Marathon List for 1963
Albania
ALB ?? ??? Vlore Albanian Championship 2:41:00 Servet Abazi (ALB) none
Australia
AUS 29 Jun Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:29:02 Albert Thomas (28,AUS) none
AUS 27 Jul Melbourne 11 Victorian Marathon Club 2:24:38 Ronald Clarke (26,AUS) none
AUS 17 Aug Geelong Victorian Country Championship 2:43:54 Henk vanWijngaarden (AUS) none
AUS 28 Aug Melbourne Professional 2:33:53 nfn McCracken (AUS) none
AUS 28 Aug Perth n/a 2:29:52 Ian Sinfield (28,AUS) none
AUS 14 Sep Pooraka South Australia Championship 2:54:50 Tom Robertson (AUS) none
AUS 05 Oct Newport 24 3+0 Victoria Championship 2:34:25 Norman Duff (32,AUS) none
Austria
AUT 04 Aug Klagenfurt 7+0 Austrian Championship 2:58:56 Adolf Gruber (43,AUT) none
Belgium
BEL 08 Jun Laarne Belgian Championships 2:31:30 Aurele Vandendriessche (30,BEL) none
Belarus
BLR 03 Jul Minsk n/a 2:22:52 Leonid Fedykin (31,BLR) none
Brazil
BRA 04 May Sao Paulo 5 Pan-American Games 2:27:55.6 Fidel Negrete (31,MEX) none
Bulgaria
BUL ?? ??? n/a Bulgarian Championships 2:36:36.8 Nikolay Solovyov (BUL) none
BUL 15 Sep Sofia 23 Balkan Games 2:32:31 Ivan Mustapic (32,SER) none
Canada
CAN 10 Aug Calgary AB 1 12+0 Calgary 2:45:54 Douglas Kyle (31,CAN) none
CAN 01 Sep Saint Hyacinthe PQ 7 24+0 Saint Hyacinthe 2:33:23 Douglas Kyle (31,CAN) none
CAN 28 Sep Saint John's NF 13 3+0 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 2:59:09 Charles Spurrell (CAN) none
CAN 24 Nov Toronto ON 15 Gladstone AC Championships 3:34:07.4 Herb Riechert (CAN) none
Czech Republic
CZE ?? Apr Pribram Jiloviste-Pribram 2:40:40a Walter Bednar (37,CZE) none
CZE 30 Jun Prague 1 Prazsky 2:35:44 Miroslav Bomar (35,CZE) none
CZE 04 Aug Ostrava 5 Ostravsky 2:40:23.0 Vaclav Chudomel (30,CZE) none
CZE 08 Sep Upice 12 Upice 2:25:03.2 Vaclav Chudomel (30,CZE) none
Denmark
DEN 11 Aug Aarhus Danish Championships 2:40:26 Svend Carlsen (DEN) none
England
ENG 15 Apr Beverley 11 East Riding & Yorkshire 2:25:21 Terence Rooke (31,ENG) none
ENG 27 Apr Leamington Spa Midland Championships 2:31:09.4 Eric-John Austin (27,ENG) none
ENG 18 May Ryde 7 64+0 Isle of Wight 2:28:52 John Edwards (27,ENG) none
ENG 15 Jun Chiswick 50 105+0 Polytechnic 2:14:28a Leonard Edelen (25,USA) none
ENG 06 Jul Huyton Northern Counties Championship 2:23:41 Brian Woolford (25,ENG) none
ENG 13 Jul Luton RRC 2:28:01 John Lusty (30,GBR) none
ENG 17 Aug Coventry AAA 2:16:45 Brian Kilby (25,ENG) none
Spain
ESP 09 Jun Madrid Spanish Championship 2:20:43.6x Francisco Guardia (ESP) none
Estonia
EST 14 Sep Tallinn Estonian Championship 2:23:27.6 Rein Leinus (31,EST) none
EST 29 Sep Vandra 8 n/a 2:24:01.8 Vassili Jerjamin (31,EST) none
Finland
FIN 07 Jun Helsinki n/a 2:30:23.6 Vilho Vesanen (27,FIN) none
FIN 16 Jul Helsinki n/a 2:26:50.0 Paavo-Kalervo Pystynen (31,FIN) none
