World Marathon Rankings for 1954

Men
 2:17:39.4a  ( 1)  James Peters (ENG)               24 Oct 1918   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:23:08a    ( 2)  Stanley Cox (GBR)                15 Jul 1918   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:24:51.6   ( 1)  Veikko Karvonen (FIN)            05 Jan 1926   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI 
 2:24:55     ( 1)  Reinaldo Gorno (ARG)             18 Jun 1918   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN 
 2:24:55.6   ( 2)  Boris Grishayev (RUS)            21 Jun 1930   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI 
 2:25:26.6   ( 3)  Ivan Filin (RUS)                 10 Mar 1926   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:25:31.8   ( 1)  Johannes Barnard (RSA)           21 Oct 1929   11 Apr 1954  Port Elizabeth RSA 
 2:26:10     ( 2)  Veikko Karvonen-2                05 Jan 1926   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN 
 2:26:41.6   ( 1)  Veikko Karvonen-3                05 Jan 1926   03 Oct 1954  Turku FIN
 2:26:45.6   ( 4)  Erkki Puolakka (FIN)             27 May 1925   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
                    10
 2:27:04a    ( 3)  Eric L Smith (GBR)               19 Jan 1922   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG 
 2:27:05.6   ( 1)  Boris Grishayev-2                21 Jun 1930   01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS 
 2:27:21     ( 1)  Erkki Puolakka-2                 27 May 1925   10 Oct 1954  Košice SVK 
 2:27:27     ( 2)  Gustaf Jansson (SWE)             05 Jan 1922   10 Oct 1954  Košice SVK 
 2:27:27.8   ( 5)  Gustaf Jansson-2                 05 Jan 1922   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI 
 2:27:39     ( 1)  Bengt Rehnvall (SWE)             18 Jan 1925   18 Jul 1954  Karlstad SWE 
 2:27:55.2   ( 2)  Pyotr Sorokovich (RUS)                  1928   01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS 
 2:27:56     ( 1)  Hideo Hamamura (JPN)             17 Jul 1928   16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:28:02.8   ( 6)  Geoffrey Iden (GBR)              08 Oct 1914   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:28:36.6   ( 1)  Veikko Karvonen-4                05 Jan 1926   25 Jul 1954  Rautjärvi FIN
                    20
 2:28:46a    ( 4)  Geoffrey Iden-2                  08 Oct 1914   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:28:58     ( 2)  Jackie Mekler (RSA)              04 Mar 1932   11 Apr 1954  Port Elizabeth RSA
 2:29:15.4   ( 3)  Pavel Zhariy (RUS)                      1930   01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS 
 2:29:17     ( 3)  Erkki Puolakka-3                 27 May 1925   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:29:19     ( 3)  Knut Jansson (SWE)                      1926   10 Oct 1954  Košice SVK
 2:29:19.2   ( 7)  Janus vanderZande (NED)          16 Sep 1924   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:29:38a    ( 5)  Peter West (GBR)                               26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:29:45     ( 8)  Jose Araujo (ESP)                03 Apr 1924   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:29:59a    ( 6)  Thomas Richards (GBR)            05 Mar 1910   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG 
 2:30:01     ( 1)  Drahomir Pechanek (CZE)          20 Jul 1923   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE
                    30
 2:30:01.2   ( 2)  Unto Syysnummi (FIN)             07 Jun 1921   03 Oct 1954  Turku FIN
 2:30:18.6   ( 3)  Heimo Lehmus (FIN)               05 Apr 1928   03 Oct 1954  Turku FIN
 2:30:25     ( 4)  Vassiliy Davidov (RUS)                         01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS
 2:30:28     ( 1)  Arthur Keily (ENG)               18 Mar 1921   14 Aug 1954  Liverpool ENG
 2:30:45a    ( 1)  Arthur Keily-2                   18 Mar 1921   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:30:49     ( 2)  Knut Jansson-2                          1926   18 Jul 1954  Karlstad SWE
 2:30:50a    ( 2)  William McMinnis (GBR)           18 Nov 1915   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:30:50.2   ( 2)  Jirí Legiersky (CZE)             23 Nov 1926   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE 
