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