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.

2010  1618    745,127   Stats   xxxxx	 

2009  2232  1,310,172   Stats   43633	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2008  2017  1,210,322   Stats   38060	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2007  1918  1,170,254   Stats   38557	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2006  1778  1,004,346   Stats   37936	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2005  1618    995,601   Stats   36856	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2004  1556    780,390   Stats   36562	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2003  1112    690,876   Stats   34729	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2002  1047    643,685   Stats   32889	 London (ENG)
2001   945    555,507   Stats   30206	 London (ENG)
2000   908    566,009   Stats   31561	 London (ENG)

1999   821    379,618   Stats   31786    New York City (NY/USA)   
1998   795    332,659   Stats   31539    New York City (NY/USA)   
1997   704    296,594   Stats   30427    New York City (NY/USA)   
1996   716    311,974   Stats   35868    Boston (MA/USA)   
1995   779    298,353   Stats   27022    Honolulu (HI/USA)   
1994   774    333,564   Stats   29735    New York City (NY/USA)   
1993   699    270,957   Stats   26597    New York City (NY/USA)   
1992   683    273,349   Stats   27797    New York City (NY/USA)   
1991   674    252,842   Stats   25797    New York City (NY/USA)   
1990   620    219,642   Stats   24953    London (ENG)   

1989   671    239,689   Stats   24659    New York City (NY/USA)   
1988   677    225,034   Stats   22405    New York City (NY/USA)   
1987   702    221,757   Stats   21244    New York City (NY/USA)   
1986   706    177,307   Stats   19689    New York City (NY/USA)   
1985   711    193,578   Stats   15881    New York City (NY/USA)   
1984   748    308,231   Stats   15649    London (ENG)   
1983   769    296,042   Stats   15776    London (ENG)   
1982   740    247,742   Stats   15116    London (ENG)   
1981   710    203,669   Stats   13223    New York City (NY/USA)   
1980   666    161,037   Stats   12512    New York City (NY/USA)   

1979   651    164,889   Stats   10477    New York City (NY/USA)   
1978   562    118,780   Stats    8588    New York City (NY/USA)   
1977   417     49,345   Stats    3701    New York City (NY/USA)   
1976   371     28,943   Stats    1997    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1975   362     21,303   Stats    2143    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1974   323     16,952   Stats    2113    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1973   307     14,370   Stats    1726    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1972   293     10,865   Stats    1434    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1971   267      9,720   Stats    1420    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1970   225      7,616   Stats    1040    Schwarzwald (GER)   

1969   196      5,382   Stats    1152    Boston (MA/USA)
1968   191      2,478   Stats     792    Schwarzwald (GER)
1967   188      2,567   Stats     518    Equinox (AK/USA)
1966   163      1,904   Stats     414    Boston (MA/USA)
1965   167      1,402   Stats     365    Boston (MA/USA)
1964   143      1,099   Stats     130    Boston (MA/USA)
1963   132        854   Stats     183    Boston (MA/USA)
1962   111        520   Stats     113    Boston (MA/USA)
1961   107        458   Stats     115    Boston (MA/USA)
1960   113        561   Stats      83    Boston (MA/USA)

1959   105        373   Stats      50    Enschede (NED)
1958    92        360   Stats      63    Isle of Wight (ENG) + West German Championship (GER)
1957    80        189   Stats      71    West German Championship (GER)
1956    98        126   Stats      33    Olympic Games (AUS)
1955    96        175   Stats      59    West German Championship (GER)
1954    77        151   Stats      83    Doncaster to Sheffield (ENG)
1953    70        137   Stats      92    Boston (MA/USA)
1952    72        202   Stats     100    Soviet Championship (RUS)
1951    82        165   Stats      62    West German Championship (GER)
1950    69        101   Stats      49    West German Championship (GER) 

1949    61        225   Stats      90    Boston (MA/USA)
1948    48        158   Stats      57    Yonkers (NY/USA)
1947    53        133   Stats      41    Boston (MA/USA)
1946    44         94   Stats      33    Boston (MA/USA)
1945    30         72   Stats      34    Boston (MA/USA)
1944    18        113   Stats      33    Boston (MA/USA)
1943    22        118   Stats      35    Boston (MA/USA)
1942    25        140   Stats      46    Boston (MA/USA)
1941    27        225   Stats      75    Boston (MA/USA)
1940    43        251   Stats      98    Boston (MA/USA)

1939    51        166   Stats      42    Yonkers (NY/USA)
1938    58        371   Stats     137    German Championship (GER)
1937    54        293   Stats      93    German Championship (GER)
1936    57        190   Stats      60    German Championship (GER) 
1935    72        425   Stats     250    Japanese Championship (JPN)
1934    69         95   Stats      40    Port Chester (NY/USA)
1933    50        245   Stats      57    Italian Championship (Turin ITA)
1932    58        451   Stats      59    AAU Championship (Washington DC/USA)
1931    50        443   Stats      72    Canadian Championship (Toronto ON/CAN)
1930    53        337   Stats     110    Liverpool (ENG)

1929    49        243   Stats      79    Liverpool (ENG)
1928    64        420   Stats      77    Liverpool Civic (ENG)
1927    53        329   Stats      80    Long Beach (NY/USA)
1926    42        157   Stats      30    German Championships (GER) & Port Chester National (NY/USA)
1925    37        181   Stats      28    Polytechnic (ENG)
1924    42        220   Stats      36    Olympic Trials (MD/USA)