World Marathon Rankings for 1923

Men
 2:40:46.8a  (1)   Axel Jensen (DEN)                 17 Sep 1899  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 2:43:16.8   (1)   Ville Kyronen (FIN)               14 Jan 1891  16 Sep 1923  Helsinki FIN
 2:43:47     (1)   Masao Muraoka (JPN)                            11 Nov 1923  Tokyo JPN
 2:43:53.6   (1)   Gabriel Ruotsalainen (FIN)        13 Mar 1893  09 Sep 1923  Terijoki FIN
 2:48:23.8t  (1)   Albert Michelsen (NY/USA)         16 Dec 1893  30 May 1923  New York NY USA
 2:49:48.4   (1)   Gustave Lacolle (FRA)                    1898  15 Jul 1923  Paris FRA
 2:49:49.2   (2)   Akseli Karlsson (FIN)                    1892  09 Sep 1923  Terijoki FIN
 2:50:45.8   (3)   Vilho Hietakari (FIN)             06 Apr 1894  09 Sep 1923  Terijoki FIN
 2:50:52t    (2)   William Kennedy (NY/USA)                 1884  30 May 1923  New York USA
 2:51:25     (1)   Ernie Leatherland (GBR)           23 Jun 1894  02 Jun 1923  Manchester ENG
                    10
 2:52:22.3   (1)   Paul Hempel (GER)                 30 Jun 1890  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 2:53:40a    (1)   Henri Siret (FRA)                 19 Mar 1887  28 Oct 1923  Brussels BEL
 2:53:50.8   (1)   Ettore Blasi (ITA)                18 Mar 1895  30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 2:52:56     (1)   Alfons Van Hoye (BEL)                    1892  07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 2:53:56.2a  (2)   A Robert Mills (GBR)              16 Jan 1894  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 2:54:20     (2)   Charles Cools (BEL)                            07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 2:54:46.2   (2)   nfn Souchu (FRA)                               15 Jul 1923  Paris FRA
 2:55:36     (3)   Alexandre Julien (FRA)                   1891  07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 2:56:04     (3)   Henri Mauchamp (FRA)                     1894  15 Jul 1923  Paris FRA
 2:57:10.6   (4)   nfn Bourgeois (FRA)                            15 Jul 1923  Paris FRA
                    20
 2:57:16a    (2)   Charles Cools-2                                28 Oct 1923  Brussels BEL
 2:58.10.0a  (1)   Harold 'Mick' Hayden  (AUS)                    29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 2:58:22.8   (2)   Alberto Cavellero (ITA)           14 Sep 1900  30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 2:58:47.4   (3)   Valerio Arri (ITA)                22 Jun 1892  30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 2:58:xx     (1)   Seiichi Mori (JPN)                             26 May 1923  Osaka JPN
 2:59:07.8a  (3)   P Selman  (GBR)                                16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 2:59:15.8a  (4)   E Geal (GBR)                                   16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 2:59:27.2   (2)   Walter Ohle (GER)                 09 May 1895  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 2:59:45     (4)   Matti Leminen (FIN)               05 Mar 1889  09 Sep 1923  Terijoki FIN
 2:59:47.4   (1)   Albert Michelsen-2                16 Dec 1893  16 Jun 1923  Baltimore MD USA
                    30
 2:59:51a    (3)   Alphons VanHoye (BEL)                    1892  28 Oct 1923  Brussels BEL
 2:59:53a    (1)   August Braem (BEL)                             27 May 1923  Antwerp BEL
 3:00:14.3   (3)   Max Wils (GER)                    28 Aug 1885  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 3:00:25a    (5)   J Farrer (GBR)                                 16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:00:xx     (2)   Teruji Hasegawa (JPN)                          26 May 1923  Osaka JPN
 3:01:05.8a  (6)   M Joseph Morgan (GBR)                          16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:01:12.4a  (7)   W Bisp (GBR)                                   16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:01:36.5   (4)   Franz Wanderer (GER)              20 Feb 1901  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 3:01:46.8   (5)   nfn Gockel (GER)                               28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 3:02:04.2t  (3)   Michael Dwyer (NY/USA)                         30 May 1923  New York USA
                    40
 3:02:27.6t  (4)   Harvey Frick (NY/USA)             13 Oct 1893  30 May 1923  New York USA
 3:03:04a    (4)   nfn Jansen                                     28 Oct 1923  Brussels BEL
 3:03:11a    (5)   Jules Dhaenens (BEL)                           28 Oct 1923  Brussels BEL
 3:03:29a    (6)   Alexandre Julien-2                       1891  28 Oct 1923  Brussels BEL
 3:03:38.2a  (8)   W Clark (GBR)                                  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:04:10.0a  (2)   Harold Parcell(AUS)                            29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 3:04:11     (3)   Kahei Hamada (JPN)                             26 May 1923  Osaka JPN
 3:04:50     (4)   Pal Kiraly (HUN)                  07 Nov 1897  30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:05:12.3   (6)   Ernst Albrecht (GER)              29 Apr 1890  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 3:05:13     (4)   G Parot (FRA)                                  07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
                    50
