Marathon List for 1965


Albania
ALB   ?? ???  Durres                                        Albanian Championships                  2:43:11     Dashamir Sherja (ALB)                       none                            
Australia
AUS   26 Mar  Sydney                                        New South Wales Championship            2:26:57.4   Rod McKinney (23,AUS)                       none                            
AUS   24 Jul  Preston                       13              Victorian Marathon Club                 2:22:18     Fred Howe (AUS)                             none                            
AUS   21 Aug  Ballarat                                      Victorian Country Championship          2:28:35     Fred Howe (AUS)                             none                            
AUS   11 Sep  Oakbank                                       South Australia Championship            2:37:52     Alan Gibson (AUS)                           none                            
AUS   02 Oct  Preston                       26     40+0     Victoria Championship                   2:22:12.6   Derek Clayton (22,AUS)                      none                            
Austria
AUT   01 Aug  Linz                                          Austrian Championship                   2:35:22     Helmut Richter (26,AUT)                     none                            
AUT   05 Sep  Maria Enzersdorf                              n/a                                     2:26:31x    Adolf Gruber (45,AUT)                       none                            
AUT   19 Sep  Vienna                                        n/a                                     2:26:30.6   Adolf Gruber (45,AUT)                       none                            
Belgium
BEL   12 Jun  Oudenaarde                                    Belgian Chamnpionships                  2:42:54     Maurice-Andre Peiren (27,BEL)               none                            
Belarus
BLR   04 Jul  Minsk                                         Znamenskiy Brothers Memorial            2:17:36     Yuriy Popov (26,RUS)                        none                            
Brazil
BRA   16 May  Rio de Janeiro                16              South American Championship             2:38:14.2   Ricardo Vidal (34,CHI)                      none                            
Bulgaria
BUL   18 Jul  n/a                                           Bulgarian Championships                 2:37:26     Ivaylo Sharankov (31,BUL)                   none                            
Canada
CAN   07 Mar  Toronto ON                    17      4+0     Gladstone AC Championships              3:30:47     Herb Riechert (CAN)                         none                            
CAN   20 Jun  Vancouver BC                  10              British Columbia Championship                                                                                                   
CAN   31 Jul  Victoria BC                           6+0     Oak Bay Optimists                       2:37:17     Jim Freeman (20,CAN)                        none                            
CAN   05 Sep  Saint Hyacinthe PQ             9     24+0     Saint Hyacinthe                         2:30:22     John Booras (32,MA/USA)                     none                            
CAN   18 Sep  Saint John's NF               15      4+0     Newfoundland Provincial Championships   2:58:17.4   Herb Riechert (CAN)                         none                            
China
CHN   28 Apr  Beijing                                       Beijing                                 2:16:57.4   Yu-cheng Chang (37,CHN)                     none                            
CHN   ?? Sep  Beijing                                       Chinese Championships                   2:23:27.6   Yi-hsiang Liu (CHN)                         none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   20 Jun  Prague                         3              Prazsky                                 2:29:37     Adam Kostal (24,SVK)                        none                            
CZE   10 Jul  Prague                                        Rosicky Memorial                        2:17:04     Juan-Edward Taylor (27,ENG)                 none                            
CZE   29 Aug  Upice                         14              Vitezove Ratiborickeho                  2:18:31.8   Herbert Fink (26,GER)                       none                            
Denmark
DEN   ?? ???  n/a                                           Danish Championship                     2:31:52     Bent-Reno Larsen (DEN)                      none                            
Egypt
EGY   01 Sep  Cairo                                         Pan Arab Games                          2:53:24     Allal benLahcen (MAR)                       none                            
England
ENG   19 Apr  Beverley                      13              East Riding & Yorkshire                 2:26:33     Ronald Hill (26,ENG)                        none                            
ENG   24 Apr  Nottingham                           13+0     Midland Counties Championship           2:31:45     Eric-John Austin (29,ENG)                   none                            
ENG   22 May  Ryde                           9     63+0     Isle of Wight                           2:31:21     John Edwards (29,ENG)                       none                            
