Marathon List for 1964


Australia
AUS   09 May  Warragui                                      Victorian Country Championship          2:28:53     Amor Newell (AUS)                           none                            
AUS   06 Jun  Mentone                       12              Victorian Marathon Club                 2:26:05     John Coyle (22,AUS)                         none                            
AUS   20 Jun  Botany                                        New South Wales Championships           2:28:43     Robert Vagg (23,AUS)                        none                            
AUS   20 Jun  Perth                                         Western Australian Championships        2:30:02     Tim Walsh (AUS)                             none                            
AUS   18 Jul  Sydney                               19+0     Australian Championship                 2:24:06.2   Robert Vagg (24,AUS)                        none                            
AUS   12 Sep  Oakbank                                       South Australia Championship            2:39:04     Peter Brownrigg (AUS)                       none                            
AUS   10 Oct  Newport                       25     21+0     Victoria Championship                   2:29:02     Henk vanWijngaarden (AUS)                   none                            
Austria
AUT   02 Aug  Kapfenberg                                    Austrian Championship                   2:28:27.2   Ivan Mustapic (33,SER)                      none                            
Belgium
BEL   13 Jun  Kortemark                                     Belgian Championships                   2:11:24x    Antonio Ambu (28,ITA)                       none                            
Bosnia
BIH   ?? Jul  Sarajevo                                      Yugoslav Championships                  2:29:58.6   Ivan Mustapic (33,SER)                      none                            
Belarus
BLR   02 Jul  Minsk                                         n/a                                     2:21:15     Leonid Fedykin (32,BLR)                     none                            
Bulgaria
BUL   18 Jul  Sofia                                         Bulgarian Championships                 2:35:56.6   Nikolay Solovyov (BUL)                      none                            
Canada
CAN   14 Jun  Vancouver BC                   9              British Columbia Championships          2:37:44     Garry Harrison (25,BC/CAN)                  none                            
CAN   20 Jun  Montreal PQ                          11+0     Quebec Championship                     3:04:30     Roland Michaud (42,CAN)                     none                            
CAN   18 Jul  Calgary AB                     2     12+0     Canadian Olympic Trials                 2:39:55     Gordon Dickson (32,ON/CAN)                  none                            
CAN   06 Sep  Saint Hyacinthe PQ             8     26+0     Saint Hyacinthe                         2:22:18.4   Ron Wallingford (30,ON/CAN)                 none                            
CAN   17 Oct  Saint John's NF               14      1+0     Newfoundland Provincial Championships   3:14:20     Don Coaker (NF/CAN)                         none                            
CAN   18 Oct  Toronto ON                    16      4+0     Gladstone AC Championships              3:20:21     Ray Atance (CAN)                            none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   21 Jun  Prague                         2              Prazsky                                 2:31:27.6   Boguslav Pokorny (24,CZE)                   none                            
CZE   30 Aug  Upice                         13              Ratiboricky                             2:31:01.2   Miroslav Ciboch (35,CZE)                    none                            
Denmark
DEN   22 Aug  Gentofte                                      Danish Championships                    2:34:08     Georg Olsen (27,DEN)                        none                            
England
ENG   30 Mar  Beverly                       12     47+0     East Riding & Yorkshire                 2:19:37     Ronald Hill (25,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   25 Apr  Leamington                           15+0     Midland Counties Championship           2:27:08     Maurice Hirons (24,ENG)                     none                            
ENG   23 May  Ryde                           8     39+1     Isle of Wight                           2:34:54     Geoffrey Winchester (35,ENG)    3:27:25     Dale Grieg (SCO)                
ENG   13 Jun  Chiswick                      51              Polytechnic                             2:13:55a    Benjamin-Basil Heatley (30,ENG)             none                            
ENG   27 Jun  Feltham                        1     37+0     Oxfam                                   2:42:37     J A Moore (ENG)                             none                            
ENG   25 Jul  Hayes                                36+0     Road Runners Championships              2:37:03     John Lusty (31,GBR)                         none                            
ENG   25 Jul  Morecambe                      1              Milk                                    2:25:34a    Brian Woolford (27,ENG)                     none                            
ENG   15 Aug  n/a                                           Pembroke AC Championship                2:54:38     Thomas Beesley (22,ENG)                     none                            