FIN 19 Jul Helsinki Nordic Balkan 2:26:50 Paavo-Kalervo Pystynen (31,FIN) none
FIN 06 Oct Turku 16 Turku 2:24:12.4 Terho Miettinen (25,FIN) none
France
FRA 15 Sep Fontainebleau French Championships 2:33:14 Jean Lavaine (FRA) none
Georgia
GEO 25 Sep Batumi n/a 2:24:32 Nikolai Yevseyev (25,GEO) none
Germany
GER 08 Jun Sondershausen n/a 2:23:31.2 Heinrich Hagen (27,GER) none
GER 03 Aug Leipzig n/a 2:26:09.6 Gerhard Honicke (33,GER) none
GER 10 Aug Augsburg West German Championships 2:28:05 Jurgen Wedeking (28,GER) none
GER 22 Sep Bad Saarow East German Championships 2:24:50 Heinrich Hagen (27,GER) none
GER 22 Sep Passau n/a 2:35:37.4 Wilhelm Heuser (GER) none
GER 28 Sep Visselhovede n/a 2:24:51 Gustav Disse (30,GER) none
GER ?? Oct Essen 1 Rund um den Baldeneysee 2:40:55 Bruno Niesser (GER) none
Greece
GRE 19 May Athens 5 Athens International 2:23:06.8a Leonard Edelen (25,USA) none
Hungary
HUN 21 Jul Szeged 7 International Friendship 2:26:09.6 Gerhard Honicke (33,GER) none
HUN 01 Sep Budapest Hungarian Championships 2:29:40.2 Jozef Suto (25,HUN) none
HUN ?? Oct Budapest 3 Csepeli Nemzetkozi 2:28:21 Sandor Molnar (28,HUN) none
HUN 03 Nov Budapest n/a 2:25:15 Janos Huszar (HUN) none
Indonesia
INA 13 Nov Djakarta GANEFO 2:49:50.5 Man-Heung Chun (PRK) none
India
IND ?? Feb Allahabad All-India Inter-State Championship 2:36:13.8 Gulzara Singh (50,IND) none
IND ?? Mar New Delhi n/a 2:31:47.4 Akolkar Balakrishna (IND) none
IND 14 Dec New Delhi Invitational 2:31:02.8 Harbans Lal (25,IND) none
IND 21 Dec Ajmer National Meet 2:31:07.2 Swarup Singh (IND) none
Ireland
IRL 28 Jul Killarney All Ireland Championships (NACA) 2:37:28 Noel Henry (IRL) none
IRL 10 Aug Dublin Irish Championships (AAU) 2:27:06 Albert "Bertie" Messitt (35,IRL none
Italy
ITA 28 Sep Naples 4 Mediterranean Games 2:26:50 Bakir benAissa (MAR) none
ITA 17 Nov Reggio Calabria Italian Championship 2:27:51 Giorgio Jegher (26,ITA) none
Jersey
JER ?? Apr Saint Helier n/a 6:26:26 J Lecocq (JER)
Japan
JPN 15 Jan Matsuyama 1 Ehime 2:20:25 Toru Terasawa (28,JPN) none
JPN ?? Jan Kagoshima n/a 2:28:23 Yoshikazu Funasako (24,JPN) none
JPN 17 Feb Beppu 11 78+0 Beppu Mainichi 2:15:15.8 Toru Terasawa (28,JPN) none
JPN 17 Feb Kochi 17 Kochi Shinbun 2:38:11 Ichiro Murata (JPN) none
JPN 17 Mar Hiroshima n/a 2:24:08 Yoshinori Sasaki (JPN) none
JPN 21 Mar Nagoya 11 Chunichi 2:27:31 Takayuki Nakao (24,JPN) none
JPN 24 Mar Mito 11 Yomiuri Zenkoku 2:24:07.8 Yosuke Ozeki (25,JPN) none
JPN 24 Mar Naha 9 Shinpo Naha 2:42:28 Eizo Hirata (JPN) none
JPN 24 Mar Nobeoka 1 Nobeoka 2:20:56.6 Morio Shigematsu (22,JPN) none
JPN 31 Mar Nagano 6 Shinmai 2:27:05 Tadayoshi Shiozuka (JPN) none
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JPN 07 Apr Fukuchiyama 5 Fukuchiyama 2:21:47 Eiji Kawakami (JPN) none
JPN ?? Apr Fukui 5 Fukui 2:35:12 Yoshinori Tojo (JPN) none