ENG   12 Jun  Chiswick                      52              Polytechnic                             2:12:00a    Morio Shigematsu (24,JPN)                   none                            
ENG   03 Jul  Port Sunlight                                 Road Runners Club Championships         2:21:38     Leo J Carroll (25,ENG)                      none                            
ENG   31 Jul  Feltham                        2              Oxfam                                   2:22:45     Dennis Plater (31,ENG)                      none                            
ENG   31 Jul  Preston                        2              Milk                                    2:25:39a    Terry Sugden (ENG)                          none                            
ENG   23 Oct  Harlow                         1              Harlow                                  2:26:55.6   Jim Derham (23,ENG)                         none                            
Spain
ESP   09 May  Elgoibar                                      Spanish Championship                    2:32:09     Rufino Galan (ESP)                          none                            
Estonia
EST   11 Jul  Tallinn                                       n/a                                     2:28:27.4   Ulo Raudsepp (22,EST)                       none                            
EST   29 Aug  Parnu                                         Estonian Championships                  2:34:38.0   Ronald Suur (31,EST)                        none                            
Finland
FIN   15 Aug  Helsinki                                      Finnish Championshiup                   2:24:50.6   Tenho Salakka (31,FIN)                      none                            
FIN   03 Oct  Turku                         18              Turku                                   2:27:25.6   Bruno Holmroos (32,FIN)                     none                            
France
FRA   05 Sep  Fontainebleau                                 French Championships                    2:30:19     Alain Mimoun (44,FRA)                       none                            
Germany
GER   02 May  Krefeld                                       n/a                                     2:21:00.3   Leonard Edelen (27,USA)                     none                            
GER   16 May  Rathenow                                      n/a                                     2:21:24.2   Klaus Bottger (28,GER)                      none                            
GER   29 May  Essen                                         n/a                                     2:32:37     Jurgen Bergmann (24,GER)                    none                            
GER   03 Jul  Wilhelmshaven                                 n/a                                     2:26:50.6   Gunter Thienemann (25,GER)                  none                            
GER   07 Aug  Duisburg                                      n/a                                     2:23:38.6   Lothar-Christfried Reinshagen (             none                            
GER   08 Aug  Cottbus                                       East German Championships               2:21:32.6   Gerhard Honicke (35,GER)                    none                            
GER   05 Sep  Berlin                                        n/a                                     2:27:13.6   Hubert Riesner (25,GER)                     none                            
GER   03 Oct  Eilenburg                                     n/a                                     2:26:53.4   Jurgen Busch (22,GER)                       none                            
GER   09 Oct  Essen                          3              Rund um den Baldeneysee                 2:36:09     August Blumensaat (54,GER)                  none                            
Greece
GRE   21 May  Athens                         6              Athens International                    2:30:40.4a  Jozef Suto (27,HUN)                         none                            
GRE   09 Sep  Athens                        25              Balkan Games                            2:39:50     Ivaylo Sharankov (31,BUL)                   none                            
Hungary
HUN   25 Jul  Szeged                         9              International Friendship                2:31:29.6   Gyula Toth (28,HUN)                         none                            
HUN   28 Aug  Budapest                                      Hungarian Championships                 2:23:20.6   Jozef Suto (27,HUN)                         none                            
HUN   31 Oct  Budapest                       5              Csepeli Nemzetkozi                      2:19:55.8x  Janos Huszar (HUN)                          none                            
India
IND   13 Jan  Hoshiapur                                     n/a                                     2:24:33.8   Dhanna Singh (IND)                          none                            
IND   26 Jan  Chandigarh                                    All India Inter-State Championships     2:29:19     Dhanna Singh (IND)                          none                            
IND   28 Mar  Poona                                         All India Inter-Association Championship2:25:46.4   Dhanna Singh (IND)                          none                            
IND   01 Nov  Delhi                                         n/a                                     2:36:44.6   David Yesurathnam (IND)                     none                            
Ireland
