World Marathon Rankings for 1955

Men
 2:21:21.6   ( 1)  Veikko Karvonen (FIN)            05 Jan 1926   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:21:23.8   ( 1)  Symen Kuznetsov (RUS)                   1928   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:22:05     ( 2)  Mikhail Galaktionov (RUS)               1926   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO 
 2:22:12     ( 1)  Keith Ollerenshaw (AUS)          28 Sep 1928   24 Sep 1955  Sydney AUS
 2:23:03.4   ( 3)  Aleksandr Agryzkin (RUS)                1927   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:23:09.6   ( 1)  Ivan Filin (RUS)                 10 Mar 1926   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS 
 2:23:14     ( 4)  Ivan Semyonov (RUS)              02 Mar 1924   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO 
 2:23:16     ( 1)  Veikko Karvonen-2                05 Jan 1926   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN 
 2:23:51     ( 2)  Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)            05 Dec 1928   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN 
 2:24:08     ( 2)  Boris Grishayev (RUS)            21 Jun 1930   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
                   10
 2:24:15     ( 5)  Rakim Gataulin (RUS)                    1929   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:24:18.6   ( 2)  Paavo Kotila (FIN)               26 Aug 1927   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:25:10     ( 3)  Ivan Semyonov-2                  03 Jun 1926   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS 
 2:25:15     ( 1)  Yoon-Chil Choi (SKO)             19 Jul 1928   25 Jun 1955  Kwangju KOR
 2:25:40     ( 1)  John Evert Nyberg (SWE)          28 Feb 1925   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK 
 2:25:43     ( 2)  Paavo Kotila-2                   26 Aug 1927   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:25:47     ( 3)  Eino Oksanen (FIN)               07 May 1931   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK 
 2:25:50a    ( 1)  Joe McGhee (GBR)                 09 Jul 1929   25 Jun 1955  Edinburgh SCO
 2:26:05     ( 4)  Jaroslav Sourek (CZE)            07 Sep 1927   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:26:14.6   ( 4)  Vasiliy Davydov (UKR)                   1910   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
                   20
 2:26:22a    ( 1)  William McMinnis (GBR)           18 Feb 1915   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:26:29     ( 1)  Paavo Kotila-3                   26 Aug 1927   07 Aug 1955  Rauma FIN
 2:26:29.8   ( 3)  Eino Pulkkinen (FIN)             07 Nov 1925   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:26:32     ( 1)  Kurao Hiroshima-2                05 Dec 1928   08 May 1955  Osaka JPN 
 2:26:33     ( 1)  Reynaldo Gorno (ARG)             18 Jun 1918   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED
 2:26:34     ( 2)  Osvaldo Suárez (ARG)             17 Mar 1934   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED 
 2:26:46a    ( 2)  Geoffrey Iden (GBR)              08 Oct 1914   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:26:54     ( 6)  Nikolai Terentyev (RUS)                 1922   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:27:02     ( 1)  Eino Pulkkinen-2                 07 Nov 1925   02 Oct 1955  Bucharest ROM
 2:27:03a    ( 3)  Eric L Smith (GBR)               19 Jan 1922   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
                   30
 2:27:03     ( 3)  Stanley Cox (GBR)                15 Jul 1918   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED
 2:27:23:2   ( 7)  Aleksandr Saferov (RUS)                        13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:27:29     ( 3)  Eino Pulkkinen-2                 07 Nov 1925   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:27:30a    ( 1)  Veikko Karvonen-2                05 Jan 1926   02 Oct 1955  Athens GRE
 2:27:35     ( 4)  Katsuo Nishida (JPN)             24 Jan 1929   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN 
 2:27:41.0   ( 1)  August Blumensaat (GER)          15 Jan 1911   16 Oct 1955  Altenrath GER
