:29:25 George Wilson (NZL) none
NZL 11 Feb Auckland 6 Auckland Championship 2:26:17 Barry Magee (27,NZL) none
NZL 04 Mar Christchurch New Zealand Championships 2:18:54.2 Barry Magee (27,NZL) none
NZL ?? Nov Feilding 7 Feilding 2:27:30 H Wilson (NZL) none
NZL 02 Dec Auckland 1 Owairaka Lovelock Track 2:26:01 Ivan Keats (24,NZL) none
Peru
PER 28 May Lima 14 South American Championship 2:39:36 Juan Silva (30,CHI) none
Poland
POL 25 Aug Nowa Huta Polish Championship 2:38:48.4 Albin Czech (27,POL) none
Portugal
POR 07 May Lisbon Portuguese Championships 2:37:46 Inacio Ribeiro (POR) none
Romania
ROM 10 Aug Bucharest Romanian Championship 2:34:52 Toma Voicu (ROM) none
South Africa
RSA 19 Feb Durban 28 Durban Athletic Club 2:36:57.6 Marthinus Wiid (28,RSA) none
RSA 25 Feb Krugersdorp Southern Transvaal Championship 2:38:51 Jackie Mekler (28,RSA) none
RSA 18 Mar East London 1 Border Championship 2:56:01 T Mander (RSA) none
RSA ?? Mar Durban 1 Savages n/a Oelof Vorster (25,RSA) none
RSA 01 Apr Paarl South African Championship 2:24:37.8 Marthinus Wiid (29,RSA) none
RSA 10 Jul Brakpan 6 Golden Reef 2:37:32a Marthinus Wiid (29,RSA) none
RSA 23 Jul Durban n/a 2:31:28 Oelof Vorster (26,RSA) none
RSA 08 Oct Johannesburg 16 Jackie Gibson 2:45:39 Frank Pearce (RSA) none
Russia
RUS 18 Aug Saint Petersburg n/a 2:22:56.2 Viktor Baykov (26,RUS) none
Scotland
SCO 24 Jun Edinburgh 11+0 Scottish Championships 2:30:36a John M Kerr (27,SCO) none
SCO 16 Sep Glasgow 1 Shettleston Harriers 2:40:04 Andrew Brown (28,SCO) none
Serbia
SER 17 Sep Belgrade 21 Balkan Games 2:33:17.4 Franjo Skrinjar (41,CRO) none
Slovenia
SLO 13 Aug Ljubljana Yugoslav Championship 2:29:52.2 Franjo Skrinjar (41,CRO) none
Switzerland
SUI 15 Oct Locarno Swiss Championship 2:33:11 Guido Vogeli (23,SUI) none
Slovakia
SVK 02 Jul Cadca 6 Kysucky 2:47:06 Jiri Kohout (36,CZE) none
SVK 08 Oct Kosice 36 88+0 Kosice 2:20:12.0 Abebe Bikila (29,ETH) none
Sweden
SWE 26 Aug Helsingborg Swedish Championships 2:18:32x Erik-Verner Ostbye (40,SWE) none
United States
USA 19 Feb Bronx NY 4 17+0 Cherry Tree 2:25:27.5 John J Kelley (30,CT/USA) none
USA 02 Apr San Francisco CA 15+0 National Junior AAU Championship 2:37:35.4 Robert Drake (29,CA/USA) none
USA 19 Apr Boston MA 64 115+0 Boston 2:23:29a Eino Oksanen (29,FIN) none
USA 21 May Yonkers NY 37 47+0 Yonkers 2:26:53.4 John J Kelley (30,CT/USA) none
USA 08 Jul Miles City MT Olympic Development none none
USA 13 Aug Manitou Springs CO 6 12+0 Pike's Peak 4:07:15 Calvin Hansen (CO/USA) none
USA 04 Sep Columbia MO 2 5+0 Heart of America 3:09:15 Bill Silverburg (KS/USA) none
USA 16 Sep Olympia WA 3 n/a 2:56:10t Earl Ellis (26,WA/USA) none
USA 01 Oct Atlantic City NJ 2 Road Runners Club 2:49:40 Alex Breckenridge (29,PA/USA) none
USA 09 Dec Culver City CA 14 Western Hemisphere 2:26:19x William Peck (26,CA/USA) none
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Wales
WAL 24 Jun Cardiff Welsh Championship 2:31:40 Ron Franklin (33,WAL) none
Zimbabwe
ZIM ?? Jul Salisbury Rhodesia and Nyasaland Championships 3:16:58.5 nfn Haynes (ZIM) none
Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016