 2:30:56     ( 1)  Viktor Olsen (NOR)               05 Feb 1924   25 Jul 1954  Våler NOR
 2:30:56.6   ( 2)  Erkki Puolakka-4                 27 May 1925   25 Jul 1954  Rautjärvi FIN
                    40
 2:31:00     ( 4)  Yoon-Chil Choi (KOR)             19 Jul 1928   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:31:03     ( 1)  Siegfried Meyer (GER)            07 Jan 1926   12 Sep 1954  Neustadt an der Waldnaab GER
 2:31:07.6   ( 4)  Jaroslav Sourek (CZE)            07 Sep 1927   10 Oct 1954  Košice SVK
 2:31:31.8   ( 1)  Ahmed Aytar (TUR)                       1922   11 Apr 1954  Istanbul TUR
 2:31:40     ( 5)  Ivan Filin (RUS)                 10 Mar 1926   01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS    
 2:31:41     ( 5)  Eino Pulkkinen (FIN)             07 Nov 1925   10 Oct 1954  Košice SVK
 2:31:42.2   ( 2)  Alan Lawton (GBR)                27 Mar 1924   14 Aug 1954  Liverpool ENG
 2:31:47.8   ( 1)  Siegfried Meyer-2                07 Jan 1926   26 Sep 1954  Bucharest ROM
 2:31:50     ( 3)  Gerald Walsh (RSA)               23 Jul 1916   11 Apr 1954  Port Elizabeth RSA
 2:31:51     ( 1)  Jackie Mekler-2                  04 Aug 1932          1954  Brakpan RSA
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 2:31:58     ( 3)  Gustaf Jansson-3                 05 Jan 1922   18 Jul 1954  Karlstad SWE
 2:31:58.0   ( 4)  Antti Viskari (FIN)              01 May 1928   03 Oct 1954  Turku FIN
 2:32:02     ( 5)  Yoshitaka Uchikawa (JPN)         04 Apr 1931   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:32:05     ( 2)  Akira Hatsuku (JPN)                            16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:32:16     ( 3)  Peter West-2                                   14 Aug 1954  Liverpool ENG
 2:32:25.8   ( 1)  Jaroslav Sourek-2                07 Sep 1927   30 Jul 1954  Prague CZE
 2:32:26a    ( 3)  William H Kelly  (GBR)                  1917   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:32:34.8   ( 3)  Jossef Poupe (CZE)               05 Feb 1927   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE
 2:32:38     ( 1)  Roland Guy (AUS)                        1919   25 Sep 1954  Sydney AUS
 2:32:45.8   ( 1)  Janus vanderZande-2              16 Sep 1924   25 Jul 1954  Hilversum NED
                    60
 2:32:46.6   ( 5)  Mikko Hietanen (FIN)             22 Sep 1911   03 Oct 1954  Turku FIN
 2:32:46.6   ( 1)  Robert Cons (CA/USA)             11 Jul 1930   19 Jun 1954  Culver City CA USA
 2:32:47     ( 4)  Gösta Leandersson (SWE)          22 Apr 1918   18 Jul 1954  Karlstad SWE
 2:32:49a    ( 4)  Eric L Smith-2                   19 Jan 1922   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:32:49     ( 1)  Jaroslav Sourek-3                07 Sep 1927   12 Sep 1954  Ostrava SVK
 2:32:56.6   ( 6)  Niilo Joensuu (FIN)              01 Jan 1927   10 Oct 1954  Košice SVK
 2:32:58.4   ( 1)  Veikko Timonen (FIN)             25 Dec 1915   26 Jun 1954  Helsinki FIN
 2:33:00     ( 6)  Alexandr Kolupayev (RUS)                       01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS
 2:33:01.8   ( 1)  Dyfrig Rees (GBR)                13 Jul 1923   17 Jul 1954  Port Talbot WAL
 2:33:05a    ( 7)  Alan Lawton-2                    27 Mar 1924   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
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 2:33:06     ( 5)  Harold Charles (GBR)                           19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:33:07     ( 1)  Eric L Smith-3                   19 Jan 1922   14 Jun 1954  Peterborough ENG
 2:33:08     ( 1)  Reynaldo Gorno-2                 18 Jun 1918   20 Aug 1954  Dornbirn AUT
 2:33:25     ( 7)  Feodosiy Vanin (RUS)             25 Feb 1914   01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS
 2:33:28     ( 4)  Robert Pape (GBR)                14 Jan 1924   14 Aug 1954  Liverpool ENG
 2:33:30     ( 1)  Bryce Mackay (AUS)                      1931   24 Apr 1954  Sydney AUS
 2:33:36     ( 6)  Alan Lawton-3                    27 Mar 1924   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:33:36     ( 6)  Sadaaki Tanabe (JPN)                           05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:33:40.6   ( 7)  Adolf Gruber (AUT)               15 May 1920   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:33:41a    ( 8)  Charles William Ellick (GBR)     09 Nov 1918?  26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG 