 2:27:54     ( 8)  Stanislav Klebanovich (BLR)                    13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:28:00     ( 2)  Bryce Mackay (AUS)                      1931   24 Sep 1955  Sydney AUS
 2:28:01.6   ( 9)  Vassiliy Zakharov (GEO)                        13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:28:08.4   (10)  Arkadiy Kozlov (RUS)                           13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
                   40
 2:28:21     ( 1)  Eric L Smith-2                   19 Jan 1922   30 Apr 1955  Hull ENG
 2:28:24     ( 2)  Siegfried Meyer (GER)            07 Jan 1926   02 Oct 1955  Bucharest ROM
 2:28:28     (11)  Konstantin Vorobyev (RUS)        30 Oct 1930   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:28:30     (12)  Pavel Zhariy (UKR)                      1930   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO 
 2:28:38     ( 1)  Walter Bednár (CZE)              29 Jan 1926   11 Sep 1955  Ostrava CZE
 2:28:41.8   ( 1)  Ivan Filin-2                     10 Mar 1926   06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:28:42.0   ( 2)  Boris Grishayev-2                21 Jun 1930   06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:28:53.4   ( 1)  José Araujo (POR)                03 Apr 1924   02 Oct 1955  Lisbon POR
 2:28:58     ( 1)  Pauli Pellinen (FIN)             11 Jul 1924   25 Sep 1955  Vaasa FIN
 2:29:06     ( 5)  Keizo Yamada (JPN)               30 Nov 1927   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN 
                   50
 2:29:08     ( 5)  Thomas Hilt Nilsson (SWE)        09 Apr 1926   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:29:12     ( 6)  Eric L Smith-3                   19 Jan 1922   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:29:16     (13)  Anatoliy Yershov (RUS)                         13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:29:17.6   ( 5)  Pavel Zhariy-2                          1930   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:29:17.6   ( 2)  Willi Holtkamp (GER)             05 Jan 1914   16 Oct 1955  Altenrath GER
 2:29:19     ( 1)  Katsuo Nishida-2                 24 Jan 1929   13 Feb 1955  Beppu JPN
 2:29:20     ( 7)  Jozsef Dobronyi (HUN)            17 Jun 1917   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK 
 2:29:40     ( 1)  Hidenori Baba (JPN)              19 Apr 1933   06 Feb 1955  Ome JPN 
 2:30:02     ( 2)  Shunji Koyanagi (JPN)                          06 Feb 1955  Ome JPN
 2:30:05     ( 1)  Yeong-bun Kim (KOR)              10 Dec 1934   18 Oct 1955  Seoul KOR
                   60
 2:30:09     ( 6)  Yoshitaka Uchikawa (JPN)         04 Apr 1931   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN 
 2:30:21     ( 2)  Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)         07 Feb 1929   08 May 1955  Osaka JPN
 2:30:27     ( 4)  Drahomir Pechanek (CZE)          20 Jul 1923   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED
 2:30:41     ( 2)  Yrjö Hirvonen (FIN)              22 Jul 1921   25 Sep 1955  Vaasa FIN
 2:30:44     ( 2)  Veikko Karvonen-4                05 Jan 1926   07 Aug 1955  Rauma FIN
 2:30:49     ( 3)  Akira Hatsuku (JPN)                            08 May 1955  Osaka JPN
 2:31:04.3   ( 1)  Ernest Kirkup (ENG)              12 Jul 1929   20 Aug 1955  Edinburgh SCO
 2:31:04.8   ( 4)  Gustaf Jansson (SWE)             05 Jan 1922   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:31:20     ( 7)  Hideo Hamamura (JPN)             17 Jul 1928   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:31:24     ( 3)  Olavi Manninen (FIN)             20 Jul 1928   02 Oct 1955  Bucharest ROM
                   70
 2:31:24.6   ( 1)  Kurt Hartung (GER)               17 Apr 1925   18 Sep 1955  Leipzig GER
 2:31:27.6   ( 3)  Willi Agather (GER)                     1916   16 Oct 1955  Altenrath GER
 2:31:28     ( 1)  Albert W Richards (NZL)          13 Aug 1924   22 Jan 1955  Christchurch NZL
 2:31:29     ( 3)  Yoshiaki Kawashima (JPN)         10 May 1934   06 Feb 1955  Ome JPN
 2:31:29.2   ( 2)  Siegfried Meyer-2                07 Jan 1926   18 Sep 1955  Leipzig GER
 2:31:40     ( 1)  Hans Vollbach (GER)              22 Jul 1921   12 Jun 1955  Bad Nenndorf GER