ENG   22 Aug  Coventry                             40+0     AAA                                     2:23:01     Brian Kilby (26,ENG)                        none                            
Spain
ESP   07 Jun  Villafranca de Oria                           Spanish Championships                   2:33:03.8   Miguel Navarro (34,ESP)                     none                            
Estonia
EST   09 Aug  Tallinn                                       Estonian Championship                   2:33:19.0   Ronald Suur (30,EST)                        none                            
Ethiopia
ETH   31 May  Addis Ababa                                   Addis Ababa                             2:23:14.8   Abebe Bikila (31,ETH)                       none                            
ETH   03 Aug  Addis Ababa                                   Ethiopian Olympic Trials                2:16:18.8   Abebe Bikila (31,ETH)                       none                            
Finland
FIN   28 Jun  Lohja                                         n/a                                     2:27:36     Teuvo Meskanen (28,FIN)                     none                            
FIN   16 Aug  Oulu                                          Finnish Championships                   2:19:55.8   Eino Olavi Valle (32,FIN)                   none                            
FIN   20 Sep  Turku                         17              Turku                                   2:25:06.6   Tenho Salakka (30,FIN)                      none                            
France
FRA   06 Sep  Fontainebleau                                 French Championships                    2:28:55     Alain Mimoun (43,FRA)                       none                            
Germany
GER   09 May  Essen                                         n/a                                     2:39:23.8   nfn Hayani (GER)                            none                            
GER   31 May  Bad Saarow                                    n/a                                     2:22:48     Klaus Bottger (28,GER)                      none                            
GER   12 Jul  Jena                                          East German Championships               2:19:52.0   Gerhard Honicke (34,GER)                    none                            
GER   18 Jul  Karlsruhe                                     West German Championships               2:39:25     Gideon Papke (35,GER)                       none                            
GER   22 Aug  Berlin                                        German Olympic Trials                   2:24:04.0   Heinrich Hagen (28,GER)                     none                            
GER   26 Sep  Visselhovede                                  n/a                                     2:31:43     Rudy Mol (NED)                              none                            
GER   11 Oct  Dresden                                       n/a                                     2:26:40.2   Herbert Fink (25,GER)                       none                            
GER   24 Oct  Essen                          2              Rund um den Baldeneysee                 2:42:43     Manfred Gunther (GER)                       none                            
Greece
GRE   13 May  Marathon                                      Greek Championship                      3:06:15.2   Athanasios Martakis (GRE)                   none                            
Hungary
HUN   31 May  Budapest                                      n/a                                     2:27:17     Istvan Kun (29,HUN)                         none                            
HUN   19 Jul  Szeged                         8              International Friendship                2:30:18.4   Jozef Suto (26,HUN)                         none                            
HUN   25 Oct  Budapest                       4              Csepeli Nemzetkozi                      2:24:13.4   Istvan Kun (30,HUN)                         none                            
India
IND   ?? Feb  Ajmer                                         National Inter-Zonal Meet               2:31:07.2   Swarup Singh (IND)                          none                            
IND   01 Mar  Calcutta                                      Indian Inter-State                      2:39:56     Swarup Singh (IND)                          none                            
IND   22 Mar  New Delhi                                     Indian Inter-Association                2:25:32.8   Balakrishna Akolkar (26,IND)                none                            
IND   06 Sep  New Dehli                                     Indian Olympic Trials                   2:25:32.8   Balakrishna Akolkar (27,IND)                none                            
IND   26 Dec  Hyderabad                                     All India Meet                          2:25:41     Dhanna Singh (IND)                          none                            
Ireland
IRL   20 Jun  Dublin                                        All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU)    2:34:45     William Dunne (30,IRL)                      none                            
IRL   26 Jul  Gorey                                         All Ireland Championships (NACA)        2:35:02     Harry Gorman (IRL)                          none                            
IRL   15 Aug  Finglas                                       Irish Championships (AAU)               2:33:17     James McNamara (25,IRL)                     none                            
Italy
ITA   15 Nov  Genoa                                         Italian Championships                   2:15:42.6x  Antonio Ambu (28,ITA)                       none                            