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 2:33:49.4   ( 9)  Victor Olsen-2                   05 Feb 1924   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:33:51     ( 7)  Hideo Hamamura-2                 17 Jul 1928   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:33:51.4   ( 8)  Drahomir Pechánek-2              20 Jul 1923   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:33:57a    ( 9)  Harold W Dennis (GBR)            17 Jul 1913   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:33:59.8   ( 2)  Josef Dolezal (CZE)              12 Dec 1920   30 Jul 1954  Prague CZE
 2:34:06.0   ( 3)  Pauli Pellinen (FIN)             11 Jul 1924   25 Jul 1954  Rautjärvi FIN
 2:34:20a    (10)  William H Kelly-2                       1917   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:34:20     ( 8)  Toyoichi Nakata (JPN)                          05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:34:29     ( 4)  Jindrich Novák (CZE)             24 May 1919   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE
 2:34:36     ( 9)  Zenzo Shibata (JPN)                            05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
                    90
 2:34:45     ( 5)  William H Kelly-3                       1917   14 Aug 1954  Liverpool ENG
 2:34:46     ( 1)  Teruo Nakano (JPN)                             04 Apr 1954  Tokyo JPN
 2:34:48     ( 1)  Yoshitaka Uchikawa-2             04 Apr 1931   07 Feb 1954  Beppu JPN
 2:34:59     ( 1)  Yoshitaka Uchikawa-3             04 Apr 1931   06 Jun 1954  Tokyo JPN
 2:35:05.4   ( 2)  Werner Horst (GER)               10 May 1924   12 Sep 1954  Neustadt an der Waldnaab GER
 2:35:07.4   (10)  Dinu Christea (ROM)              10 Aug 1911   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:35:08     ( 1)  Giichi Noda (JPN)                04 May 1952   28 Feb 1954  Marugame JPN
 2:35:09     ( 2)  Yoshinori Hirasaki (JPN)                       06 Jun 1954  Tokyo JPN
 2:35:12     (10)  Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)            05 Dec 1928   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:35:20     ( 8)  Nikifor Popov (RUS)                            01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS
                   100
 2:35:22     ( 1)  Joe McGhee (GBR)                 09 Jul 1929   29 May 1954  Glasgow SCO
 2:35:22a    (11)  Kenneth G Honney (GBR)           16 Jun 1930   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:35:22.3   (11)  Eric L Smith-4                   19 Jan 1922   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:35:25.1   ( 1)  Jackie Mekler-3                  04 Mar 1932   17 Apr 1954  Johannesburg RSA
 2:35:33.2   ( 1)  Arthur Keily-3                   18 Mar 1921   26 Jun 1954  Dublin IRL
 2:35:36     ( 1)  Michel Pressensé (FRA)           12 May 1929   01 Aug 1954  Fontainebleau FRA
 2:35:45     ( 1)  Edwin G Rye (NZL)                       1922   06 Mar 1954  Hamilton NZL
 2:35:47.6   ( 5)  Jaroslav Strupp (CZE)            16 Aug 1916   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE
 2:35:48.6   (12)  Bengt Rehnvall-2                 18 Jan 1925   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:35:53     ( 2)  John Systad (NOR)                14 Sep 1912   25 Jul 1954  Våler NOR
                   110
 2:35:55a    (12)  Derek Reynolds (GBR)                    1914   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:05.6   ( 9)  Jozef Kiss (HUN)                 29 Apr 1909   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:36:07     ( 2)  Alan Lawton-4                    27 Mar 1924   14 Jun 1954  Peterborough ENG
 2:36:07     ( 9)  V Maslov (RUS)                                 01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS
 2:36:08.0   ( 3)  Willy Agather (GER)                     1916   12 Sep 1954  Neustadt an der Waldnaab GER
 2:36:12a    (13)  Vic J Fowle (GBR)                08 Jan 1929   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:23     ( 3)  Yoshikatsu Takahashi (JPN)                     16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:36:30     ( 2)  Andre Bouder (FRA)                             01 Aug 1954  Fontainebleau FRA