 2:31:45     ( 8)  Adolf Gruber (AUT)               15 May 1920   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:31:46     ( 9)  Siegfried Meyer-3                07 Jan 1926   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:31:47     (10)  Kurt Hartung-2                   17 Apr 1925   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:31:50     ( 1)  Eric L Smith-4                   19 Jan 1922   30 May 1955  Peterborough ENG
                   80
 2:31:50.5   ( 1)  Gordon Dickson (CAN)             02 Jan 1932   24 May 1955  Hamilton ON/CAN
 2:31:53.6   ( 1)  Béla Juhász (HUN)                20 Apr 1921   04 Sep 1955  Budapest HUN
 2:31:58     (11)  Gustaf Jansson-2                 05 Jan 1922   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:31:59.4   ( 3)  Pauli Pellinen-2                 11 Jul 1924   07 Aug 1955  Rauma FIN
 2:32:02     (12)  William McMinnis-2               18 Feb 1915   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:32:05     ( 4)  Olavi Manninen-2                 20 Jul 1928   07 Aug 1955  Rauma FIN
 2:32:11     ( 2)  Keizo Yamada-2                   30 Nov 1927   13 Feb 1955  Beppu JPN
 2:32:11     ( 6)  Stanislav Khlebanovich-2                       10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS 
 2:32:25.8   ( 4)  Reinhold Hundt (GER)             10 Nov 1929   16 Oct 1955  Altenrath GER
 2:32:28     ( 5)  Geoffrey Iden-2                  08 Oct 1914   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED
                   90
 2:32:32     (13)  Walter Bednár-2                  29 Jan 1926   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:32:32     ( 2)  Herman Brecht (GER)              20 Dec 1921   12 Jun 1955  Bad Nenndorf GER
 2:32:35     ( 5)  Lars Strand (SWE)                21 Jun 1930   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:32:42     ( 5)  Eino Pulkkinen-2                 07 Nov 1925   07 Aug 1955  Rauma FIN
 2:32:48     ( 2)  Frantisek Hulak (CZE)            24 Dec 1923   11 Sep 1955  Ostrava CZE
 2:32:52     ( 7)  Rakim Gataulin-2                               10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:32:52     ( 8)  John Evert Nyberg-2              28 Feb 1925   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:33:00     ( 1)  Harry Cooney (IRL)                             02 Jul 1955  Belfast NIR
 2:33:05     ( 1)  Artidoro Berti (ITA)             09 Jan 1920   10 Sep 1955  Naples ITA
 2:33:11     (14)  Mihaly Esztergoni (HUN)          13 Jun 1912   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
                   100
 2:33:16.4   ( 6)  Viktor Olsen (NOR)               05 Feb 1924   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:33:18.4   ( 8)  Vasiliy Frolovskiy (UKR)                1929   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:33:20           John J Henning (GBR)             25 Sep 1908?
 2:33:34     ( 3)  John Russell (AUS)               04 Feb 1932   24 Sep 1955  Sydney AUS
 2:33:45     ( 1)  Ali Hamed (EGY)                                01 May 1955  Cairo EGY
 2:33:45     ( 6)  Jaroslav Sourek-2                07 Sep 1927   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED
 2:33:52.4   ( 9)  Aleksandr Agryzkin -2                          10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS 
 2:34:07.4   ( 1)  Melvin Munro (NZL)                                    1955  Invercargill NZL
 2:34:16.2   ( 7)  Johannes  Lauridsen (DEN)        25 Dec 1930   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:34:18     ( 2)  Alan Lawton (GBR)                27 Mar 1924   30 Apr 1955  Hull ENG
                   110
 2:34:19.2   ( 3)  Drahomir Pechanek-2              20 Jul 1923   06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:34:22.6   (10)  V Maslov (RUS)                                 10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:34:23.8   ( 5)  Günther Leifhelm (GER)           20 Jan 1927   16 Oct 1955  Altenrath GER
 2:34:24.4   ( 1)  Drahomir Pechánek-3              20 Jul 1923   29 Jun 1955  Prague CZE
 2:34:25     ( 1)  Arthur P Keily (GBR)             18 Mar 1921   13 Aug 1955  Liverpool ENG
 2:34:25     (15)  Jiri Michalek (CZE)              01 Jan 1926   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:34:29     ( 9)  Nobuyoshi Sadanaga-2             07 Feb 1929   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:34:30a    ( 2)  George C King (GBR)                     1929 ? 25 Jun 1955  Edinburgh SCO