JPN ?? Apr Fukui Fukui 2:35:12 Yoshinori Tojo (JPN) none
JPN ?? Apr n/a Kanto Intercollegiate Championships 2:34:43 Kenji Nakamura (JPN) none
JPN 12 May Tokyo 18 Mainichi 2:20:24.8a Kenji Kimihara (22,JPN) none
JPN 11 Aug Sapporo 6 Hokkai Times 2:33:41 Risyu Kawabata (22,JPN) none
JPN 18 Aug Tamatsukuri 6 Tamatsukuri Mainichi 2:32:36.6 Hiroki Kasaii (JPN) none
JPN 15 Oct Tokyo 17 42+0 Asahi Shimbun 2:18:00.6 Jeff Julian (28,NZL) none
JPN ?? Dec Nobeoka 2 Nobeoka 2:20:46.2 Hidekuni Hiroshima (26,JPN) none
Kyrghistan
KGZ ?? Nov Bishkek n/a 2:24:09 Boris Tarasov (32,KGZ) none
Korea
KOR ?? ??? n/a Korean Championships 2:34:22 Jeung-Jin Chae (KOR) none
Latvia
LAT 16 Jun Riga Latvian Championship 2:32:40.8 Alfons Taurins (27,LAT) none
Netherlands; The
NED 13 Jul Enschede 9 Enschede 2:25:10.4 Vaclav Chudomel (30,CZE) none
NED 08 Sep Assen Dutch Championships 2:36:15 Jacques Smits (NED) none
Northern Ireland
NIR 29 Jun Belfast All-Ireland Championships (AAU/NIRR) 2:32:58 Albert "Bertie" Messitt (34,IRL none
NIR 17 Aug Belfast 18 Northern Ireland Championship 2:36:44 Raymond Kirkland (NIR) none
Norway
NOR 07 Jul Levanger Norwegian Championship 2:31:38 Kjell Hattlebakk (NOR) none
New Zealand
NZL 16 Feb Auckland 8 35+0 Ultimate-Ekco 2:18:25 Jeff Julian (27,NZL) none
NZL 09 Mar Hawera New Zealand Championships 2:22:52 Jeff Julian (27,NZL) none
NZL 07 Sep Auckland (time trial) 2:19:36x Kenji Kimihara (22,JPN) none
NZL ?? ??? Invercargill 11 Southland n/a M T Hansen (NZL) none
NZL ?? Nov Feilding 9 Feilding 2:34:49 C Freethey (NZL) none
NZL 07 Dec Auckland 3 78+0 Owairaka Lovelock Track 2:21:10 Jeff Julian (28,NZL) none
Poland
POL 25 Aug Bydgoszcz Polish Championships 2:33:20.6 Jacek Nowakowski (POL) none
Portugal
POR 05 May Lisbon Portuguese Championships 2:45:55 Inacio Ribeiro (POR) none
Romania
ROM 11 Aug Cluj Romanian Championships 2:35:26 Dumitru Talmaciu (ROM) none
ROM 14 Oct Bucharest n/a 2:27:43.4 Constantin Grecescu (34,ROM) none
South Africa
RSA 17 Feb Durban 30 Durban Athletic Club 2:32:35 Oelof Vorster (27,RSA) none
RSA 02 Mar Krugersdorp Southern Transvaal Championship 2:39:44.6 Jackie Mekler (30,RSA) none
RSA 16 Mar East London 3 Border Championship 2:27:18.2 Oelof Vorster (27,RSA) none
RSA ?? Mar Durban 3 Savages 2:46:51 Edward Craig (RSA) none
RSA 05 Apr Bloemfontein South African Championships for Whites 2:27:19.5 Jon Lang (25,RSA) none
RSA 04 May Welkom South African Championship for Blacks 2:42:47.8 Henry Dunga (19,RSA) none
RSA 08 Jul Brakpan 8 Golden Reef 2:43:39a Charles Minaar (RSA) none
RSA 21 Jul Durban n/a 2:29:29 Wilfred Thring (23,RSA) none
RSA ?? Aug Johannesburg 18 Jackie Gibson 2:39:35 Jackie Mekler (31,RSA) none
RSA 25 Aug Johannesburg Jackie Gibson 2:39:35 Jackie Mekler (31,RSA) none
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RSA 10 Oct Pietermaritzburg n/a 2:36:49 Frank Pearce (RSA) none
