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.


2011  2748  1,449,562   Stats   46759	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2010  2879  1,444,995   Stats   44829	 ING New York City (NY/USA)

2009  2297  1,326,529   Stats   43633	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2008  2050  1,217,152   Stats   38060	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2007  1940  1,179,751   Stats   38557	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2006  1799  1,008,738   Stats   37936	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2005  1633  1,000,943   Stats   36856	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2004  1569    819,963   Stats   36562	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2003  1145    727,357   Stats   34729	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2002  1071    663,057   Stats   32889	 London (ENG)
2001   962    570,309   Stats   30206	 London (ENG)
2000   934    569,072   Stats   31561	 London (ENG)

1999   843    389,771   Stats   31786    New York City (NY/USA)   
1998   815    350,662   Stats   31539    New York City (NY/USA)   
1997   728    307,195   Stats   30427    New York City (NY/USA)   
1996   737    319,012   Stats   35868    Boston (MA/USA)   
1995   802    315,972   Stats   27022    Honolulu (HI/USA)   
1994   795    346,313   Stats   29735    New York City (NY/USA)   
1993   724    306,105   Stats   26597    New York City (NY/USA)   
1992   711    294,711   Stats   27797    New York City (NY/USA)   
1991   706    273,679   Stats   25797    New York City (NY/USA)   
1990   644    234,169   Stats   24953    London (ENG)   

1989   695    246,137   Stats   24659    New York City (NY/USA)   
1988   707    236,564   Stats   22405    New York City (NY/USA)   
1987   720    229,054   Stats   21244    New York City (NY/USA)   
1986   720    186,930   Stats   19689    New York City (NY/USA)   
1985   724    199,732   Stats   15881    New York City (NY/USA)   
1984   765    311,816   Stats   15649    London (ENG)   
1983   828    306,043   Stats   15776    London (ENG)   
1982   795    262,197   Stats   15116    London (ENG)   
1981   756    214,236   Stats   13223    New York City (NY/USA)   
1980   672    164,712   Stats   12512    New York City (NY/USA)   

1979   656    167,779   Stats   10477    New York City (NY/USA)   
1978   573    119,819   Stats    8588    New York City (NY/USA)   
1977   429     51,409   Stats    3701    New York City (NY/USA)   
1976   386     29,538   Stats    1997    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1975   372     21,812   Stats    2143    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1974   334     17,315   Stats    2113    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1973   319     14,618   Stats    1726    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1972   297     10,997   Stats    1434    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1971   270      9,876   Stats    1420    Schwarzwald (GER)   
1970   227      7,644   Stats    1040    Schwarzwald (GER)   

1969   200      5,478   Stats    1152    Boston (MA/USA)
1968   195      2,599   Stats     792    Schwarzwald (GER)
1967   193      2,569   Stats     518    Equinox (AK/USA)
1966   167      1,907   Stats     414    Boston (MA/USA)
1965   172      1,413   Stats     365    Boston (MA/USA)
1964   145      1,100   Stats     130    Boston (MA/USA)
1963   140      1,080   Stats     183    Boston (MA/USA)
1962   114        679   Stats     150    Polytechnic (ENG)
1961   109        626   Stats     164    Polytechnic (ENG)
1960   116        714   Stats     149    Polytechnic (ENG)

1959   108        504   Stats     128    Polytechnic (ENG)
1958   102        511   Stats     151    Polytechnic (ENG)
1957    83        376   Stats      98    Polytechnic (ENG)
1956   101        324   Stats     136    Polytechnic (ENG)
1955    99        321   Stats     137    Polytechnic (ENG)
1954    79        308   Stats     148    Polytechnic (ENG)
1953    71        261   Stats     119    Polytechnic (ENG)
1952    73        332   Stats     126    Polytechnic (ENG) 
1951    83        174   Stats      62    West German Championship (GER)
1950    68        261   Stats     140    Polytechnic (ENG) 

1949    62        363   Stats     138    Polytechnic (ENG)
1948    49        380   Stats     103    Polytechnic (ENG)
1947    53        207   Stats      74    Kosice (SVK)
1946    44        168   Stats      74    Kosice (SVK)
1945    30        101   Stats      34    Boston (MA/USA)
1944    18        113   Stats      33    Boston (MA/USA)
1943    23        152   Stats      35    Boston (MA/USA)
1942    25        173   Stats      45    Boston (MA/USA)
1941    28        240   Stats      75    Boston (MA/USA)
1940    43        251   Stats      98    Boston (MA/USA)

1939    51        176   Stats      42    Yonkers (NY/USA)
1938    59        395   Stats     137    German Championship (GER)
1937    56        300   Stats      93    German Championship (GER)
1936    58        244   Stats      60    German Championship (GER) 
1935    73        437   Stats     250    Japanese Championship (JPN)
1934    70        103   Stats      40    Port Chester (NY/USA)
1933    51        275   Stats      57    Italian Championship (Turin ITA)
1932    58        451   Stats      59    AAU Championship (Washington DC/USA)
1931    50        446   Stats      72    Canadian Championship (Toronto ON/CAN)
1930    53        348   Stats     110    Liverpool (ENG)
1929    50        255   Stats      79    Liverpool (ENG)
1928    66        436   Stats      77    Liverpool Civic (ENG)
1927    53        329   Stats      80    Long Beach (NY/USA)
1926    43        180   Stats      30    German Championships (GER) & Port Chester National (NY/USA)
1925    37        182   Stats      28    Polytechnic (ENG)
1924    42        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    30        168   Stats      31    Brockton Fair (MA/USA)
1912    33        171   Stats      34    Olympic Games (SWE)
1911    29        106   Stats      25    Polytechnic (ENG)


Last Updated on 21 Dec 2011

Major contributors:  Franco Anichini, Klaas Loonstra, Paul Michiels, Andy Milroy, Roger Gynn, Martin Rix, Juraj Gasparovic, Franco Civai, Ian Hill, Yoon Kim