IRL   25 Jul  Banteer                                       All-Ireland Championships (NACA)        2:28:37     Harry Gorman (IRL)                          none                            
IRL   04 Sep  Dublin                                        Irish Championships (AAU)               2:23:34     James McNamara (26,IRL)                     none                            
Israel
ISR   08 May  Einat                                         Israeli Championship                    2:29:54     David Simkhoni (ISR)                        none                            
Italy
ITA   10 Jan  Rome                           1              San Silvestro                           2:39:25t    Umberto Risi (24,ITA)                       none                            
ITA   07 Nov  Savona                                        Italian Championships                   2:28:18     Antonio Ambu (29,ITA)                       none                            
ITA   31 Dec  Rome                           2              San Silvestro                           2:30:30x    Umberto Risi (25,ITA)                       none                            
Japan
JPN   10 Jan  Kagoshima                                     n/a                                     2:23:05.4   Yoshikazu Funasako (26,JPN)                 none                            
JPN   15 Jan  Matsuyama                      3              Ehime                                   2:16:49     Hideaki Shishido (26,JPN)                   none                            
JPN   07 Feb  Beppu                         13     77+0     Beppu Mainichi                          2:14:38     Toru Terasawa (30,JPN)                      none                            
JPN   28 Feb  Kochi                         19              Kochi Shimbun                           2:32:12     Mitsuhiko Suzawa (JPN)                      none                            
JPN   14 Mar  Fukuchiyama                    6              Fukuchiyama                             2:21:57.4   Tadaaki Ueoka (22,JPN)                      none                            
JPN   21 Mar  Mito                          13              Yomiuri Zenkoku                         2:23:50     Tomonari Sakai (27,JPN)                     none                            
JPN   21 Mar  Nagano                         8              Shinmai                                 2:22:31.6   Kimio Karasawa (II) (JPN)                   none                            
JPN   21 Mar  Nagoya                        13              Chunichi                                2:18:04     Takao Okamachi (29,JPN)                     none                            
JPN   21 Mar  Naha                          11              Shinpo Naha                             2:33:54     Seiichi Inagaki (21,JPN)                    none                            
JPN   21 Mar  Nobeoka                        3              Nobeoka                                 2:19:21.2   Masanao Haranishi (25,JPN)                  none                            
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JPN   ?? Apr  Fukui                          7              Fukui                                   2:24:46     Sadanobu Saito (22,JPN)                     none                            
JPN   ?? Apr  n/a                                           Kanto Intercollege                                                                                                              
JPN   09 May  Tokyo                         20              Mainichi                                2:22:55.8   Abebe Bikila (32,ETH)                       none                            
JPN   06 Jun  n/a                           16              Kanto Intercollegiate Championships     2:35:53.6   Toshihiko Uehara (24,JPN)                   none                            
JPN   22 Aug  Tamatsukuri                    8              Tamatsukuri Mainichi                    2:32:19.0   Hideaki Kobayashi (22,JPN)                  none                            
JPN   29 Aug  Sapporo                        8              Hokkai Times                            2:48:52.2   Yoshikazu Funasako (27,JPN)                 none                            
JPN   10 Oct  Fukuoka                       19     24+0     Mainichi                                2:18:35.8   Hidekuni Hiroshima (27,JPN)                 none                            
Kazakistan
KAZ   16 Oct  Almaty                                        Soviet Championship                     2:27:46     Mikhail Goryelov (28,RUS)                   none                            
Korea
KOR   07 Mar  Seoul                          2              Dong-A                                  2:21:21.6   Myung-Jung Lee (19,KOR)                     none                            
KOR   ?? ???  n/a                                           Korean Championships                    2:23:49     Bong-Nae Kim (23,KOR)                       none                            
Latvia
LAT   12 Sep  Riga                                          Latvian Championship                    2:33:12.6   Helmuts Gutmanis (LAT)                      none                            
Lithuania
LTU   19 Sep  Kaunas                                        Lithuanian Championship                 2:30:37     Kostas Barcius (LTU)                        none                            
Luxembourg
LUX   30 May  n/a                                           Luxembourg Championship                 n/a         Eric Pauly (LUX)                            none                            