 3:05:36a    (9)   F Peace (GBR)                                  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:05:45     (2)   Arthur Farrimond (GBR)            30 Sep 1893  02 Jun 1923  Manchester ENG
 3:05:48     (5)   Emilio Alciati (ITA)              03 Dec 1901  30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:06:08     (2)   William Kennedy-2                        1884  16 Jun 1923  Baltimore MD USA
 3:06:19.4   (7)   Willi Schumann (GER)              22 Sep 1901  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 3:06:52.3   (8)   Werner Burkhardt (GER)                   1900  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 3:07:20     (5)   Gabriel Longchal (FRA)                   1891  07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 3:07:48.8   (5)   nfn Eugerrau (FRA)                             15 Jul 1923  Paris FRA
 3:08:39.8   (9)   Otto Nitsche (GER)                16 Dec 1903  28 Jul 1923  Berlin GER
 3:10:23     (5)   E Ohlström (FIN)                               09 Sep 1923  Terijoki FIN
                    60
 3:11:14.4a  (1)   Pierre Scholtes (LUX)                          07 Oct 1923  Luxembourg LUX
 3:11:20.8a  (10)  F Farrow (GBR)                                 16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:12:06     (1)   Harry Phillips (RSA)              20 Jun 1883  09 Sep 1923  Johannesburg RSA
 3:12:15     (6)   Gaston Leclercq (FRA)                          07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 3:12:41.2   (11)  James Wilson (GBR)                       1885  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:13:12.4   (1)   Duncan McLeod Wright (SCO)        22 Sep 1896  28 Apr 1923  Aberdeen SCO
 3:13:55     (3)   Harvey Frick-2                    13 Oct 1893  16 Jun 1923  Baltimore MD USA
 3:13:59.4   (2)   Jim Ronaldson (SCO)                            28 Apr 1923  Aberdeen SCO
 3:13:xx     (4)   Ampei Morii (JPN)                              26 May 1923  Osaka JPN
 3:14:42     (7)   nfn Cousin (FRA)                               07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
                    70
 3:15:37     (6)   Giuseppe Ferrera (ITA)                         30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:16:09     (8)   Elie Bon (FRA)                           1888  07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 3:16:14     (9)   nfn Vrau (FRA)                                 07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 3:16:15     (7)   Giuseppe Pizzi (ITA)                           30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:17.01.5a  (3)   Michael Murphy (AUS)                           29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 3:18:44     (8)   Max Wils-2                        28 Aug 1885  30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:20:12a    (14)  G Green (GBR)                                  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:20:26     (10)  F Labarthe (FRA)                               07 Oct 1923  Montrouge FRA
 3:20:36a    (4)   L Rowney (AUS)                                 29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 3:21:05     (3)   M Ward (GBR)                                   02 Jun 1923  Manchester ENG
                    80
 3:21:22     (9)   Chilberto Mancinelli  (ITA)                    30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:21:55     (4)   Charley Bryant(GBR)               09 Sep 1886  02 Jun 1923  Manchester ENG
 3:22:45     (10)  Angelo Cassiani (ITA)                          30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:23:11     (11)  Luigi Lotti (ITA)                              30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:24:01     (12)  Gustave Lacolle-2                        1898  30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:25:33     (13)  Giovanni Guerreschi (ITA)                      30 Sep 1923  Turin ITA
 3:30:05     (2)   Arthur Newton (ENG)               20 May 1883  09 Sep 1923  Johannesburg  RSA
 3:30:45     (5)   James Wilson-2                           1885  02 Jun 1923  Manchester ENG
 3:31:34a    (5)   P Quinn (AUS)                                  29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 3:32:29a    (6)   L Hughes (AUS)                                 29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
                    90
 3:33:00a    (7)   Thomas Byrne (AUS)                       1883  29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 3:37:53     (6)   A Suokas (FIN)                                 09 Sep 1923  Terijoki FIN
 3:38:22     (6)   E Morris (GBR)                                 02 Jun 1923  Manchester ENG
 3:41:10.2   (3)   William Angus (SCO)                            28 Apr 1923  Aberdeen SCO
 3:44:44a    (8)   M Bourke (AUS)                                 29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 3:45:15a    (9)   V Maher (AUS)                                  29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 3:50:xx     ( )   Dick Unsold (MD/USA)                           16 Jun 1923  Baltimore MD USA
 3:57:54.2   (4)   Harry Russell (SCO)                            28 Apr 1923  Aberdeen SCO
 3:59:40a    (10)  Algie Hargreaves (AUS)                         29 Sep 1923  Melbourne AUS
 4:00:53.6   (5)   David Ritchie (SCO)                            28 Apr 1923  Aberdeen SCO
                   100

