Marathons
This section attempts to list all of the marathons held in the world for each
year. Lists are organized by country, date, and venue. The name of the race, number of
male/female finishers, number of runnings, and men and women
winners/times/ages/nationalities are listed when known. Lists for each year are
posted on individual web pages that can be accessed by clicking on the year in
the table below. The numbers of marathons listed, the numbers of finishers, and
the largest marathon for each year are shown below. Additional statistics can be
accessed by clicking on Stats. Lists of the largest marathons each year can be
accessed by clicking on the number of finishers for the largest marathon. Finisher data for earlier years is often quite incomplete; the
largest marathons represent the largest that reports of the numbers of finisher
have been received. Note that runners who start early are included in
finisher totals but are not eligible to win. Hence, some races may have
women finishers but no women's winner.
2013 2013 811 333,904 Stats 38690 Paris (FRA)
2012 3586 1,608,848 Stats 37566 Bank of America Chicago (IL/USA)
2011 3016 1,518,355 Stats 46759 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2010 2929 1,450,884 Stats 44829 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2009 2323 1,333,696 Stats 43633 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2008 2073 1,225,507 Stats 38060 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2007 1961 1,180,164 Stats 38557 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2006 1818 1,008,934 Stats 37936 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2005 1651 1,002,334 Stats 36856 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2004 1583 829,656 Stats 36562 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2003 1170 739,893 Stats 34729 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2002 1104 673,148 Stats 32889 London (ENG)
2001 991 580,809 Stats 30206 London (ENG)
2000 952 571,720 Stats 31561 London (ENG)
1999 904 392,602 Stats 31786 New York City (NY/USA)
1998 846 354,671 Stats 31539 New York City (NY/USA)
1997 740 310,061 Stats 30427 New York City (NY/USA)
1996 774 324,835 Stats 35868 Boston (MA/USA)
1995 813 318,149 Stats 27022 Honolulu (HI/USA)
1994 804 348,190 Stats 29735 New York City (NY/USA)
1993 729 308,349 Stats 26597 New York City (NY/USA)
1992 715 296,343 Stats 27797 New York City (NY/USA)
1991 713 276,003 Stats 25797 New York City (NY/USA)
1990 651 236,399 Stats 24953 London (ENG)
1989 707 249,153 Stats 24659 New York City (NY/USA)
1988 717 240,287 Stats 22405 New York City (NY/USA)
1987 732 233,468 Stats 21244 New York City (NY/USA)
1986 731 191,743 Stats 19689 New York City (NY/USA)
1985 733 201,848 Stats 15881 New York City (NY/USA)
1984 812 319,856 Stats 15649 London (ENG)
1983 834 309,265 Stats 15776 London (ENG)
1982 803 266,120 Stats 15116 London (ENG)
1981 762 216,203 Stats 13223 New York City (NY/USA)
1980 678 166,741 Stats 12512 New York City (NY/USA)
1979 663 168,343 Stats 10477 New York City (NY/USA)
1978 577 120,432 Stats 8588 New York City (NY/USA)
1977 432 52,328 Stats 3701 New York City (NY/USA)
1976 388 29,840 Stats 1997 Schwarzwald (GER)
1975 377 21,937 Stats 2143 Schwarzwald (GER)
1974 336 17,816 Stats 2113 Schwarzwald (GER)
1973 320 14,795 Stats 1726 Schwarzwald (GER)
1972 298 11,630 Stats 1434 Schwarzwald (GER)
1971 271 10,788 Stats 1420 Schwarzwald (GER)
1970 227 8,016 Stats 1040 Schwarzwald (GER)
1969 202 5,674 Stats 1152 Boston (MA/USA)
1968 196 3,612 Stats 792 Schwarzwald (GER)
1967 194 2,814 Stats 549 Equinox (AK/USA)
1966 167 2,588 Stats 580 Equinox (AK/USA)
1965 172 1,802 Stats 365 Boston (MA/USA)
1964 146 1,438 Stats 199 Equinox (AK/USA)
1963 140 1,179 Stats 183 Boston (MA/USA)
1962 114 714 Stats 150 Polytechnic (ENG)
1961 110 634 Stats 164 Polytechnic (ENG)
1960 116 732 Stats 149 Polytechnic (ENG)
1959 111 564 Stats 128 Polytechnic (ENG)
1958 102 580 Stats 151 Polytechnic (ENG)
1957 84 438 Stats 98 Polytechnic (ENG)
1956 101 408 Stats 136 Polytechnic (ENG)
1955 100 394 Stats 137 Polytechnic (ENG)
1954 80 403 Stats 148 Polytechnic (ENG)
1953 71 312 Stats 119 Polytechnic (ENG)
1952 73 397 Stats 126 Polytechnic (ENG)
1951 84 247 Stats 69 Kosice (SVK)
1950 68 371 Stats 149 Polytechnic (ENG)
1949 62 447 Stats 138 Polytechnic (ENG)
1948 49 380 Stats 103 Polytechnic (ENG)
1947 54 208 Stats 74 Kosice (SVK)
1946 44 182 Stats 74 Kosice (SVK)
1945 30 101 Stats 34 Boston (MA/USA)
1944 18 136 Stats 33 Boston (MA/USA)
1943 24 152 Stats 35 Boston (MA/USA)
1942 25 189 Stats 45 Boston (MA/USA)
1941 28 240 Stats 75 Boston (MA/USA)
1940 43 251 Stats 98 Boston (MA/USA)
1939 51 207 Stats 42 Yonkers (NY/USA)
1938 59 396 Stats 137 German Championship (GER)
1937 56 340 Stats 93 German Championship (GER)
1936 58 274 Stats 60 German Championship (GER)
1935 73 473 Stats 250 Japanese Championship (JPN)
1934 71 136 Stats 40 Port Chester (NY/USA)
1933 51 345 Stats 57 Italian Championship (Turin ITA)
1932 60 486 Stats 59 AAU Championship (Washington DC/USA)
1931 50 473 Stats 72 Canadian Championship (Toronto ON/CAN)
1930 53 373 Stats 110 Liverpool (ENG)
1929 50 255 Stats 79 Liverpool (ENG) 1928 66 440 Stats 77 Liverpool Civic (ENG) 1927 53 350 Stats 80 Long Beach (NY/USA) 1926 43 204 Stats 30 German Championships (GER) & Port Chester National (NY/USA) 1925 37 182 Stats 28 Polytechnic (ENG) 1924 43 234 Stats 36 Olympic Trials (MD/USA) 1923 39 87 Stats 16 Polytechnic (ENG) 1922 34 138 Stats 28 German Championship (Berlin GER) 1921 28 51 Stats 10 Turin (ITA) 1920 31 169 Stats 35 Olympic Games (BEL) 1919 18 109 Stats 59 Tour de Paris (FRA) 1918 13 53 Stats 38 Tour de Paris (FRA) 1917 18 51 Stats 14 Yonkers (NY/USA) 1916 18 79 Stats 23 Bronx County (NY/USA) 1915 19 36 Stats 18 Brockton Fair (MA/USA) 1914 28 103 Stats 23 Polytechnic (ENG) 1913 31 168 Stats 31 Brockton Fair (MA/USA) 1912 34 171 Stats 34 Olympic Games (SWE) 1911 29 106 Stats 25 Polytechnic (ENG) 1910 54 186 Stats 36 Yonkers (NY/USA)
Last Updated on 30 Apr 2013
Major contributors: Franco Anichini, Klaas Loonstra, Paul Michiels, Andy Milroy, Roger Gynn, Martin Rix, Juraj Gasparovic, Franco Civai, Ian Hill, Yoon Kim, Paul Michiels