Malaysia 
MAS   ?? Dec  Kuala Lumpur                   1              Southeast Asian Games                   3:06:20     Thin Sumbwegen (MYA)                        none                            
Mexico
MEX   ?? Oct  Morelia                                       Mexican Championships                   2:33:32     Fidel Negrete (33,MEX)                      none                            
Netherlands; The
NED   28 Aug  Enschede                      10              Enschede                                2:21:16     Aurele Vandendriessche (33,BEL)             none                            
Northern Ireland
NIR   29 May  Belfast                       20              Belfast                                 2:28:35     Raymond Kirkland (NIR)                      none                            
NIR   03 Jul  Belfast                                       All-Ireland Championship                2:39:35     William Dunne (31,IRL)                      none                            
Norway
NOR   25 Jul  Moss                                          n/a                                     2:23:12     Per-Gunnar Lien (28,NOR)                    none                            
NOR   12 Sep  Elverum                                       Sweden vs Norway                        2:23:52.4   Per-Gunnar Lien (28,NOR)                    none                            
New Zealand
NZL   13 Feb  Christchurch                  16              Canterbury Championship                 2:22:32     David McKenzie (21,NZL)                     none                            
NZL   20 Feb  Auckland                      10     33+0     Auckland                                2:26:28     Raymond Puckett (29,NZL)                    none                            
NZL   13 Mar  Dunedin                              31+0     New Zealand Championships               2:24:26.8   Raymond Puckett (29,NZL)                    none                            
NZL   ?? ???  Wellington                                    n/a                                     2:42:29     Barry Myers (NZL)                           none                            
NZL   10 Apr  Rotorua                        1     11+0     Fletcher Challenge                      2:35:04     Dave Heine (NZL)                            none                            
NZL   ?? ???  n/a                                           Northland Championship                  2:40:50     Ian Babe (NZL)                              none                            
NZL   14 Aug  Auckland                       1     36+0     Calliope Club Open                      2:21:28     Jeff Julian (29,NZL)                        none                            
NZL   23 Oct  Hamilton                       1              Hamilton Harrier Club                   2:21:10     Jeff Julian (30,NZL)                        none                            
NZL   ?? Nov  Feilding                      11              Feilding                                2:39:20     Terry Manners (26,NZL)                      none                            
NZL   ?? ???  Mosgiel                                       Mosgiel                                 2:29:49     M T Hansen (NZL)                            none                            
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NZL   04 Dec  Auckland                       5              Owairaka Lovelock Track                 2:24:29     William Baillie (31,NZL)                    none                            
NZL   04 Dec  Greymouth                                     Great Western                           2:23:26     David McKenzie (22,NZL)                     none                            
Pakistan
PAK   03 Apr  Lahore                               10+0     Pakistani Championships                 2:39:26     Mushtag Ahmad (25,PAK)                      none                            
Poland
POL   15 Aug  Szczecin                                      Polish Championships                    2:37:09     Marian Jurczynski (26,POL)                  none                            
Portugal
POR   02 May  Alges                                         Portuguese Championship                 2:43:16.8   Inacio Ribeiro (POR)                        none                            
Romania
ROM   18 Jul  Timisoara                                     Romanian Championship                   2:37:14.4   Toma Voicu (ROM)                            none                            
South Africa
RSA   02 Feb  Durban                        32              Durban Athletic Club                    2:45:15     William Jardine (RSA)                       none                            
RSA   27 Feb  Capetown                                      n/a                                     2:35:05.5   Wilhelm Olivier (30,RSA)                    none                            
RSA   27 Feb  Grahamstown                                   n/a                                     2:44:19     Barry Sawyer (31,RSA)                       none                            
RSA   20 Mar  Germiston                                     Southern Transvaal Championship         2:29:20.8   Tom Malone (26,RSA)                         none                            
RSA   20 Mar  Primrose                                      n/a                                     2:29:21     Clifford Malope (BOT)                       none                            