 2:36:33     (11)  Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)         07 Feb 1929   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:36:34.8   ( 4)  Eino Järvinen (FIN)              23 Sep 1915   25 Jul 1954  Rautjärvi FIN
                   120
 2:36:36     ( 4)  Hiroshi Hashimoto (JPN)                        16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:36:36     ( 1)  Willy Agather-2                         1916   15 Aug 1954  Braunschweig GER
 2:36:37     ( 6)  William McMinnis-2               18 Nov 1915   14 Aug 1954  Liverpool ENG
 2:36:41.4   (13)  Walter Bednár (CZE)              29 Jan 1926   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:36:44     (12)  Shunji Koyanagi (JPN)                          05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:36:46a    (14)  Dyfrig Rees (GBR)                13 Jul 1923   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:46     ( 1)  Michael Skinner (AUS)            11 Jul 1926      Aug 1954  Melbourne AUS
 2:36:51.2   ( 6)  Lauri Nikkola (FIN)              01 Mar 1911   03 Oct 1954  Turku FIN
 2:36:53a    (15)  Jack W Flowers (GBR)             15 Apr 1916   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:54.0   ( 5)  Niilo Joensuu-2                  01 Jan 1927   25 Jul 1954  Rautjärvi FIN
                   130
 2:36:57.6   ( 6)  Miroslav Harcik (CZE)            11 Feb 1922   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE
 2:37:02 ?   ( 2)  Robert G Plummer (GBR)           10 Jan 1921   17 Jul 1954  Port Talbot WAL 
 2:37:04a    (16)  Peter Goodsell (GBR)                    1922   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:37:06.4   ( 1)  Alfreds Grotans (LAT)                          16 Oct 1954  Riga LAT 
 2:37:07     ( 2)  Yoshinori Hirasaki-2                           04 Apr 1954  Tokyo JPN
 2:37:08     ( 3)  Takeo Iwamoto (JPN)                            06 Jun 1954  Tokyo JPN
 2:37:08     (13)  Kenichi Shikanai (JPN)                         05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:37:14.2   ( 7)  Jaroslav Fiala (CZE)             23 Oct 1923   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE
 2:37:16a    (17)  Norman Ashcroft (GBR)            20 Jan 1917   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:37:20     ( 2)  Drahomir Pechanek-3              20 Jul 1923   12 Sep 1954  Ostrava CZE
                   140
 2:37:29a    (18)  Joseph W Harrison (GBR)                 1916   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:37:30     (10)  Mikhail Galaktionov (RUS)                      01 Jul 1954  Moscow RUS
 2:37:31     (14)  Hidenori Baba (JPN)              19 Apr 1933   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:37:33a    (19)  Alan Turner (GBR)                              26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:37:44     ( 3)  Alf Neuenkirchen (NOR)           02 Mar 1922   25 Jul 1954  Våler NOR
 2:37:57.8   (10)  Egon Söderström (SWE)            04 Sep 1911   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:37:58a    ( 7)  Robert Pape-2                    14 Jan 1924   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:38:00     ( 7)  Vilho Leinonen (FIN)             06 Apr 1924   03 Oct 1954  Turku FIN
 2:38:02     ( 1)  Norman Nielson (GBR)                    1924                Hull ENG
 2:38:04a    (20)  William McMinnis-3               18 Nov 1915   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
                   150
 2:38:07.2   ( 2)  Adolf Gruber-2                   15 May 1920   20 Aug 1954  Dornbirn AUT
 2:38:09     ( 2)  Siegfried Meyer-2                07 Jan 1926   15 Aug 1954  Braunschweig GER
 2:38:13.2   ( 1)  Walter Bednár-2                  29 Jan 1926   27 Jun 1954  Prague CZE
 2:38:25a    ( 8)  Derek Reynolds-2                        1914   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
 2:38:28     ( 1)  Siegfried Meyer-3                07 Jan 1926   25 Jul 1954  Potsdam GER
 2:38:31     ( 1)  Hiroyoshi Nagai (JPN)                          19 Dec 1954  Kochi JPN
 2:38:36     (15)  Ayao Chiba (JPN)                               05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:38:40     ( 2)  Kiyoshi Shinozaki (JPN)                        07 Feb 1954  Beppu JPN
