Marathon List for 1962
Albania
ALB 28 Nov Vlore Albanian Championships 2:43:26 Servet Abazi (ALB) none
Australia
AUS 23 Jun Botany Bay New South Wales Championships 2:23:19 David Power (33,AUS) none
AUS 30 Jun Mentone 10 Victorian Marathon Club 2:27:37 Dean Thackwray (29,USA) none
AUS 14 Jul Hobart Tasmanian Championship 2:51:21 T Nailer (AUS) none
AUS 11 Aug Perth 13+0 Australian Championship 2:26:24.2 Keith Ollerenshaw (33,AUS) none
AUS 08 Sep Adelaide South Australia Championship 2:46:21 Anthony Short (AUS) none
AUS 13 Oct Mentone 23 11+0 Victoria Championship 2:34:14 William Rogers (AUS) none
AUS 29 Nov Perth 7 12+0 Empire Games 2:21:17.0 Brian Kilby (24,ENG) none
Austria
AUT 26 Aug Vienna Austrian Championship 2:30:04 Adolf Gruber (42,AUT) none
Belgium
BEL 09 Jun Brugge Belgian Championships 2:24:45 Aurele Vandendriessche (29,BEL) none
Bulgaria
BUL 08 Jun Sofia Bulgarian Championships 2:39:56.2 Nikolay Solovyov (BUL) none
Canada
CAN 16 Jun Vancouver BC 7 British Columbia Championship 2:36:34 Garry Harrison (23,BC/CAN) none
CAN 09 Sep Saint Hyacinthe PQ 6 Saint Hyacinthe 2:26:31 Frederick Norris (41,ENG) none
CAN 29 Sep Saint John's NF 12 3+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 2:40:40 Charles Spurrell (CAN) none
Chile
CHI 05 May Santiago n/a 2:36:10.4 Ricardo Vidal (31,CHI) none
Denmark
DEN ?? Aug Nykobing n/a 2:32:14.8 Thyge Thorgersen (35,DEN) none
England
ENG 23 Apr Leamington Midland Counties Championship 2:29:57 Tom Buckingham (44,GBR) none
ENG 05 May Hull 10 Hull 2:32:55 Fred Howe (ENG) none
ENG 19 May Ryde 6 47+0 Isle of Wight 2:26:44 John Tarrant (30,ENG) none
ENG 16 Jun Chiswick 49 150+0 Polytechnic 2:21:59a Ronald Hill (23,ENG) none
ENG 07 Jul Derby RRC Championship 2:28:30 John Tarrant (30,ENG) none
ENG 11 Aug Welwyn Garden City AAA Championship 2:26:15 Brian Kilby (24,ENG) none
ENG 25 Aug Huyton Pembroke Championships 2:39:10.6 John Highton (ENG) none
ENG 01 Sep Windermere Round the Lake 2:29:51 Terence Rooke (30,ENG) none
Spain
ESP 01 Jul Zaragoza Spanish Championship 2:33:40.8 Jaime Guixa (ESP) none
ESP 12 Oct Madrid 2 Iberoamerican Games 2:30:08.2 Armando Aldegalega (24,POR) none
Estonia
EST 02 Sep Parnu Estonian Championship 2:24:16.8 Rein Leinus (30,EST) none
EST 30 Sep Vandra 7 n/a 2:24:39.2 Ivan Orlov (31,BLR) none
Finland
FIN 22 Jul Varkaus Finnish Championship 2:22:53.6 Tenho Salakka (28,FIN) none
FIN 26 Aug Mynamaki n/a 2:42:57 Eino Auvinen (FIN) none
FIN 02 Sep Siuro n/a 2:35:10.2 Vilho Vesanen (27,FIN) none
FIN 07 Oct Turku 15 Turku 2:25:29.0 Tenho Salakka (28,FIN) none
France
FRA 14 Oct Fontainebleau French Championships 2:35:58 Eric Hallberg (FRA) none
Germany
GER 02 Jun Wernigerode n/a 2:23:24 Gunter Havenstein (33,GER) none
GER 30 Jun Altenrath West German Championship 2:36:38 Werner Zylka (27,GER) none
GER 03 Jul Bad Saarow n/a 2:21:29 Klaus Moser (32,GER) none
GER 05 Aug Hamburg n/a 2:27:17.6 Gerhard Honicke (32,GER) none
GER 07 Oct Visselhovede n/a 2:29:13 Heinrich Arians (34,GER) none
GER 14 Oct Wernigerode East German Championships 2:25:19.8 Gerhard Honicke (32,GER) none