RSA   ?? Mar  Durban                         5              Savages                                 2:37:58     William Jardine (RSA)                       none                            
RSA   21 Mar  Libanon                                       Bantu Championships                     2:33:51.6   Sranley Nchunu (RSA)                        none                            
RSA   27 Mar  East London                    5              Border Championships                    2:44:02     Barry Sawyer (31,RSA)                       none                            
RSA   17 Apr  Potchefstoom                                  South African Championships for Whites  2:30:43.8   Sonny vanAntwerp (RSA)                      none                            
RSA   08 May  Welkom                                        South African Championships for Blacks  2:31:25.2   Bennett Makgamathe (31,RSA)                 none                            
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RSA   31 May  Cape Town                      2              Peninsula                               2:27:30     Wilhelm Olivier (30,RSA)                    none                            
RSA   12 Jul  Brakpan                       10              Golden Reef                             2:39:01.8a  Peter Whewell (25,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   18 Jul  Durban                                        n/a                                     2:31:49     William Jardine (RSA)                       none                            
RSA   08 Aug  Johannesburg                  20              Jackie Gibson                           2:55:02     P Hargreaves (RSA)                          none                            
RSA   ?? ???  King William's Town            2              Kaffrarian                              2:48:10x    Mike Warren (RSA)                           none                            
RSA   18 Sep  Stellenbosch                                  n/a                                     2:26:31     deVilliers Lamprecht (22,RSA)               none                            
RSA   11 Oct  Pietermaritzburg                              n/a                                     2:33:01     David Piper (21,RSA)                        none                            
RSA   28 Nov  Durban                                        n/a                                     2:32:59     William Jardine (RSA)                       none                            
Russia
RUS   10 Aug  Moscow                                        n/a                                     2:22:04.2   Sergey Popov (34,RUS)                       none                            
RUS   02 Nov  Grozny                                        n/a                                     2:20:05     Mohamed Schakirov (24,RUS)                  none                            
Scotland
SCO   15 May  Glasgow                        5              Shettleston Harriers                    2:18:30     Alistair-Fergus Murray (22,SCO)             none                            
SCO   12 Jun  Glasgow                                       Scottish Championships                  2:20:46     Alastair Wood (32,SCO)                      none                            
SCO   10 Jul  Forres                         1              Inverness-Forres                        2:29:54a    Alastair Wood (32,SCO)                      none                            
Switzerland
SUI   03 Jul  Bern                                          Six Nations                             2:28:29.4   Aurele Vandendriessche (32,BEL)             none                            
SUI   18 Sep  Sierre                                        Swiss Championship                      2:35:36     Josef Gwerder (26,SUI)                      none                            
SUI   ?? Nov  Frauenfeld                     1              Frauenfelder Militarwettmarsch          4:31:23     K Walder (SUI)                              none                            
Slovakia
SVK   22 May  Nove Mesto Nad Vahom           3     60+0     Povazsky                                2:22:17     Pavel Kantorek (35,CZE)                     none                            
SVK   08 Aug  Cadca                          8              Kysucky                                 2:34:27.6   Miroslav Ciboch (36,CZE)                    none                            
SVK   03 Oct  Kosice                        40    102+0     Kosice                                  2:23:47.0   Aurele Vandendriessche (33,BEL)             none                            
Sweden
SWE   12 Jun  Stockholm                                     n/a                                     2:31:07     Erik-Verner Ostbye (44,SWE)                 none                            
SWE   10 Oct  Tibro                                         Swedish Championships                   2:23:55     Erik-Verner Ostbye (44,SWE)                 none                            
SWE   ?? Nov  Danderyd                                      Winter                                  2:29:51     Torbjorn Lind (SWE)                         none                            
Trinidad and Tobago
TRI   31 Oct  Laventille                     1      7+0     Revival Milo                            2:57:42.5a  Michael deMatas (TRI)                       none                            
Ukraine
UKR   ?? Aug  Kiev                                          n/a                                     2:31:31     Viktor Baykov (30,RUS)                      none                            