 2:38:40     ( 5)  Toyoichi Nakata (JPN)                          16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:38:39.3   ( 2)  Robert Crossan (IRL)                    1923   26 Jun 1954  Dublin IRL
                   160
 2:38:40     ( 1)  Hans Vollbach (GER)              22 Jul 1921   13 Jun 1954  Bad Nenndorf GER
 2:38:44.4   ( 1)  Hans Vollbach-2                  22 Jul 1921   24 Jul 1954  Leverkusen GER
 2:38:49     (11)  Walter Bednár-3                  29 Jan 1926   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:38:54a    (21)  Arthur Etches (GBR)              02 Nov 1919   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:38:55     (16)  Yoshikatsu Takahashi-2                         05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:38:56     (17)  Yoshinori Kawashima (JPN)                      05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:38:58a    ( 6)  Joseph W Harrison-2                     1916   14 Aug 1954  Liverpool ENG
 2:39:01.0   ( 3)  Hermann Brecht (GER)             20 Dec 1921   15 Aug 1954  Braunschweig GER
 2:39:05     ( 2)  Arthur Lydiard (NZL)             06 Jul 1917   06 Mar 1954  Hamilton NZL
 2:39:07     ( 9)  Edward Hefford (GBR)             05 Aug 1927   19 Apr 1954  Sheffield ENG
                   170
 2:39:13     ( 6)  Akira Onodera (JPN)                            16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:39:15.2   (12)  Jirí Legiersky-2                 23 Nov 1926   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:39:24.4   ( 1)  Drahomir Pechanek-4              20 Jul 1923   23 May 1954  Bystrice pod Hostynem CZE
 2:39:25.0   ( 2)  August Blumensaat (GER)          15 Jan 1911   24 Jul 1954  Leverkusen GER
 2:39:25     (18)  Masao Morishita (JPN)                          05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN 
 2:39:31     ( 3)  Yoshikatsu Takahashi-3                         07 Feb 1954  Beppu JPN
 2:39:32     ( 1)  Wally Hayward (RSA)              10 Jul 1908          1954  Johannesburg RSA
 2:39:35a    (22)  Edward J Flowers (GBR)              Jun 1918   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:39:36     ( 1)  Joe McGhee-2                     09 Jul 1929   07 Aug 1954  Vancouver BC CAN
 2:39:46     (19)  Keizo Yamada (JPN)               30 Nov 1927   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
                   180
 2:39:48a    (23)  Arthur Cockcroft (GBR)           21 Oct 1923   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:39:53a    (24)  Robert G Plummer-2               10 Jan 1921   26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:39:55a    (25)  John Kay (ZIM)                                 26 Jun 1954  Chiswick ENG
 2:39:55     (20)  Yoshinori Hirasaki-3                           05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:39:56.6   ( 3)  Joszef Poupe-2                   05 Feb 1927   12 Sep 1954  Ostrava CZE
 2:40:00.1   ( 2)  Wally Hayward-2                  10 Jul 1908   17 Apr 1954  Johannesburg RSA
 2:40:00.6   ( 2)  Cristea Dinu (ROM)               10 Aug 1911   26 Sep 1954  Bucharest ROM
 2:40:02.4   (14)  Hans Vollbach-3                  22 Jul 1921   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:40:10     ( 3)  Albert Barbarin (FRA)                          01 Aug 1954  Fontainebleau FRA
 2:40:20     ( 3)  Arthur Etches- 2                 02 Nov 1919   14 Jun 1954  Peterborough ENG
                   190
 2:40:20.2   ( 3)  Frantisek Hulak (SVK)            24 Dec 1923   30 Jul 1954  Prague CZE
 2:40:26     ( 1)  Yoshikatsu Takahashi-4                         26 Sep 1954  Tokyo JPN
 2:40:28.8   (13)  Mihály Esztergomi (HUN)          13 Jun 1912   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:40:30.6   (14)  Jiri Michálek (CZE)              01 Jan 1926   10 Oct 1954  Kosice SVK
 2:40:32     ( 7)  Fumio Kuramoto (JPN)                           16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:40:38     ( 4)  Isoshi Noguchi (JPN)                           07 Feb 1954  Beppu JPN 
 2:40:45     (  )  Tadashi Araki (JPN)                            06 Jun 1954  Tokyo JPN
 2:40:47     ( 3)  Willy Agather- 4                        1916   26 Sep 1954  Bucharest ROM