Greece
GRE 05 May Athens Greek Championships 2:49:27.2a Dimitrios Moschonas (GRE) none
Hungary
HUN 22 Jul Szeged 6 International Friendship 2:34:22.2 Bela Szalay (35,HUN) none
HUN 28 Oct Budapest 2 Csepeli Nemzetkozi 2:23:05.8 Jozef Suto (25,HUN) none
Indonesia
INA 17 Jun Djakarta n/a 2:27:58.6 Gurnam Singh (IND) none
INA 29 Aug Djakarta 3 4+0 Asian Games 2:34:54.2 Masayuki Nagata (24,JPN) none
India
IND ?? Feb Jabalpur n/a 2:32:39.4 Jagmal Singh (IND) none
Ireland
IRL 23 Jun Dublin All-Ireland Championships (AAU/NIAA) 2:28:40 William Dunne (28,IRL) none
IRL 21 Jul Killarney All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:37:07 Seamus Kearns (IRL) none
IRL 11 Aug Dublin Irish Championships (AAU) 2:30:40 Albert "Bertie" Messitt (34,IRL none
Italy
ITA 05 Aug Carpi 1 n/a 2:46:59 Salvatore Cuccuru (29,ITA) none
ITA 28 Oct Lecce Italian Championships 2:24:09 Antonio Ambu (26,ITA) none
Jersey
JER 08 Apr Saint Helier n/a 6:30:00 M Smart (GBR)
Japan
JPN ?? ??? Fukuchiyama 4 Fukuchiyama 2:33:02 Shingo Koyama (JPN) none
JPN 11 Feb Beppu 10 31+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:23:54 Hideaki Shishido (23,JPN) none
JPN 18 Feb Kochi 16 Kochi Shinbun 2:55:27 Tadazumi Morimoto (JPN) none
JPN 21 Mar Nagoya 10 Chunichi 2:31:06 Senichi Toba (JPN) none
JPN 25 Mar Mito 10 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:26:51 Toshihiko Senuma (JPN) none
JPN 25 Mar Naha 8 Shinpo Naha 2:28:22 Yoshikazu Funasako (24,JPN) none
JPN 01 Apr Nagano 5 Shinmai 2:27:43 Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (33,JPN) none
JPN ?? Apr Fukui 4 Fukui 2:37:16 Yoshinori Tojo (JPN) none
JPN 13 May Osaka 17 Mainichi 2:27:37 Masayuki Nagata (24,JPN) none
JPN 12 Aug Sapporo 5 Hokkai Times 2:31:38 Yoshitaka Uchikawa (31,JPN) none
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JPN 19 Aug Tamatsukuri 5 Tamatsukuri Mainichi 2:40:36 Junichi Nishimura (JPN) none
JPN 02 Dec Fukuoka 16 48+0 Asahi 2:16:18.4 Toru Terasawa (27,JPN) none
Korea
KOR 25 Oct n/a Korean Championships 2:23:56 Yeong-Bun Kim (27,KOR) none
Latvia
LAT 08 Jul Riga Latvian Championship 2:41:47 Vladimirs Gusevs (LAT) none
Netherlands; The
NED 28 Jul Hilversum Dutch Championship 2:34:39 Jan Boelens (29,NED) none
Northern Ireland
NIR 09 Jun Belfast 17 Belfast 2:30:20 Dave Smythe (22,NIR) none
Norway
NOR 17 Aug Drammen Norwegian Championship 2:28:00 Oddvar Thorsen (36,NOR) none
New Zealand
NZL 10 Feb Auckland 7 Auckland Championship 2:24:54 Jeff Julian (26,NZL) none
NZL 03 Mar Invercargill New Zealand Championships 2:24:55.4 Barry Magee (28,NZL) none
NZL 14 Apr Dunedin n/a 2:23:10.2 Clarie Reece (NZL) none
NZL 20 Oct Auckland McCready's Auckland 2:18:52 Takayuki Nakao (23,JPN) none
NZL ?? Nov Feilding 8 Feilding 2:38:57 H Wilson (NZL) none
Poland
POL 22 Jul Warsaw Polish Championships 2:53:37.8 Jerzy Morawiec (POL) none
Portugal
POR ?? ??? n/a Portuguese Championship 2:31:54 Alvaro Conde (POR) none
Peoples Rep Korea
PRK 24 Oct Pyongyang Pyongyang 2:16:09.6 Mang-Hyang Yu (20,PRK) none
Romania
ROM 15 Jul Galati Romanian Championships 2:50:29 Toma Voicu (ROM) none