UKR   31 Oct  Uzhgorod                                      Ukraine Championships                   2:19:34.8   Vitaliy Deputatov (32,RUS)                  none                            
United States
USA   17 Jan  San Diego CA                   1     19+0     Mission Bay                             2:49:04     Dave Waco (32,CA/USA)                       none                            
USA   24 Jan  Philadelphia PA               10     10+0     Shanahan Catholic Club                  2:37:23x    John Kelly (NY/USA)                         none                            
USA   21 Feb  Bronx NY                       8     31+0     Cherry Tree                             2:29:33.6   Tom McCarthy (IRL)                          none                            
USA   21 Feb  Fort Belvoir VA                4     10+0     DC and Atlantic Coast Regional          2:33:45     Robert Scharf (24,MD/USA)                   none                            
USA   06 Mar  New Orleans LA                 1     12+0     New Orleans RRC                         2:47:30     Henry Belin (LA/USA)                        none                            
USA   07 Mar  Honolulu HI                   10      3+0     Hawaiian AAU Championships              2:40:48     Harold Kuha (HI/USA)                        none                            
USA   28 Mar  Chicago IL                     4              Windy City                              2:32:03     Ron Daws (27,MN/USA)                        none                            
USA   19 Apr  Boston MA                     68    365+0     Boston                                  2:16:33a    Morio Shigematsu (24,JPN)                   none                            
USA   23 May  Yonkers NY                    41     57+0     Yonkers                                 2:33:50.6x  Garnett Williams (32,VA/USA)                none                            
USA   13 Jun  Holyoke MA                     3     57+0     Holyoke                                 2:22:39     Ron Wallingford (31,ON/CAN)                 none                            
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USA   07 Aug  Belmont CA                     2     44+0     Ocean to Bay                            2:49:59a    Tom Tuite (21,CA/USA)                       none                            
USA   22 Aug  Manitou Springs CO            10     25+0     Pike's Peak                             3:53:57     John Ray Rose (27,KS/USA)                   none                            
USA   28 Aug  Eugene OR                      2      3+0     Mohawk-McKenzie                         2:25:03     Ken Moore (21,OR/USA)                       none                            
USA   06 Sep  Columbia MO                    6     26+0     Heart of America                        2:37:17.7   Ron Daws (28,MN/USA)                        none                            
USA   25 Sep  Fairbanks AK                   3    190+139   Equinox                                 3:07:10     Ed Williams (AK/USA)            6:09:22     Susan Johnson (AK/USA)          
USA   02 Oct  Santa Barbara CA               1     17+0     Santa Barbara                           2:37:48.4   James vanManen (33,CA/USA)                  none                            
USA   09 Oct  Minneapolis MN                 3      5+0     Minnesota AAU Championships             2:27:45.4   Ron Daws (28,MN/USA)                        none                            
USA   17 Oct  Denver CO                      2     12+0     Denver                                  2:52:00     Sean O'Riordan (IRL)                        none                            
USA   31 Oct  Atlantic City NJ               6     23+0     Road Runners Club                       2:29:09.4   John Booras (33,MA/USA)                     none                            
USA   25 Nov  Detroit MI                     3     33+0     Motor City                              2:21:27.4   Ron Wallingford (32,ON/CAN)                 none                            
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USA   11 Dec  Culver City CA                18    112+0     Western Hemisphere                      2:19:13.0   Norm Higgins (29,CA/USA)                    none                            
USA   11 Dec  Cayuga IN                      2      9+0     Indiana AAU                             2:47:51     Hal Higdon (34,IN/USA)                      none                            
USA   18 Dec  Olema CA                       2     21+0     Point Reyes                             2:42:32     Garlon Prewitt (CA/USA)                     none                            
USA   19 Dec  Atlanta GA                     3     10+0     Peach Bowl                              2:37:55     Tom Graham (FL/USA)                         none                            
USA   26 Dec  Philadelphia PA               11     18+0     William Ruthrauff                       2:34:07.6   Tom Osler (25,NJ/USA)                       none                            
Wales
WAL   21 Aug  Port Talbot                                   AAA Championship                        2:16:50     William Adcocks (23,ENG)                    none                            
Zambia
ZAM   30 May  Mufulira                              6+0     Zambian Championships                   2:55:09     F Tupa (ZAM)                                none                            

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