Japan
JPN   15 Jan  Matsuyama                      2              Ehime                                   2:20:05x    Yutaka Onishi (JPN)                         none                            
JPN   02 Feb  Beppu                         12     75+0     Beppu Mainichi                          2:17:48.6   Toru Terasawa (29,JPN)                      none                            
JPN   16 Feb  Kochi                         18              Kochi Shinbun                           2:44:04     Tadazumi Morimoto (JPN)                     none                            
JPN   16 Feb  Mito                          12              Yomiuri Zenkoku                         2:24:45     Teruo Funai (25,JPN)                        none                            
JPN   20 Mar  Nagoya                        12              Chunichi                                2:18:31     Takayuki Nakao (25,JPN)                     none                            
JPN   28 Mar  Naha                          10              Shinpo Naha                             2:34:43     Mitsuhiro Tamashiro (JPN)                   none                            
JPN   10 Apr  Fukui                          6              Fukui                                   2:26:03     Yoshiaki Unetani (19,JPN)                   none                            
JPN   12 Apr  Tokyo                         19              Mainichi                                2:17:11.4   Kenji Kimihara (23,JPN)                     none                            
JPN   25 Apr  n/a                           15              Kanto Intercollegiate Championships     2:27:23     Kimio Otsuka (20,JPN)                       none                            
JPN   03 May  Nagano                         7              Shinmai                                 2:23:11.6   Susumu Noro (JPN)                           none                            
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JPN   16 Aug  Tamatsukuri                    7              Tamatsukuri Mainichi                    2:41:45.2   Katsuo Horinouchi (JPN)                     none                            
JPN   23 Aug  Sapporo                        7              Hokkai Times                            2:17:12     Kenji Kimihara (23,JPN)                     none                            
JPN   21 Oct  Tokyo                         16     58+0     Olympic Games                           2:12:11.2   Abebe Bikila (32,ETH)                       none                            
JPN   06 Dec  Fukuoka                       18     33+0     Fukuoka                                 2:14:48.2   Toru Terasawa (29,JPN)                      none                            
Kenya
KEN   13 Sep  Nairobi                                       n/a                                     2:24:39     Christianthus Nyakwoyo (20,KEN)             none                            
Korea
KOR   29 Apr  Seoul                          1              Dong-A                                  2:27:13.8   Chang-Hoon Lee (29,KOR)                     none                            
Latvia
LAT   27 Sep  Liepaja                                       Latvian Championship                    2:33:14.4   Helmuts Gutmanis (LAT)                      none                            
Mexico
MEX   ?? Jun  Salamanca                                     Mexican Championships                   2:48:15     Agustin Martinez (MEX)                      none                            
Netherlands; The
NED   18 Jul  Vlissingen                                    Dutch Championships                     2:38:30.4   Joop vandeBerg (NED)                        none                            
Northern Ireland
NIR   30 May  Belfast                       19      3+0     Belfast                                 2:49:06     Raymond Kirkland (NIR)                      none                            
Norway
NOR   23 Aug  Gjovik                                        Norwegian Championships                 2:27:51.4   Magnar Lundemo (26,NOR)                     none                            
New Zealand
NZL   04 Feb  Dunedin                                       n/a                                     2:25:08     G Thompson Marshall (NZL)                   none                            
NZL   15 Feb  Auckland                       9     31+0     Silouette                               2:19:58     Jeff Julian (28,NZL)                        none                            
NZL   07 Mar  Lower Hutt                                    New Zealand Championships               2:17:38.6   Raymond Puckett (28,NZL)                    none                            
NZL   28 Nov  Greymouth                                     Great Western                           2:24:26     David McKenzie (21,NZL)                     none                            
NZL   ?? Nov  Feilding                      10              Feilding                                2:44:39     V Jackson (NZL)                             none                            
NZL   05 Dec  Auckland                       4              Owairaka Lovelock Track                 2:31:53     F G Cooper (NZL)                            none                            
Pakistan
PAK   16 Jan  Rawalpindi                                    Pakistan Inter-Services Championship    2:27:04.5   Mohammed Karim (PAK)                        none                            
Poland
POL   06 Sep  Lodz                                          Polish Championships                    2:41:37.8   Marian Jurczynski (25,POL)                  none                            