 2:40:54     ( 8)  Kenkichi Shikauchi-2                           16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:40:57     ( 2)  Jackie Mekler-4                  04 Aug 1932   07 Aug 1954  Vancouver BC CAN
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 2:40:58     ( 1)  Svend-Erik Sorensen (DEN)        30 Nov 1917          1954
 2:41:01.4   (15)  Claudino Martins (POR)                         25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:41:04     ( 4)  Arthur Cockcroft- 2              21 Oct 1923   14 Jun 1954  Peterborough ENG
 2:41:05     (21)  Ezequiel Bustamente (ARG)               1912   05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:41:27.4   ( 4)  Walter Bednar-3                  29 Jan 1926   12 Sep 1954  Ostrava SVK
 2:41:35     (22)  Kenkichi Kikuchi (JPN)                         05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN 
 2:41:58     ( 5)  Vic J Fowle- 2                   08 Jan 1929   14 Jun 1954  Peterborough ENG
 2:41:59.6   (16)  Adolf Gruber- 3                  15 May 1920   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:42:08     ( 6)  Herbert Arthur Reid (GBR)        17 Jul 1918   14 Jun 1954  Peterborough ENG
 2:42:11.8   (17)  Franjo Skinjar (YUG)             17 May 1920   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
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 2:42:16     (23)  Toshihiko Miyajima (JPN)                       05 Dec 1954  Kamakura JPN
 2:42:32.2   (18)  August Blumensaat- 2             15 Jan 1911   25 Aug 1954  Berne SUI
 2:42:49.6   ( 4)  Gerhard Doerfeldt (GER)                 1927   12 Sep 1954  Neustadt an der Waldnaab GER
 2:42:42     ( 5)  Antoine Panero (FRA)                           01 Aug 1954  Fontainebleau FRA
 2:42:55     ( 2)  Ernst Weber (GER)                04 Jul 1909   13 Jun 1954  Bad Nenndorf GER
 2:43:02     ( 4)  Gunter Leifhelm (GER)            29 Jan 1927   15 Aug 1954  Braunschweig GER
 2:43:12     ( 9)  Masao Morishita-2                              16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
 2:43:18.8   ( 1)  Max Negri (AUS)                                02 Oct 1954  Melbourne AUS 
 2:43:34.8   ( 1)  Artidoro Berti (ITA)             09 Jan 1920   18 Jul 1954  Montecatini ITA
 2:43:39     (10)  Kikuji Sugahara (JPN)                          16 May 1954  Osaka JPN
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 2:43:46.2   (10)  Josef Ruzicka (CZE)              21 Sep 1914   01 Aug 1954  Upice CZE 
 2:43:57     ( 1)  Jackie Mekler-5                  04 Aug 1932   20 Nov 1954  Durban RSA

Short Course (41.1 km) 
 2:20:39     ( 1)  Veikko L. Karvonen (FIN)         05 Jan 1926   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:22:40     ( 2)  James H. Peters (GBR)            24 Oct 1918   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:24:25     ( 3)  Erkki Puolakka (FIN)             27 May 1925   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:25:39     ( 4)  Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)            05 Dec 1928   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:27:35     ( 5)  Katsuo Nishida (JPN)             24 Jan 1929   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:27:50     ( 6)  Delfo Cabrera (ARG)              12 Nov 1919   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:28:51     ( 7)  John J Kelley (CT/USA)           24 Dec 1930   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:33:40     ( 8)  Esequiel Santos Bustamante (ARG)        1912   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:35:17     ( 9)  Nicholas Costes (PA/USA)         03 Aug 1926   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA
 2:37:19     (10)  Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)         07 Feb 1929   19 Apr 1954  Boston MA USA

Short Course (40.28 km) 
 2:21:00.6   ( 1)  José Araujo (POR)                03 Apr 1924   11 Apr 1954  Lisbon POR
 2:29:36.2   ( 2)  Claudino Martins (POR)                         11 Apr 1954  Lisbon POR

Short Course (41.84 km <= 26 miles)
 2:36:06     ( 1)  Ted Corbitt (NY/USA)             31 Jan 1919   31 Jan 1954  Philadelphia PA/USA 

Short Course (38 km) 
 2:20:53     ( 1)  Jiri Legiersky (CZE)             23 Nov 1926   11 Jul 1954  Domazlice CZE 

	

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