Russia
RUS 30 Jun Moscow n/a 2:24:15 Anatoliy Sukharkov (25,RUS) none
RUS 07 Jul Moscow n/a 2:22:43 Leonid Fedykin (31,BLR) none
RUS 13 Aug Moscow Soviet Championships 2:19:55 Viktor Baykov (28,RUS) none
Scotland
SCO 18 May Glasgow 3 Shettleston Harriers 2:25:50 Alastair Wood (30,SCO) none
SCO 22 Jun Glasgow Scottish Championships 2:25:32 Ian Harris (28,SCO) none
Switzerland
SUI 14 Sep Rancate Swiss Championship 2:35:08 Guido Vogeli (25,SUI) none
Slovakia
SVK 16 Jun Nove Mesto nad Vahom 1 32+0 Povazsky 2:34:58.2 Jiri Ehrlich (31,CZE) none
SVK 13 Oct Kosice 38 115+0 Kosice 2:15:09.6 Leonard Edelen (26,USA) none
Sweden
SWE 30 Jul Goteborg Nordic Championship 2:22:01 Eino Oksanen (32,FIN) none
SWE 15 Sep Goteborg Swedish Championship 2:33:18 John-Evert Nyberg (38,SWE) none
SWE 24 Nov Haninge 1 Winter 2:36:43 Kan Haith (SWE) none
Ukraine
UKR 29 Sep Chernigov Ukrainian Championships 2:24:30 Dmitriy Sharipov (26,UKR) none
United States
USA 27 Jan Philadelphia PA 8 7+0 Shanahan Catholic Club 2:39:49 Adolf Gruber (42,AUT) none
USA 24 Feb Washington DC 2 16+0 Washington 2:35:18 Louis Castagnola (26,DC/USA) none
USA 24 Feb Bronx NY 6 25+0 Cherry Tree 2:37:40 Adolf Gruber (42,AUT) none
USA 10 Mar Chicago IL 2 10+0 Windy City 2:40:01 Leon Jasionowski (18,MI/USA) none
USA 17 Mar Honolulu HI 8 9+0 Hawaiian AAU 2:27:47.5 Harold Cole (27,HI/USA) none
USA 30 Mar Atlanta GA 4+0 n/a 3:32:23t Billy Daniel (GA/USA) none
USA 19 Apr Boston MA 66 183+0 Boston 2:18:58a Aurele Vandendriessche (30,BEL) none
USA 26 May Yonkers NY 39 76+0 Yonkers 2:25:17.6 John J Kelley (32,CT/USA) none
USA 16 Jun Holyoke MA 1 63+0 New England 2:20:28 John J Kelley (32,CT/USA) none
USA 04 Jul Bridgeport CT 16+0 PT Barnum 2:27:15a Adolf Gruber (43,AUT) none
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USA 25 Aug Manitou Springs CO 8 21+0 Pike's Peak 4:01:22.9 John Ray Rose (25,KS/USA) none
USA 02 Sep Columbia MO 4 17+0 Heart of America Labor Day 2:56:27 John Ray Rose (25,KS/USA) none
USA 21 Sep Fairbanks AK 1 38+29 Equinox 3:54:22 Nat Goodhue (23,AK/USA) 6:08:00 Gail Bakken (22,AK/USA)
USA 21 Sep Olympia WA 5 9+0 Olympia 2:38:47 Earl Ellis (28,WA/USA) none
USA 06 Oct Minneapolis MN 1 3+0 River Roads 2:40:39 Ron Daws (26,MN/USA) none
USA 03 Nov Atlantic City NJ 4 Road Runners Club 2:27:59 Adolf Gruber (43,AUT) none
USA 28 Nov Detroit MI 1 12+0 Motor City 2:32:50 Bob Berger (25,MI/USA) none
USA 14 Dec Culver City CA 16 34+1 Western Hemisphere 2:19:33.4x Norm Higgins (27,CA/USA) 3:37:07x Merry Lepper (20,CA/USA)
USA 21 Dec Atlanta GA 1 8+0 Peach Bowl 2:57:20.7 Jeff Galloway (18,GA/USA) none
Wales
WAL 06 Jul Port Talbot Welsh Championships 2:14:43 Brian Kilby (25,ENG) none
Zambia
ZAM ?? Jul Ndola Northern Rhodesian Championship 2:40:44 nfn Mafukidze (ZAM) none
Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016