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 
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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 
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 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
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 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

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