World Marathon Rankings for 1917
Men no marathons were held at the standard distance (42.195 km) 40 km/40.2km/25mi 2:30:12a (1) Fumio Uzawa (JPN) 21 Oct 1917 Yokohama JPN 2:31:23.2 (1) Genichi Hashimoto (JPN) 12 May 1917 Tokyo JPN 2:34:28.7 (1) Lauri Halonen (FIN) 24 Mar 1894 29 Jul 1917 Helsinki FIN 2:35:18.5< (1) Gustav Kinn (SWE) 10 Jun 1895 08 Jul 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:35:43.8 (2) Tominosuke Kato (JPN) 12 May 1917 Tokyo JPN 2:35:47.5 (1) Gustav Kinn-2 10 Jun 1895 16 Sep 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:37:41 (1) Rudolf Wahlin (SWE) 02 Nov 1887 23 Sep 1917 Uppsala SWE 2:38:22.5 (1) Sukeyuki Akiba (JPN) 18 Nov 1917 Nishinomiya JPN 2:39:35.7< (2) Runar Ohman (SWE) 20 May 1890 08 Jul 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:40:25 (1) Hans Schuster (SWE) 07 Dec 1888 22 Feb 1917 Bronx NY USA 10 2:40:35.9 (1) Matti Leminen (FIN) 05 Mar 1889 15 Jul 1917 Kotka FIN 2:40:50 (2) Harry Lucas (NY/USA) 22 Feb 1917 Bronx NY USA 2:42:24.2 (3) Sukeyuki Akiba (JPN) 12 May 1917 Tokyo JPN 2:42:27 (2) Yahei Miura (JPN) 02 Apr 1891 18 Nov 1917 Nishinomiya JPN 2:42:35< (3) Oscar Bjork (SWE) 05 Feb 1889 08 Jul 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:42:59 (3) Ichizo Itadani (JPN) 18 Nov 1917 Nishinomiya JPN 2:43:04 (1) Lauri Halonen-2 24 Mar 1894 09 Sep 1917 Viipuri FIN 2:43:10 (2) Gabriel Ruotsalainen (FIN) 13 Mar 1893 15 Jul 1917 Kotka FIN 2:43:35 (3) Arthur Roth (USA) 10 May 1892 22 Feb 1917 Bronx NY USA 2:44:07.6< (4) William Gruner (SWE) 06 May 1888 08 Jul 1917 Stockholm SWE 20 2:44:52.5 (2) Vilhelm Larsson SWE 1891 16 Sep 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:45:22.9 (2) Axel Stenlund (SWE) 23 Sep 1917 Uppsala SWE 2:46:19.9 (3) Runar Ohman-2 20 May 1890 16 Sep 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:46:44.6 (4) Hitoshi Sasaki (JPN) 12 May 1917 Tokyo JPN 2:46:58.2 (1) William Gruner-2 06 May 1888 20 May 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:47:00 (4) Sidney Hatch (IL/USA) 06 Dec 1885 22 Feb 1917 Bronx NY USA 2:47:52.8 (2) Aarne Kallberg (FIN) 27 Jul 1891 29 Jul 1917 Helsinki FIN 2:48:07 (1) Rudolf Hansen (DEN) 30 Mar 1889 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 2:48:46 (2) William Gruner-3 06 May 1888 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 2:49:12 (3) J Laaksonen (FIN) 29 Jul 1917 Helsinki FIN 30 2:50:18 (3) Aage Jensen (DEN) 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 2:50:21.2 (5) Ikichi Ide (JPN) 12 May 1917 Tokyo JPN 2:50:55 (4) Holger Jorgensen (DEN) 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 2:51:15 (1) Hans Buchardt (DEN) 30 Nov 1893 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 2:54:00 (2) Rudolf Hansen-2 30 Mar 1889 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 2:54:50.9 (2) Anton Gustavsson (SWE) 1890 20 May 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:55:15 (3) Axel Ohrbom (SWE) 20 May 1917 Stockholm SWE 2:56:35 (5) Poul Larsen (DEN) 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 2:59:10.4 (1) Juri Lossman (EST) 04 Feb 1891 19 Aug 1917 Tallinn EST 2:59:51 (1) Joseph Giorgio (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 40 3:00:05 (3) Georg Jensen (DEN) 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:00:13 (2) Heinrich Tann (EST) 19 Aug 1917 Tallinn EST 3:01:03 (3) Hinrich Paal (EST) 26 Jun 1895 19 Aug 1917 Tallinn EST 3:02:42 (6) P Kjaerby(DEN) 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:05:05 (2) Harry Spies (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:05:15 (3) James Brooks (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:06:00 (4) Sofus Rose (DEN) 10 Apr 1894 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:07:05 (5) A Wilhelm (DEN) 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:07:05 (4) Peter (Panayotis) Trivoulidis (NY/GRE) 1891 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:08:30 (7) Oscar Bjork-2 05 Feb 1889 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 50 3:09:05 (6) I Husted (DEN) 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:09:10 (7) Reinhard Andersen (DEN) 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:09:58 (8) Svend Jensen (DEN) 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:10:35 (9) A Wilhelm-2 09 Sep 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:10:40 (5) Billy Frank (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:14:24 (6) Frank Gillespie (IL/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:25:12 (8) Jens Kroman (DEN) 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 3:25:45 (7) George Kirkwood (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:28:32 (8) William Boak (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:31:00 (9) Carl Jensen (DEN) 03 Jun 1917 Copenhagen DEN 60 3:31:56 (4) Adolf Kukke (EST) 19 Aug 1917 Tallinn EST 3:32:50< (1) Laur. Nielsen (DEN) 06 May 1917 Ringsted DEN 3:34:46 (9) Olin Weeks (NY/USA) 1869 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:35:17 (10) Harry Parkinson (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:37:00< (2) Johannes Petersen (DEN) 06 May 1917 Ringsted DEN 3:42:06 (11) Robert Hug (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:49:30 (5) Alfred Schmidt (EST) 01 May 1898 19 Aug 1917 Tallinn EST 3:51:21 (12) Louis Rado (USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 3:52:36.4 (6) Ferdinand Birkentok (EST) 19 Aug 1917 Tallinn EST 3:58:19 (13) Jean Barinque (NY/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA 4:03:xx (14) James Hocking (NJ/USA) 29 Nov 1917 Yonkers NY USA Short Course (ca 24.5 mi/39 km)
2:24:04.2 (1) Clarence DeMar(NH/USA) 07 Jun 1888 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:25:35.2 (2) Ville Kyronen (FIN) 14 Jun 1891 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:27:36.6 (3) Carl Linder (MA/USA) 29 Dec 1890 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:29:03 (4) Arthur Roth (MA/USA) 10 May 1892 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:36:04 (5) William Kennedy (IL/USA) 1884 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:40:30 (6) Hans Schuster (SWE) 07 Dec 1888 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:48:xx (7) Al Horne (MA/USA) 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:51:20 (8) Mike Dwyer (NY/USA) 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:52:30 (9) Williams Franz (NY/USA) 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA 2:55:xx (10) Harry Parker (MA/USA) 05 Oct 1917 Brockton MA USA
Short Course (between 37.1 and 38.3 km)
2:28:37.2 (1) William Kennedy (IL/USA) 1884 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:30:19.2 (2) Sidney Hatch (IL/USA) 06 Dec 1885 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:31:05 (3) Clarence DeMar(NH/USA) 07 Jun 1888 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:31:58 (4) Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 09 Dec 1889 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:36:20 (5) Charles Mellor (IL/USA) 27 Dec 1893 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:37:28 (6) Hans Schuster (SWE) 07 Dec 1888 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:38:38 (7) Carl Linder (MA/USA) 29 Dec 1890 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:40:06.2 (8) Mike Lynch (DC/USA) 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:44:28 (9) Prescot Dean (NY/USA) 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA 2:44:28 (10) Leroy David (MA/USA) 19 Apr 1917 Boston MA USA
Last Updated on 31 Aug 2020
Contributors: Roger Gynn, Malcolm Heyworth, Andy Milroy, Mikko Nieminen, Aarand Roos, Yiannis Mamouzelos