Marathons

This section attempts to list all of the marathons held in the world for each year. Lists are organized by country, date, venue, name of 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 if 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.

2007  1860  1,145,550   Stats   38557	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2006  1745  1,002,016   Stats   37936	 ING New York City (NY/USA)
2005  1553   
2004  1490

1974   306      8,522   Stats    1705    Boston (MA/USA)   
1973   295      9,177   Stats    1394    Boston (MA/USA)   
1972   269      7,064   Stats    1081    Boston (MA/USA)   
1971   254      6,577   Stats     887    Boston (MA/USA)   
1970   209      4,254   Stats    1011    Boston (MA/USA)   

1969   188      3,431   Stats    1152    Boston (MA/USA)
1968   181      1,428   Stats
1967   174      2,286   Stats     436    Boston (MA/USA)
1966   146      1,503   Stats     414    Boston (MA/USA)
1965   163      1,250   Stats     365    Boston (MA/USA)
1964   143        970   Stats     130    Boston (MA/USA)
1963   127        719   Stats     183    Boston (MA/USA)

1952    58
1951    69
1950    59

Last Updated on 12 May 2008