 2:34:38     (11)  Vladimir Volosnov (RUS)                 1932   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:34:41     ( 2)  Vito di Terlizzi (ITA)           07 Aug 1930   10 Sep 1955  Naples ITA
                   120
 2:34:43     ( 1)  Hiroyoshi Nagai (JPN)                          18 Dec 1955  Kochi JPN
 2:34:46.6   (12)  Nikolay Terentyev-2                            10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS 
 2:34:48.6   ( 1)  Jozsef Kiss (HUN)                29 Apr 1909   29 May 1955  Szeged HUN
 2:34:52     ( 2)  Eric L Smith-5                   19 Jan 1922   13 Aug 1955  Liverpool ENG
 2:35:04.2   ( 3)  Luigi Formisano (ITA)                   1918   10 Sep 1955  Naples ITA
 2:35:07     (14)  Alfonsas Tumënas (LIT)                  1930   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:35:10.8   ( 8)  Pauli Pellinen-3                 11 Jul 1924   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:35:12     ( 4)  Kurt Hartung-3                   17 Apr 1925   02 Oct 1955  Bucharest ROM
 2:35:14     ( 2)  Gyula Rusovszky (HUN)                   1926   29 May 1955  Szeged HUN
 2:35:14.8   (13)  Nikolay Zaitsev (RUS)                   1930   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
                   130
 2:35:18     ( 3)  Akira Hatsuku-2                                13 Feb 1955  Beppu JPN
 2:35:21     ( 3)  Pal Simó (HUN)                   27 Jan 1924   29 May 1955  Szeged HUN
 2:35:21     (15?) Viktor Püüsepp (EST)             06 Sep 1926   13 Nov 1955  Tbilisi GEO
 2:35:22a    ( 4)  Kenneth Honney (GBR)             16 Jun 1930   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:35:25     ( 7)  August Blumensaat-2              15 Jan 1911   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED
 2:35:36.4a  ( 1)  Ernest Kirkup-2                  12 Jul 1929   11 Apr 1956  Sheffield ENG
 2:35:37     ( 4)  Takashi Kimura (JPN)                           08 May 1955  Osaka JPN
 2:35:41     ( 4)  Siegfried Meyer-4                07 Jan 1926   06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:35:42     ( 1)  Thomas Richards (WAL)            05 Mar 1910   25 Jun 1955  Cardiff WAL
 2:35:43     ( 5)  Keizo Yamada-3                   30 Nov 1927   08 May 1955  Osaka JPN
                   140
 2:35:50     (10)  Akira Hatsuku-3                                11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:35:52.2   ( 1)  Viktor Püüsepp-2                 06 Sep 1926   04 Sep 1955  Tartu EST
 2:35:57     ( 2)  Jaroslav Sourek-3                07 Sep 1927   29 Jun 1955  Prague CZE
 2:36:02.0   ( 3)  Fritz Schöning (GER)             22 Sep 1921   12 Jun 1955  Bad Nenndorf GER
 2:36:04.6   ( 5)  Katsuo Nishida-3                 24 Jan 1929   06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:36:05.8   ( 1)  Kurt Hartung-4                   17 Apr 1925   17 Jul 1955  Meissen GER
 2:36:11.8   ( 4)  Karoly Pataki (HUN)              30 Jul 1916   29 May 1955  Szeged HUN
 2:36:17     ( 1)  Gerald Walsh (RSA)               23 Jul 1916   10 Oct 1955  Durban RSA
 2:36:19a    ( 5)  Alan Lawton-2                    27 Mar 1924   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:19.2   (14)  Nikifor Popov (RUS)              02 Jun 1911?  10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS 
                   150
 2:36:25     (15)  A Logvinov (RUS)                               10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:36:31     ( 3)  Väinö Lumilehto (FIN)            17 Feb 1929   25 Sep 1955  Vaasa FIN
 2:36:35.6   ( 3)  Karl Gräber (GER)                17 Mar 1927   18 Sep 1955  Leipzig GER
 2:36:38     ( 6)  Antti Viskari (FIN)              01 May 1928   07 Aug 1955  Rauma FIN
 2:36:39.4   ( 6)  Fritz Schöning-2                 22 Sep 1921   16 Oct 1955  Altenrath GER
 2:36:39.6   ( 1)  Johannes Barnard (RSA)           21 Oct 1929   09 Apr 1955  Pretoria RSA
 2:36:41.4   ( 1)  Benedykt Gugala (POL)            15 Apr 1925   23 Oct 1955  Lodz POL
 2:36:42     ( 5)  Ahmed Suliman (RUM)                            02 Oct 1955  Bucharest ROM