40 km/40.2km/25mi
 2:30:15<    (1)   Henri Siret (FRA)                 19 Mar 1887  11 Nov 1923  Paris FRA
 2:31:59.3   (1)   Axel Jensen (DEN)                 17 Sep 1899  26 Aug 1923  Odense DEN
 2:32:45<    (2)   Charles Cools(BEL)                             11 Nov 1923  Paris FRA
 2:33:56     (1)   Axel Jensen-2                     17 Sep 1899  09 Sep 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:34:48     (1)   Frank Zuna (NY/USA)               02 Jan 1893  07 Apr 1923  Detroit MI USA
 2:35:47     (2)   Sofus Rose (DEN)                  10 Apr 1894  09 Sep 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:35:55     (3)   Paul Hempel (GER)                 30 Jun 1890  09 Sep 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:36:35     (1)   Axel Jensen-3                     17 Sep 1899  30 Sep 1923  Malmo SWE
 2:38:01.2   (2)   Verner Laaksonen (FIN)            07 Nov 1895  16 Sep 1923  Helsinki FIN
 2:38:45<    (3)   Alfons VanHoye (BEL)                     1892  11 Nov 1923  Paris FRA
                    10
 2:39:10<    (4)   Elie Bon (FRA)                           1888  11 Nov 1923  Paris FRA
 2:40:14     (1)   Pal Kiraly (HUN)                  07 Nov 1897  20 Oct 1923  Budapest HUN
 2:40:59.7   (1)   Juri Lossman (EST)                04 Feb 1891  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 2:41:52     (1)   Sofus Rose-2                      10 Apr 1894  11 Aug 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:42:16.3   (3)   Frans Lahti (FIN)                 01 Oct 1897  16 Sep 1923  Helsinki FIN
 2:42:xx     (2)   Arne Suominen (IL/USA)                   1900  07 Apr 1923  Detroit MI USA
 2:43:08.7   (2)   Janos Hrenyovszky (HUN)                        20 Oct 1923  Budapest HUN
 2:43:27.7   (4)   Eino Nouslainen (FIN)                          16 Sep 1923  Helsinki FIN
 2:43:31<    (1)   William Gruner (SWE)              06 May 1888  02 Sep 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:44:00     (2)   Sofus Rose-3                      10 Apr 1894  26 Aug 1923  Odense DEN
                    20
 2:44:51     (2)   Teofelius Jensen (DEN)                         11 Aug 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:45:29<    (2)   Gustaf Mattsson (SWE)             08 Sep 1893  02 Sep 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:46:27.5   (2)   Axel Jensen-4                     17 Sep 1899  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 2:46:xx     (3)   Frank Wendling (NY/USA)           25 Aug 1897  07 Apr 1923  Detroit MI USA
 2:47:15     (4)   William Gruner-2                  06 May 1888  09 Sep 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:47:40     (1)   Axel Ohlsson (SWE)                07 Mar 1893  29 Jul 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:48:49.9   (3)   Pal Kiraly-2                      07 Nov 1897  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 2:49:20.8   (5)   Olli Vanttinen (FIN)                     1896  16 Sep 1923  Helsinki FIN
 2:49:44     (2)   Anton Gustavsson (SWE)                   1890  29 Jul 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:49:59     (3)   William Gruner-3                  06 May 1888  29 Jul 1923  Stockholm SWE
                    30
 2:50:02     (3)   Teofelius Jensen-2                             26 Aug 1923  Odense DEN
 2:50:18.6   (3)   Jozsef Bese (HUN)                              20 Oct 1923  Budapest HUN
 2:50:24     (2)   Holger Jorgensen (DEN)                         30 Sep 1923  Malmo SWE
 2:51:55     (1)   Matti Leminen (FIN)               05 Mar 1889  02 Sep 1923  Viipuri FIN
