Marathon List for 1952
Albania ALB ?? Sep Tirana Albanian Championship 2:57:00 Andrea Berberi (ALB) none Australia AUS 16 Feb Melbourne Australian Championship 3:19:26 Robert A Prentice (34,AUS) none AUS ?? ??? Sydney New South Wales Championship 2:45:43 Robert A Prentice (35,AUS) none AUS 18 Oct North Carlton Victoria State Championships 2:44:38.4 Robert A Prentice (35,AUS) none Austria AUT 28 Jun Vienna Austrian Championship 2:51:09.6 Adolf Gruber (32,AUT) none Canada CAN 13 Oct Saint John's NF 3 Newfoundland Provincial Championships 2:59:14 George Hillier (NF/CAN) none Croatia CRO 08 Jun Zagreb n/a 2:38:10 Franjo Krajcar (37,SER) none Czech Republic CZE 29 Jun Paradubice Czechoslovak Championship 2:37:51.6 Jaroslav Sourek (24,CZE) none CZE 07 Sep Domazlice 9 Domazlicky 2:38:54 Walter Bednar (26,CZE) none CZE 26 Oct Upice 3 Ratiboricky 2:37:20 Jaroslav Strupp (CZE) 4:35:00 Miroslava Binova (CZE) Denmark DEN 15 Jun Aarhus Danish Championship 2:42:17.2 Svend-Erik Sørensen (DEN) none England ENG 14 Apr Sheffield 10 Doncaster-Sheffield 2:41:24a Charles William Ellick (33,ENG) none ENG 02 Jun Peterborough Brotherhoods 2:38:xx Charles William Ellick (33,ENG) none ENG 14 Jun Windsor 40 Polytechnic 2:20:42.2 James Henry Peters (33,ENG) none ENG 11 Aug Liverpool n/a 2:32:39 William McMinnis (36,ENG) none Finland FIN 22 Jun Helsinki Finnish Championships 2:29:02 Erkki Puolakka (27,FIN) none FIN 27 Jul Helsinki Olympic Games 2:23:03.2 Emil Zatopek (29,CZE) none FIN 28 Sep Säynätsalo n/a 2:42:50 Veikko Simukka (25,FIN) none FIN 05 Oct Turku 5 Turku 2:25:19.2 Veikko Karvonen (26,FIN) none France FRA 29 Jun Colombes French Championship 2:44:02.6 Lionel Billas (23,FRA) none Germany GER 20 Jul Potsdam n/a 2:32:00 Arthur Frisch (37,GER) none GER 12 Oct Leverkusen n/a 2:44:10 Gunter Rodowski (25,GER) none Greece GRE ?? Apr Athens Greek Championship 3:11:29.6a Dimitrios Dervenus (GRE) none Guatemala GUA 05 Apr Guatemala City n/a 2:30:18 Doroteo Flores (GUA) none Hungary HUN 31 May Budapest n/a 2:32:37.8 Jozef Dobronyi (34,HUN) none India IND 23 Feb Chennai n/a 2:54:29 Surat Singh (IND) none Ireland IRL 05 Jul Crumlin All Ireland Championships (NACA) 3:13:50 J Exley (IRL) none IRL 15 Jul Dublin All-Ireland Championships (NIAA/AAU) 2:45:00 Joseph West (IRL) none Italy ITA 06 Oct Mestre n/a 2:37:30 Egilberto Martufi (26,ITA) none Japan JPN 16 Feb Ube Seibu 2:29:37 Keizo Yamada (24,JPN) none JPN 09 Mar Marugame n/a 2:37:27 Giichi Noda (JPN) none JPN 23 Mar Tokyo Tokyo 2:29:45 Keizo Yamada (24,JPN) none JPN 04 May Osaka 7 Mainichi 2:29:56 Yoshitaka Uchikawa (21,JPN) none JPN 05 Oct Gifu Japanese Championships 2:47:41 Hiroshi Hiroshima (JPN) none JPN 07 Dec Ube 6 Asahi Shimbun 2:27:59 Katsuo Nishida (23,JPN) none Korea KOR 16 Mar Pusan Korean Olympic Trials 2:26:07 Yoon-Chil Choi (23,KOR) none Latvia LAT ?? Sep Riga Latvian Championship 2:57:46.6 Konstantins Romanovskis (LAT) none Mexico MEX ?? Jun Chihuahua Mexican Championship 3:01:28.6 Francisco Vega (MEX) none Netherlands; The NED 14 Sep Hilversum n/a 2:39:37 Janus vanderZande (27,NED) none Norway NOR 03 Jul Oslo n/a 2:35:54 John Systad (39,NOR) none New Zealand NZL 01 Mar Wanganui n/a 2:38:42 John R Clarke (NZL) none Poland POL 28 Sep Poznan Polish Championship 2:52:27.2 Edwin Kozera (POL) none South Africa RSA 28 Mar Cape Town South African Championships 2:37:00.5 Wally Hayward (RSA) none RSA 03 Aug Johannesburg 7+0 Jackie Gibson 2:44:30 George Burdett (RSA) none RSA ?? ??? Durban Natal Championship 2:44:49 Trevor Allen (RSA) none RSA 11 Oct Brakpan n/a 2:42:56.5 Jackie Meckler (20,RSA) none RSA 09 Nov Durban 20 5+0 Durban Athletic Club 2:48:30 Jackie Meckler (20,RSA) none Russia RUS 25 Aug Moscow n/a 2:23:59 Vasiliy Davidov (RUS) none Scotland SCO 09 Aug Dundee Perth-Dundee 2:38:07a Charles D Robertson (32,SCO) none Slovakia SVK 05 Oct Kosice 27 Kosice 2:29:10 Erkki Puolakka (27,FIN) none Sweden SWE 15 Jun Södertälje n/a 2:29:02 Gustaf Jansson (30,SWE) none Turkey TUR 13 Apr Istanbul Turkish Championship 2:44:13.4 Ahmet Aytar (29,TUR) none United States USA 06 Apr Petaluma CA 18 Petaluma Spartan 2:48:10 Joseph Brooks (USA) none USA 19 Apr Boston MA 55 Boston 2:31:53x Doroteo Flores (GUA) none USA 18 May Yonkers NY 28 Yonkers 2:38:24.4 Victor Dyrgall (34,USA) none USA 16 Jun Culver City CA 5 n/a 2:50:37 Joseph Brooks (USA) none USA 19 Oct Baltimore MD Baltimore none Wales WAL 12 Jul Port Talbot n/a 2:30:40.6 Thomas Richards (42,WAL) noneLast Updated on 12 May 2008