 2:36:44a    ( 6)  James Braughton (GBR)            22 Feb 1921   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:46.4   ( 4)  Onni Kuivalainen (FIN)           31 Jan 1916   25 Sep 1955  Vaasa FIN
                   160
 2:36:48.4   ( 1)  Walter Tröger (GER)              28 Oct 1916   31 Jul 1955  Chemnitz GER
 2:36:50     ( 1)  Adolf Gruber-2                   15 May 1920   18 Sep 1955  Linz AUT 
 2:36:52.2   ( 6)  Julian Witkowski (POL)                  1928   06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:36:56     ( 6)  Viktor Olsen-2                   05 Feb 1924   02 Oct 1955  Bucharest ROM
 2:36:59     ( 2)  Stefan Wojtysko (POL)                   1931   23 Oct 1955  Lodz POL
 2:37:03     (16)  Josef Poupe (CZE)                05 Feb 1927   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:37:04a    ( 7)  Colin N Collis (GBR)             03 Aug 1928   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG 
 2:37:05.2   ( 7)  Tom Ryan (USA)                   04 Aug 1929   16 Oct 1955  Altenrath GER
 2:37:10     ( 9)  Bengt Rehnvall (SWE)             18 Jan 1925   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:37:19     (16)  Albert Ivanov (RUS)              01 Sep 1931   10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
                   170
 2:37:19.4   (10)  John Systad (NOR)                20 Mar 1917   04 Sep 1955  Copenhagen DEN
 2:37:21     ( 1)  Robert Cons (CA/USA)             11 Jul 1930   01 Oct 1955  Culver City CA/USA
 2:37:21     (17)  Aloïs Wagner (AUT)               03 Feb 1922   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:37:24.4   ( 3)  Walter Bednár-3                  29 Jan 1926      Aug 1955  Prague CZE
 2:37:24.8   ( 4)  Alfred Gutte (GER)                      1919   18 Sep 1955  Leipzig GER
 2:37:27a    ( 8)  Harold W Dennis (GBR)            17 Jul 1913   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:37:28.2   (17)  A Balandayev (RUS)                             10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:37:30     ( 4)  Kurao Hiroshima-3                05 Dec 1928   13 Feb 1955  Beppu JPN
 2:37:30     ( 4)  Pat Fitzgerald (AUS)                           24 Sep 1955  Sydney AUS
 2:37:34     (18)  Ernest Kirkup-3                  12 Jul 1929   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
                   180
 2:37:35a    ( 3)  Hugo Fox (GBR)                   12 Jan 1921   25 Jun 1955  Edinburgh SCO
 2:37:35     ( 2)  Eric L Smith-6                   19 Jan 1922   28 Jul 1955  Port Sunlight ENG
 2:37:40     ( 2)  Mahmoud Abdel Kerim (EGY)                      01 May 1955  Cairo EGY
 2:37:41     ( 1)  August Blumensaat-2              15 Jan 1911   12 Jun 1955  Bad Nenndorf GER (B race)
 2:37:43     (11)  Takao Kawanishi (JPN)                          11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:37:44     ( 6)  Yoshito Fujimoto(JPN)                          08 May 1955  Osaka JPN
 2:37:47     (18)  Ivan Kolesnikov (RUS)                          10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:37:48     ( 5)  Masao Syudo (JPN)                              13 Feb 1955  Beppu JPN
 2:37:48     ( 3)  William McMinnis-3               18 Feb 1915   13 Aug 1955  Liverpool ENG
 2:37:48     (12)  Shigeki Tanaka (JPN)                    1932   11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
                   190
 2:37:49.6         Eino Järvinen (FIN)              23 Sep 1915
 2:37:51     ( 6)  Nicolae Constantin (RUM)                       02 Oct 1955  Bucharest ROM
 2:37:51     (13)  Fumio Ishidaka (JPN)                           11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:37:53     (19)  Walter Tröger-2                  28 Oct 1916   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:37:54.6   (19)  Mikhail Petrov (RUS)                           10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:37:56     ( 4)  Luigi DeAngelis (ITA)                   1932   10 Sep 1955  Naples ITA
 2:37:57     ( 7)  Hiroshi Hashimoto(JPN)                         08 May 1955  Osaka JPN
 2:37:59.2   (20)  J Krutilin (RUS)                               10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:38:06.6   ( 2)  Hans-Dieter Schulze (GER)        09 Apr 1925   31 Jul 1955  Chemnitz GER
 2:38:09           Aydar Erturan (TUR)                     1926?
