World Marathon Rankings for 1916
Men no marathons were held at the standard distance (42.195 km) 40 km/40.2km/25mi 2:33:22 (1) Lauri Halonen (FIN) 24 Mar 1894 10 Sep 1916 Turku FIN 2:35:01t (1) Oscar Bjork (SWE) 05 Feb 1889 08 Aug 1916 Oslo NOR 2:35:51.7< (1) Oscar Bjork-2 05 Feb 1889 01 Jun 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:37:17.2 (1) Ville Kyronen (FIN) 14 Jun 1891 06 Oct 1916 Brockton MA USA 2:39:07t (2) Rudolf Wahlin (SWE) 02 Nov 1887 08 Aug 1916 Oslo NOR 2:39:40.4 (1) Runar Ohman (SWE) 20 May 1890 03 Sep 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:40:04 (1) Jakob Westberg (SWE) 15 Dec 1885 17 Sep 1916 Copenhagen DEN 2:40:44.2 (2) Sidney Hatch (IL/USA) 06 Dec 1885 06 Oct 1916 Brockton MA USA 2:40:59.7< (2) Rudolf Wahlin-2 02 Nov 1887 01 Jun 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:41:00.4< (1) Jakob Westberg-2 15 Dec 1885 09 Jul 1916 Stockholm SWE 10 2:41:10.3 (2) William Gruner (SWE) 06 May 1888 03 Sep 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:41:16.5< (3) Edvin Hellgren (SWE) 01 Jun 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:41:23< (2) Rudolf Wahlin-3 02 Nov 1887 09 Jul 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:42:07.9< (3) Oscar Bjork-3 05 Feb 1889 09 Jul 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:43:24 (2) Georg Jensen (DEN) 17 Sep 1916 Copenhagen DEN 2:43:29.6< (4) Gustav Kinn (SWE) 10 Jun 1895 09 Jul 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:44:29.9 (1) Jakob Westberg-3 15 Dec 1885 14 May 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:45:54 (2) Aarne Kallberg (FIN) 27 Jul 1891 10 Sep 1916 Turku FIN 2:46:47.1< (6) Jacob Skoog (SWE) 09 Jul 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:47:45 (3) Rudolf Wahlin-4 02 Nov 1887 17 Sep 1916 Copenhagen DEN 20 2:47:53 (1) Leonard Tikkanen (FIN) 24 Sep 1916 Helsinki FIN 2:47:56.1< (7) Axel Ohlsson (SWE) 1893 09 Jul 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:48:40a (1) Arthur Roth (MA/USA) 10 May 1892 22 Feb 1916 Brooklyn NY USA 2:48:59.4 (2) William Gruner-2 06 May 1888 14 May 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:49:07a (2) Hans Schuster (NY/SWE) 07 Dec 1888 22 Feb 1916 Brooklyn NY USA 2:49:12.5 (3) Oscar Bjork-4 05 Feb 1889 03 Sep 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:49:22.4 (3) Jalmari Ristikankare (FIN) 10 Sep 1916 Turku FIN 2:49:31.4 (4) Gustav Falk (SWE) 03 Sep 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:49:49 (3) Oscar Bjork-3 05 Feb 1889 14 May 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:51:04t (3) Axel Simonsen (SWE) 11 Mar 1887 08 Aug 1916 Oslo NOR 30 2:51:15a (1) Hans Buchardt (DEN) 30 Nov 1893 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 2:51:19.7 (6) Gustav Kinn-2 10 Jun 1895 03 Sep 1916 Stockholm SWE 2:51:26 (4) Alfred Nielsen (DEN) 17 Sep 1916 Copenhagen DEN 2:51:57 (5) Thorvald Nielsen (DEN) 17 Sep 1916 Copenhagen DEN 2:51:58.4 (1) Ville Kyronen (FIN) 14 Jun 1891 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 2:52:10a (3) Harry Lucas (NY/USA) 22 Feb 1916 Brooklyn NY USA 2:52:29.2 (3) William Kennedy (NY/USA) 1884 06 Oct 1916 Brockton MA USA 2:54:59a (1) Juri Lossman (EST) 04 Feb 1891 28 May 1916 Tallinn EST 2:55:10a (4) William Rozett (NY/USA) 22 Feb 1916 Brooklyn NY USA 2:55:15 (1) Johs.