South Africa
RSA 18 Feb Durban 29 Durban Athletic Club 2:35:04 Oelof Vorster (26,RSA) none
RSA ?? Mar East London 2 Border Championship 2:53:38 Trevor Gee (RSA) none
RSA ?? Mar Durban 2 Savages 2:38:21 Edward Craig (RSA) none
RSA 21 Apr Queenstown South African Championships for Whites 2:48:05.7 Oelof Vorster (26,RSA) none
RSA 06 May Umtata South African Championships for Blacks 2:37:27 Henry Dunga (18,RSA) none
RSA 09 Jul Brakpan 7 Golden Reef 2:40:19a Keith Pearce (RSA) none
RSA 26 Aug Johannesburg 17 Jackie Gibson 2:37:57 Jackie Mekler (30,RSA) none
RSA 17 Nov Durban n/a 2:29:15.4 Oelof Vorster (27,RSA) none
Russia
RUS 11 Aug Moscow Soviet Championships 2:19:17.8 Viktor Baykov (27,RUS) none
Scotland
SCO 26 May Glasgow 2 Shettleston Harriers Open 2:25:58 Andrew Brown (29,SCO) none
SCO 23 Jun Edinburgh Scottish Championships 2:24:58a Alastair Wood (29,SCO) none
Serbia
SER ?? ??? n/a Yugoslav Championship 2:27:20 Franjo Skrinjar (42,CRO) none
SER 16 Sep Belgrade 7 22+0 European Championships 2:23:18.8 Brian Kilby (24,ENG) none
Switzerland
SUI 19 Aug Kirchberg Swiss Championship 2:33:07 Guido Vogeli (24,SUI) none
Slovakia
SVK 05 Aug Cadca 7 Kysucky 2:29:09.9 Pavel Kantorek (32,CZE) none
SVK 07 Oct Kosice 37 78+0 Kosice 2:28:29.8 Pavel Kantorek (32,CZE) none
Sweden
SWE 26 May Lund n/a 2:36:05 Per Inge Johansson (24,SWE) none
SWE 16 Jun Stockholm n/a 2:35:36 Lars-Ingvar Strangh (31,SWE) none
SWE 12 Aug Gavle Swedish Championships 2:33:38 John-Evert Nyberg (37,SWE) none
Turkey
TUR 02 Sep Ankara Turkish Championships 2:50:41.4 Haydar Erturan (TUR) none
TUR 30 Sep Ankara 22 Balkan Games 2:36:42.2 Ivan Mustapic (31,SER) none
Uganda
UGA 14 Apr n/a Ugandan Championships 2:41:58 Deodatius Rwabugwene (UGA) none
United States
USA 28 Jan Philadelphia PA 7 Shanahan Catholic Club 2:33:13.6 Ted Corbitt (42,NY/USA) none
USA 22 Feb Washington DC 1 10+0 DC AAU Championship 2:32:44 Richard Haines (16,DC/USA) none
USA 25 Feb Bronx NY 5 Cherry Tree 2:29:55 John J Kelley (31,CT/USA) none
USA 04 Mar Honolulu HI Hawaiian AAU 3:45:49 Paul Butzin (HI/USA) none
USA 11 Mar Chicago IL 1 9+0 Windy City 2:31:16.8 Orville Atkins (25,CA/CAN) none
USA 18 Mar Honolulu HI 7 4+0 Hawaiian AAU 2:54:03.8 Harold Cole (26,HI/USA) none
USA 19 Apr Boston MA 65 113+0 Boston 2:23:48a Eino Oksanen (30,FIN) none
USA 13 May Yonkers NY 38 53+0 Yonkers 2:27:39.8 John J Kelley (31,CT/USA) none
USA 19 Aug Manitou Springs CO 7 21+0 Pikes Peak 4:10:03 Robert Mohler (KS/USA) none
USA 03 Sep Columbia MO 3 12+0 Heart of America 3:09:36 Bill Silverburg (KS/USA) none
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USA 22 Sep Olympia WA 4 n/a 2:38:26 Garry Harrison (24,BC/CAN) none
USA 04 Nov Atlantic City NJ 3 Road Runners Club 2:14:30x Gordon McKenzie (35,NY/USA) none
USA 09 Dec Culver City CA 15 73+0 Western Hemisphere 2:17:11.4x Peter McArdle (32,NY/USA) none
Uzbekistan
UZB 19 Oct Tashkent n/a 2:22:40 Oleg Dobrodeyenko (32,RUS) none
Wales
WAL 21 Jul Cardiff Welsh Championships 2:22:32.0 Leonard Edelen (24,USA) none
Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016