                   200
 2:38:09.6   ( 1)  Jules Zehnder (SUI)              14 Jul 1926   04 Sep 1955  Zurich SUI
 2:38:11.6   ( 7)  Zlati Pantov (BUL)                             06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:38:12     ( 2)  Hubert Zeinar (AUT)                     1913   18 Sep 1955  Linz AUT
 2:38:20     ( 1)  Ted Corbitt (NY/USA)             31 Jan 1919   01 May 1955  Philadelphia PA USA
 2:38:25.4a  ( 2)  Eric L Smith-7                   19 Jan 1922   11 Apr 1956  Sheffield ENG
 2:38:31     (21)  V Suchov (RUS)                                 10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:38:34a    ( 9)  Vic J Fowle (GBR)                08 Jan 1929   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:38:38     (14)  Teruo Nakano (JPN)                             11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:38:39     ( 7)  Unto Syysnummi (FIN)             07 Jun 1921   07 Aug 1955  Rauma FIN
 2:38:43.4   ( 2)  Lembit Virkus (EST)              07 Nov 1932   04 Sep 1955  Tartu EST
                   210
 2:38:45     ( 8)  Günther Leifhelm-2               20 Jan 1927   27 Aug 1955  Enschede NED
 2:38:49.6   ( 3)  Walter Tröger-3                  28 Oct 1916   18 Sep 1955  Leipzig GER
 2:38:50     (15)  Noriyo Ono (JPN)                               11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:38:51     ( 1)  John Dawson (GBR)                              04 Jun 1955  Belfast NIR
 2;38:51     (16)  Kenkichi Shikauchi (JPN)                       11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:38:52.4   ( 3)  William McMinnis-3               18 Feb 1915   11 Apr 1956  Sheffield ENG
 2:38:54     ( 1)  Eino Järvinen-2                  23 Sep 1915   25 Sep 1955  Turku FIN
 2:39:02a    ( 2)  Mahmoud Abdel Kerim-2                          02 Oct 1955  Athens GRE
 2:39:03     (20)  Benedykt Gugala-2                       1925   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:39:04a    ( 3)  Ali Hamed-2                                    02 Oct 1955  Athens GRE
                   220
 2:39:07.0   ( 4)  Gerhard Dorfeldt (GER)                  1927   12 Jun 1955  Bad Nenndorf GER
 2:39:07     ( 5)  E Leonard (AUS)                                24 Sep 1955  Sydney AUS
 2:39:07     (21)  Pavel Kantorek (CZE)             08 Feb 1930   16 Oct 1955  Košice SVK
 2:39:11     ( 1)  Georgi Penyev (BUL)                            09 Oct 1955  Sofia BUL
 2:39:13     ( 4)  Kenneth Honney-2                 16 Jun 1930   13 Aug 1955  Liverpool ENG
 2:39:15     (17)  Zenzo Shibata (JPN)                            11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:39:15.6   ( 1)  Gurucharan Singh (IND)                         13 Feb 1955  Kolkata IND 
 2:39:16.5   ( 2)  Jozsef Dobronyi-2                17 Jun 1917   04 Sep 1956  Budapest HUN
 2:39:19     ( 2)  Rudy Mendez (USA)                       1935   01 May 1955  Philadelphia PA USA
 2:39:20.6   ( 5)  Günther Thiele (GER)                    1914   12 Jun 1955  Bad Nenndorf GER
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 2:39:26.6   ( 2)  Jackie Mekler (RSA)              04 Mar 1932   25 Sep 1955  Turku FIN
 2:39:27.6   ( 3)  Jindrich Novak (CZE)             24 May 1919   11 Sep 1955  Ostrava CZE
 2:39:29     (10)  George William Ash (GBR)                       18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG aka "Bill"
 2:39:32.4   (22)  N Zhavoronkov (RUS)                            10 Jul 1955  Moscow RUS
 2:39:34a    (11)  Eric J Gebbett (GBR)             30 Jan 1932   18 Jun 1955  Chiswick ENG
 2:39:34     (18)  Kenji Fujiki (JPN)                             11 Dec 1955  Fukuoka JPN
 2:39:35     ( 1)  William McMinnis-4               18 Feb 1915   23 Jul 1955  Reading ENG
 2:39:38     ( 3)  Julian Witkowski-2                      1928   23 Oct 1955  Lodz POL