(Johannes?) Andersen (NOR) 26 Jun 1916 Oslo NOR 40 2:56:41a (2) Johannes Christensen (DEN) 14 Feb 1889 14 May 1916 Vilso DEN 2:57:01 (4) Leroy Davis (MA/USA) 06 Oct 1916 Brockton MA USA 2:57:59 (6) Aage Jensen (DEN) 17 Sep 1916 Copenhagen DEN 2:59:50 (1) Gustav Kinn-3 10 Jun 1895 10 Jun 1916 Uppsala SWE 3:00:26 (2) Sidney Hatch-2 06 Dec 1885 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:02:18a (3) Rudolf Hansen (DEN) 30 Mar 1889 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 3:02: (5) Hans Schuster-2 07 Dec 1888 06 Oct 1916 Brockton MA USA 3:03:54.6< (11) Johannes Christensen-2 14 Feb 1889 09 Jul 1916 Stockholm SWE 3:05:06a (2) Heinrich Paal (EST) 26 Jun 1895 28 May 1916 Tallinn EST 3:05:15 (1) Sidney Hatch-3 06 Dec 1885 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA 50 3:05:41a (4) Kaj Ancker (DEN) 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 3:07:41 (3) James Brooks (NY/USA) 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:08:34 (4) Mike Dwyer (NY/USA) 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:11:31a (5) Th Vilhelmsen (DEN) 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 3:13:06a (6) Georg Jensen (DEN) 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 3:15:31 (5) Joe Carr (NY/USA) 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:15:34 (6) William Kennedy (IL/USA) 1884 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:18:20 (7) Charles Leventhal (NY/USA) 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:18:34 (2) William Kennedy-2 1884 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA 3:22:06 (8) George Kirkwood (NY/USA) 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 60 3:24:08a (7) Harald Andersen (DEN) 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 3:26:00a (8) Carl Ramussen (DEN) 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 3:28:42 (9) Gragg Richards (MA/USA) 14 Aug 1880 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:31:03a (3) Heinrich Tann (EST) 28 May 1916 Tallinn EST 3:31:41 (3) Olaf Lodal (IL/USA) 06 Jul 1885 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA 3:33:42 (4) Joe Kowalski (IL/USA) 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA 3:36:12 (10) Olin Weeks (NY/USA) 1869 23 Dec 1916 Yonkers NY USA 3:39:00a (9) Emil Palmgren (DEN) 14 May 1916 Vikso DEN 3:43:37.8< (1) Johannes Petersen (DEN) 07 May 1916 Ringsted DEN 3:51:15 (5) Manuel Cooper (IL/USA) 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA 70 4:05:00a (4) Alfred Schmidt (EST) 01 May 1898 28 May 1916 Tallinn EST 4:07:33a (5) nfn Roode (EST) 28 May 1916 Tallinn EST 4:12:08a (6) Ferdinand Birkentok (EST) 28 May 1916 Tallinn EST 4:15:07 (6) Abraham Monteverde (NY/USA) 22 Dec 1869 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA 4:25:26 (6) Frank Heath (IL/USA) 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA 4:26:28a (7) Adolf Kukke (EST) 28 May 1916 Tallinn EST 4:54:55 (9) Tony Weiss (MO/USA) 06 May 1916 Saint Louis MO USA < indicates mark at 40km
Short Course (between 37.1 and 38.3 km)
2:27:16.4a (1) Arthur Roth (MA/USA) 10 May 1892 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:27:27a (2) Ville Kyronen (FIN) 14 Jun 1891 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:28:30a (3) Sidney Hatch (IL/USA) 06 Dec 1885 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:30:34a (4) James Corkery (ON/CAN) 27 Jun 1889 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:34:18a (5) William Brown (MA/USA) 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:35:17.8a (6) William Kennedy (IL/USA) 1884 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:39:39.4a (7) John Phillips (NY/USA) 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:41:09.8a (8) Arthur Jamieson (ON/CAN) 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:41:22a (9) Mike Lynch (DC/USA) 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA 2:43:39.4a (10) George Moss (NY/USA) 19 Apr 1916 Boston MA USA
Last Updated on 18 Jun 2011
Contributors: Roger Gynn, Malcolm Heyworth, Andy Milroy, Mikko Nieminen, Aarand Roos, Yiannis Mamouzelos