 2:52:07.2<  (3)   Axel Ohlsson-2                    07 Mar 1893  02 Sep 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:52:32     (4)   David Guttman (SWE)               24 Jul 1883  29 Jul 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:52:56     (1)   Hans Schuster (SWE)               07 Dec 1888  19 Jul 1923  Boras SWE
 2:52:xx     (3)   Poul Larsen (DEN)                              30 Sep 1923  Malmo SWE
 2:53:00.3   (6)   Leonard Tikkanen (FIN)                   1893  16 Sep 1923  Helsinki FIN
 2:53:22     (3)   Poul Larsen-2                                  11 Aug 1923  Copenhagen DEN
                    40
 2:54:04.7   (1)   Anton Gustavsson-2                       1890  17 Jun 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:54:58     (5)   Hans Nielsen (DEN)                             09 Sep 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:55:04.7   (2)   Henry Sjosten (SWE)               24 Feb 1894  17 Jun 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:55:33     (6)   Carl Heller (DEN)                              09 Sep 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:56:28     (4)   Holger Jorgensen-2                             11 Aug 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 2:56:51.4   (3)   William Gruner-4                  06 May 1888  17 Jun 1923  Stockholm SWE
 2:56:56.8<  (1)   Willy Scholz (GER)                       1897  30 Sep 1923  Prague CZE
 2:57:12.1   (4)   Einar Sunden (SWE)                       1898  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 2:58:12     (4)   Jozsef Frank (HUN)                             20 Oct 1923  Budapest HUN
 2:58:49.8   (5)   Anton Gustavsson-3                       1890  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
                    50
 3:00:39<    (2)   Josef Franz (AUT)                              30 Sep 1923  Prague CZE
 3:01:48.4<  (3)   Frantisek Zyka (CZE)              03 Mar 1902  30 Sep 1923  Prague CZE
 3:03:03.6   (6)   Taavetti Kolehmainen (FIN)        21 Apr 1885  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 3:03:12a    (1)   Knut Engdahl (SWE)                             28 Jul 1923  Bjarred SWE
 3:04:07.9   (7)   Hans Schuster-2                   07 Dec 1888  08 Jul 1923  GoteborgSWE
 3:07:35     (2)   Claes Johansson (SWE)             08 Jul 1886  19 Jul 1923  Boras SWE
 3:08:15.4   (8)   Claes Johansson-2                        1886  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 3:08:55.2   (9)   Knut Engdahl-2                                 08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 3:09:06     (10)  David Guttman-2                   24 Jul 1883  08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
 3:11:52.4   (12)  nfn Scholtz (GER)                              08 Jul 1923  Goteborg SWE
                    60
 3:20:28<    (4)   Frantisek Mazanec (CZE)                        30 Sep 1923  Prague CZE
 3:25:54.2<  (5)   Frantisek Bartuska (CZE)                       30 Sep 1923  Prague CZE
 3:26:30     (7)   Einar Schmidt (DEN)                            09 Sep 1923  Copenhagen DEN
 3:26:31     (3)   Lennart Larsson (SWE)                          19 Jul 1923  Boras SWE
 3:26:39.2<  (6)   Antonin Husek (CZE)                            30 Sep 1923  Prague CZE
 3:28:59     (2)   Oscar Larsson (SWE)                            28 Jul 1923  Bjarred SWE
 3:32:08     (1)   Alexandros Kranis (GRE)                  1897  07 Oct 1923  Athens GRE
 3:45:41<    (1)   Einar Andersson (SWE)                          29 Jul 1923  Karlstad SWE