 2:39:40     ( 2)  Alan Lawton-3                    27 Mar 1924   30 May 1955  Peterborough ENG
 2:39:41     ( 5)  Fabio Lunatici (ITA)                           10 Sep 1955  Naples ITA
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 2:39:43.6   ( 1)  Janus vanderZande (NED)          16 Sep 1924   05 Jun 1955  Rotterdam NED
 2:39:45     ( 5)  Norman Ashcroft (GBR)            20 Jan 1917   13 Aug 1955  Liverpool ENG
 2:39:51.6   ( 1)  Poul Nielsen (DEN)                      1923   27 Jul 1955  Odense DEN
 2:39:57.8   ( 3)  Siegfried Israel (GER)           14 Oct 1928   31 Jul 1955  Chemnitz GER
 2:39:58a    ( 2)  Jackie Mekler-2                  04 Mar 1932   20 Aug 1955  Edinburgh SCO
 2:39:59     (22)  Julian Witkowski-3                      1928   16 Oct 1955  Kosice SVK
 2:39:59.4   ( 8)  Mihai Babaraica (RUM)                   1921   06 Aug 1955  Warsaw POL
 2:40:00     ( 1)  Gustav Belský (CZE)              05 Oct 1919   25 Sep 1955  Cadca SVK

Handicap Race
 2:31:53     ( 1)  Günther Leifhelm (GER)           20 Jan 1927   24 Apr 1955  Aachen-Eilendorf GER 
 2:32:18     ( 2)  Dieter Engelhardt (GER)          24 Feb 1926   24 Apr 1955  Aachen-Eilendorf GER
 2:33:44     ( 3)  Fritz Schöning (GER)             22 Sep 1921   24 Apr 1955  Aachen-Eilendorf GER
 2:36:14     ( 4)  August Blumensaat (GER)          15 Jan 1911   24 Apr 1955  Aachen-Eilendorf GER
 2:39:49     ( 5)  Joop Overdijk (NED)              01 Jul 1907   24 Apr 1955  Aachen-Eilendorf GER

Short Course (41.1 km)
 2:18:22      ( 1)  Hideo Hamamura (JPN)            17 Jul 1928   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:19:23      ( 2)  Eino Pulkkinen (FIN)            07 Nov 1925   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:19:57      ( 3)  Nicholas Costes (MA/USA)        03 Aug 1926   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:20:16      ( 4)  Paavo Kotila (FIN)              26 Aug 1927   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:20:28      ( 5)  Reynaldo Gorno (ARG)            18 Jun 1918   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:21:40      ( 6)  Gustaf Jansson (SWE)            05 Jan 1922   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:22:40      ( 7)  Yoshitaka Uchikawa (JPN)        04 Apr 1931   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:26:08      ( 8)  Tadaaki Tanabe (JPN)                          19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:27:51      ( 9)  Esekiel Santos Bustamante (ARG)        1912   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:28:30      (10)  Rodolfo Mendez (NY/PUR)         24 Aug 1934   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:32:27      (11)  Ted Corbitt (NY/USA)            31 Jan 1919   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:37:08      (12)  John A DiComandrea (MA/USA)     16 Dec 1928   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:37:30      (13)  Aldo Scandurra (NY/USA)         08 Apr 1916   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA died 1999
 2:38:00      (14)  Luis H Torres (MY/USA)                        19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:38:30      (15)  Norman Tamanaha (HI/USA)        11 Apr 1907   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA
 2:39:01      (16)  Nathaniel Cirulnick (NY/USA)    27 Jul 1930   19 Apr 1955  Boston MA/USA died 2003

Short Course (41.84 km) 
 2:25:23     ( 1)  John J. Kelley (CT/USA)          24 Dec 1930   30 Jan 1955  Philadelphia PA/USA

Short Course (about 42.0 km) 
 2:31:12.4   ( 1)  Nicholas Costes (PA/USA)         03 Aug 1926   22 May 1955  Yonkers NY/USA

Short Course (about 40 km) 
 2:33:00     ( 1)  David Dodds (ZIM)                              04 Dec 1955  Bulawayo ZIM

Last Updated on 24 Jan 2015

Contributors: Alex Wilson, Andy Milroy, Roger Gynn, Jacques Carmelli, Alain Bouille, Shigenobu Ota, Enzo Rivis, Matti Hannus, Mike Piper, Jan-Olof Damberg