Portugal
POR   19 Apr  Cacilhas                                      Portuguese Championships                2:28:55     Armando Aldegalega (26,POR)                 none                            
Romania
ROM   20 Aug  Bucharest                                     Romanian Championships                  2:29:11.8   Constantin Grecescu (35,ROM)                none                            
ROM   13 Sep  Bucharest                     24              Balkan Games                            2:28:23.4   Constantin Grecescu (35,ROM)                none                            
South Africa
RSA   01 Feb  East London                    4              Border Championships                    2:33:51     Henk Altmann (22,RSA)                       none                            
RSA   09 Feb  Durban                        31              Durban Athletic Club                    2:36:57     Frank Pearce (RSA)                          none                            
RSA   07 Mar  Germiston                                     Southern Transvaal Championship         2:43:00     Jackie Mekler (31,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   14 Mar  Johannesburg                                  South African Games                     2:34:46     Johannes Barnard (34,RSA)                   none                            
RSA   ?? Mar  Durban                         4              Savages                                 2:47:21     Manie Kuhn (RSA)                            none                            
RSA   28 Mar  Port Elizabeth                                South African Championship for Whites   2:27:08     Jon Lang (26,RSA)                           none                            
RSA   09 May  Durban                                        South Africa Meet                       2:29:26.6   Matthew Kanda (21,ZIM)                      none                            
RSA   09 May  Silverton                                     South African Championships for Blacks  2:29:26.6   Matthew Kanda (21,ZIM)                      none                            
RSA   01 Jun  Cape Town                      1              Western Provinces                       2:27:28     Dave Wassung (RSA)                          none                            
RSA   20 Jun  King Williams Town             1              Kaffrarian                              2:37:09x    Desmond Torr (RSA)                          none                            
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RSA   13 Jul  Brakpan                        9              Golden Reef                             2:28:26a    Johannes Barnard (34,RSA)                   none                            
RSA   19 Jul  Durban                                        Skinner                                 2:39:14     Cyril Bentall (RSA)                         none                            
RSA   16 Aug  Johannesburg                  19              Jackie Gibson                           2:34:56     Johannes Barnard (34,RSA)                   none                            
RSA   10 Oct  Durban                                        n/a                                     2:28:51     David Piper (20,RSA)                        none                            
Russia
RUS   05 Jul  Moscow                                        Znamenski Memorial                      2:21:32.6   Aleksandr Yudin (29,RUS)                    none                            
RUS   01 Nov  Krasnodar                                     n/a                                     2:20:38     Vladimir Trubinov (25,RUS)                  none                            
Scotland
SCO   16 May  Glasgow                        4      7+0     Shettleston Harriers                    2:23:16     Alastair Wood (31,SCO)                      none                            
SCO   27 Jun  Edinburgh                                     Scottish Championships                  2:24:00     Alastair Wood (31,SCO)                      none                            
Serbia
SER   05 Apr  Subotica                                      Yugoslavian Championships               2:26:59     Ivan Mustapic (32,SER)                      none                            
Switzerland
SUI   05 Sep  Kirchberg                                     Swiss Championship                      2:26:40     Oscar Leupi (31,SUI)                        none                            
Slovakia
SVK   31 May  Nove Mesto nad Vahom           2     44+0     Povazsky                                2:27:11.8   Vojtek Hec (34,SVK)                         none                            
SVK   08 Aug  Kosice                        39     95+0     Kosice                                  2:25:55.4   Pavel Kantorek (34,CZE)                     none                            
Sweden
SWE   13 Sep  Sodertalje                                    Swedish Championships                   2:25:56.6   Erik-Verner Ostbye (43,SWE)                 none                            
SWE   29 Nov  Haninge                        2              Winter                                  2:33:27     Torbjorn Lind (SWE)                         none                            
Ukraine
UKR   30 Aug  Kiev                                          Soviet Championships                    2:29:02.2   Viktor Baykov (29,RUS)                      none                            
United States
USA   26 Jan  Philadelphia PA                9     12+0     Shanahan Catholic Club                  2:20:05.5   Adolf Gruber (43,AUT)                       none                            