< indicates mark made at 40 km

Intermediate mark
 2:35:05.7+  (1)   Ville Kyronen (FIN)               14 Jan 1891  16 Sep 1923  Helsinki FIN

Non-Standard Course (42 km)
 2:45:00a   (1)   Charles Cools (BEL)                             23 Sep 1923  Ghent BEL
 2:45:14a   (2)   nfn De Blaeser (BEL)                            23 Sep 1923  Ghent BEL
 2:45:30a   (3)   Alfons VanHoye (BEL)                      1892  23 Sep 1923  Ghent BEL
 2:45:40a   (4)   Alexandre Julien (FRA)                    1891  23 Sep 1923  Ghent BEL

Non-Standard Course (25.75 mi, prevented from running the final two laps of the track)
 3:18:23a   (12)   F Fearn (GBR)                                  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:19:05a   (13)   J Croucher (GBR)                               16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 n.t.k      (14)   G Green (GBR)                                  16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:21:10a   (15)   M Ward (GBR)                                   16 Jun 1923  London ENG
 3:30:06a   (16)   H Maybrey (GBR)                                16 Jun 1923  London ENG

Non-Standard Course (<40  km)
 2:28:11.5a  (1)   Einar Sunden (SWE)                       1898  29 Jul 1923  Narke SWE
 2:39:59.8a  (2)   H Haglund (SWE)                                29 Jul 1923  Narke SWE
 2:44:04a    (3)   S Strom (SWE)                                  29 Jul 1923  Narke SWE

Non-Standard Course (between 37.1 and 38.3 km
 2:23:47.4   (1)   Clarence DeMar (NH/USA)           07 Jun 1888  19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:25:03.4   (2)   Frank Zuna (NY/USA)               02 Jan 1893  19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:27:20.8   (3)   Henning Waldemar Karlsson (IL/SWE)20 May 1897  19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:28:27.4   (4)   Albert Michelsen (NY/USA)         16 Dec 1893  19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:29:40.6   (5)   Gunnar Nilson (NY/SWE)                         19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:29:46.2   (6)   Nestor Erickson (NY/FIN)                       19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:30:03     (7)   Carl Linder (MA/USA)              29 Dec 1890  19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:33:47     (8)   William Kennedy (NY/USA)                 1884  19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:38:20     (9)   Joseph Conto (NY/USA)                          19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA
 2:40:41     (10)  Arthur Flanders (MA/USA)                       19 Apr 1923  Boston MA USA

Non-Standard Course (36.2  km)
 2:36:49.8   (1)   Aleksandr Lavrov (RUS)                         08 Sep 1923  Moscow RUS
 2:46:38.6   (2)   Boris Vasilyev (RUS)                           08 Sep 1923  Moscow RUS
 2:47:50.6   (3)   Pyotr Nikolayev (RUS)                          08 Sep 1923  Moscow RUS
 2:47:50.8   (4)   nfn Popov (RUS)                                08 Sep 1923  Moscow RUS
 3:01:52.5   (5)   Viktor Tislev (RUS)                            08 Sep 1923  Moscow RUS
 3:27:42.4   (6)   nfn Kholopov (RUS)                             08 Sep 1923  Moscow RUS 

Last Updated on 31 Aug 2020

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