USA   16 Feb  Honolulu HI                    9      2+0     Hawaiian AAU Championship               2:46:32.9   Harold Kuha (HI/USA)                        none                            
USA   23 Feb  Washington DC                  3     16+0     District of Columbia Championship       2:32:40     Richard Haines (18,DC/USA)                  none                            
USA   23 Feb  Bronx NY                       7     29+0     Cherry Tree                             2:25:25     George Foulds (28,NY/USA)                   none                            
USA   15 Mar  Chicago IL                     3     16+0     Windy City                              2:35:04.2   Hal Higdon (32,IN/USA)                      none                            
USA   20 Apr  Boston MA                     67    130+0     Boston                                  2:19:59a    Aurele Vandendriessche (31,BEL)             none                            
USA   24 May  Yonkers NY                    40     37+0     Yonkers                                 2:24:25.6   Leonard Edelen (26,USA)                     none                            
USA   14 Jun  Holyoke MA                     2     58+0     New England Championship                2:22:15.0   John J Kelley (33,CT/USA)                   none                            
USA   26 Jul  Culver City CA                17     44+0     Western Hemisphere                      2:27:01.4   Peter McArdle (34,NY/USA)                   none                            
USA   08 Aug  Belmont CA                     1     19+0     Ocean to Bay                            2:41:05a    Tom Tuite (20,CA/USA)                       none                            
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USA   15 Aug  Rochester NY                         26+0     National Junior AAU Championships       2:28:55.6   Richard Ashley (26,NY/USA)                  none                            
USA   23 Aug  Manitou Springs CO             9     17+0     Pikes Peak                              4:03:33     Don Lakin (KS/USA)                          none                            
USA   05 Sep  Kaneohe HI                            1+0     Hawaii Spikesters                       3:07:45     Reuben Dias (HI/USA)                        none                            
USA   07 Sep  Columbia MO                    5     18+0     Heart of America                        2:47:27.5   Ron Daws (27,MN/USA)                        none                            
USA   19 Sep  Fairbanks AK                   2     99+100   Equinox                                 3:38:42     Jerry Varnum (USA)              6:15:03     Ruth McCoy (AK/USA)             
USA   20 Sep  Olympia WA                     6              Pacific Northwest Championships         2:36:54     Ken Moore (20,OR/USA)                       none                            
USA   10 Oct  Minneapolis MN                 2      8+0     Land of Lakes                           2:38:55.6   Ron Daws (27,MN/USA)                        none                            
USA   01 Nov  Atlantic City NJ               5     37+0     Road Runners Club                       2:33:15.0   Lou Coppens (21,PA/USA)                     none                            
USA   15 Nov  Denver CO                      1      7+0     Denver                                  2:57:08     Gary Pierson (27,CO/USA)                    none                            
USA   26 Nov  Detroit MI                     2     24+0     Motor City                              2:44:46     Scotto Gonzales (MA/USA)                    none                            
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USA   06 Dec  Ozone Park NY                  1     17+0     Pearl Harbor Memorial                   2:32:08.4   Oscar Moore (26,NY/USA)                     none                            
USA   12 Dec  Cayuga IN                      1     20+0     Indiana                                 2:27:08x    J Schneider (USA)                           none                            
USA   13 Dec  Colton CA                      1     24+0     Inland Empire                           2:32:21.3   Wayne VanDellen (27,CA/USA)                 none                            
USA   19 Dec  Atlanta GA                     2      5+0     Peach Bowl                              2:48:27     Bruce LaBudde (GA/USA)                      none                            
USA   27 Dec  Point Reyes CA                 1     17+0     Point Reyes                             2:41:51     Heinie Hartwig (USA)                        none                            
Wales
WAL   27 Jun  Port Talbot                                   Welsh Championships                     2:15:37     Juan-Edward Taylor (26,ENG)                 none                            
Zambia
ZAM   07 Jun  Broken Hill                                   Northern Rhodesia Championships         2:37:57     nfn Chifita (ZAM)                           none                            
Zimbabwe
ZIM   21 Jun  Bulawayo                                      Southern Rhodesia Championship          2:25:48.2   Matthew Kanda (22,ZIM)                      none                            
ZIM   11 Jul  Harare                                        North Rhodesia vs South Rhodesia        2:30:57     Lote Ndhlovu (ZIM)                          none                            
ZIM   02 Aug  Bulwayo                                       n/a                                     2:18:53.7x  Robson Mrombe (23,ZIM)                      none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016