World Marathon Rankings for 1952

Men
  2:20:42.2a  ( 1)  James Peters (GBR)               24 Oct 1918   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:21:42a    ( 2)  Stanley Cox (GBR)                15 Jul 1918   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:23:03.2   ( 1)  Emil Zatopek (CZE)               19 Sep 1922   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN 
 2:23:59     ( 1)  Vasiliy Davidov (UKR)                          25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS 
 2:24:15.8   ( 2)  Aleksandr Kolupayev (BLR)                      25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:25:19.2   ( 1)  Veikko Karvonen (FIN)            05 Jan 1926   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
 2:25:35     ( 2)  Reinaldo Gorno (ARG)             18 Jun 1918   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:26:07     ( 1)  Yoon-Chil Choi (KOR)             19 Jul 1928   16 Mar 1952  Pusan KOR
 2:26:07     ( 3)  Gustaf Jansson (SWE)             05 Jan 1922   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN 
 2:26:33.8   ( 3)  Boris Grishayev (RUS)            21 Jun 1930   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS 
                    10
 2:26:36     ( 4)  Yoon-Chil Choi-2                 19 Jul 1928   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN 
 2:26:41.8   ( 5)  Veikko Karvonen-2                05 Jan 1926   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:26:42.4   ( 6)  Delfo Cabrera (ARG)              12 Nov 1919   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:26:53.8a  ( 3)  Geoffrey Iden (GBR)              08 Oct 1914   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG 
 2:27:06.6   ( 4)  Nikolai Zaitsev (RUS)                          25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:27:28.8   ( 5)  Feodosiy Vanin (RUS)             25 Feb 1914   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:27:59     ( 1)  Katsuo Nishida (JPN)             24 Jan 1929   07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:28:04.8   ( 7)  Joszef Dobronyi (HUN)            17 Jun 1917   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:28:10.2   ( 6)  Vassiliy Romashkin (RUS)                       25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:28:11.8   ( 2)  Gösta Leandersson (SWE)          22 Apr 1918   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
                   20
 2:29:02     ( 1)  Gustaf Jansson-2                 05 Jan 1922   15 Jun 1952  Södertälje SWE
 2:29:02     ( 1)  Erkki Puolakka (FIN)             27 May 1925   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:29:10     ( 1)  Erkki Puolakka-2                 27 May 1925   05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
 2:29:35     ( 8)  Erkki Puolakka-3                 27 May 1925   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:29:37     ( 1)  Keizo Yamada (JPN)               30 Nov 1927   16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:29:45     ( 2)  Hideo Hamamura (JPN)             17 Jul 1928   07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:29:45     ( 1)  Keizo Yamada-2                   30 Nov 1927   23 Mar 1952  Tokyo JPN
 2:29:46     ( 2)  Hiroshi Uwa (JPN)                              16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:29:55.2   ( 2)  Onni Koskinen (FIN)              24 Sep 1919   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
 2:29:55.4   ( 1)  Yoshitaka Uchikawa (JPN)         04 Apr 1931   04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
                    30
 2:30:06     ( 7)  Mikhail Petrov (RUS)                           25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:30:15     ( 2)  Katsuo Nishida-2                 24 Jan 1929   04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:30:17     ( 3)  Hideo Hamamura-2                 17 Jul 1928   04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:30:18     ( 1)  Doroteo Flores (GUA)             11 Feb 1922      Apr 1952  Guatemala City GUA
 2:30:24.4   ( 2)  Mikko Hietanen (FIN)             22 Sep 1911   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:30:30.2   ( 8)  Mikhail Taziev (KAZ)                           25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:30:35     ( 3)  Keizo Yamada-3                   30 Nov 1927   07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:30:35     ( 1)  Yu-Dum Kim (KOR)                                      1952
 2:30:40.6   ( 1)  Thomas Richards (WAL)            05 Mar 1910   12 Jul 1952  Port Talbot WAL
 2:30:42     ( 9)  Geoffrey Iden-2                  08 Oct 1914   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
                    40
 2:30:44.8   ( 3)  Eino Pulkkinen (FIN)             07 Nov 1925   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:30:48a    ( 4)  Charles Robertson (GBR)          24 Aug 1919   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:30:56     ( 3)  Shigeki Tanaka  (JPN)                          16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:31:00.2   ( 4)  Vilho Partanen (FIN)             21 Dec 1919   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
 2:31:01     ( 4)  Keizo Yamada-4                   30 Nov 1927   04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:31:21     ( 5)  Shunji Koyunagi (JPN)                          04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:31:35     ( 9)  V Shcheprov (RUS)                              25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:31:38.0   ( 4)  Vilho Partanen-2                 21 Dec 1919   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:31:40     ( 4)  Shunji Koyunagi-2                              07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:31:42a    ( 5)  William McMinnis (GBR)           18 Nov 1915   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
                    50
 2:31:45     (10)  Yakov Moskachenkov (RUS)         17 Aug 1916   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:31:46.2   (11)  Nikolay Terentyev (RUS)                        25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:31:48     ( 4)  Hiroyaki Kuroki (JPN)                          16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:31:50.2   (10)  Wally Hayward (RSA)              10 Jul 1908   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:31:52.6   ( 5)  Veikko Timonen (FIN)             25 Dec 1915   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:32:00     ( 1)  Arthur Frisch (GER)                     1915   20 Jul 1952  Potsdam GER
 2:32:08.8   (12)  Boris Kharitonov (RUS)                         25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:32:14.2   ( 6)  Veikko Karvonen-3                05 Jan 1926   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:32:15.6   (13)  Ivan Filin (RUS)                 10 Mar 1926   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:32:20     ( 6)  Giichi Noda (JPN)                              04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
                    60
 2:32:31     ( 5)  Shunji Koyanagi (JPN)                   1925   16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:32:37.8   ( 1)  Jozef Dobronyi-2                 17 Jun 1917   31 May 1952  Budapest HUN
 2:32:39     ( 1)  William McMinnis-2               18 Nov 1915   11 Aug 1952  Liverpool ENG
 2:32:41     (11)  Sidney Luyt (RSA)                11 Dec 1925   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:32:41     ( 5)  Kurao Hiroshima (JPN)            05 Dec 1928   07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:32:42     ( 2)  Jozef Dobronyi-3                 17 Jun 1917   05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
 2:32:45     ( 6)  Hideo Hamamura-3                 17 Jul 1928   16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:32:48.4   (12)  Gustav Östling (SWE)             17 Dec 1914   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:32:52.4   (13)  Victor Dyrgall (USA)             08 Oct 1917   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:32:57     ( 7)  Kiyoshi Shinozaki (JPN)                        16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
                    70
 2:33:01     ( 8)  nfn Okazaki (JPN)                              16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:33:01     ( 2)  Henry Norrström (SWE)            28 Jan 1918   15 Jun 1952  Södertälje SWE
 2:33:08.6   (  )  Martti Urpalainen (FIN)          15 Aug 1918   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
 2:33:20     ( 7)  Masuo Onishi (JPN)                             04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:33:28     ( 2)  Luis Velasquez (GUA)             30 Dec 1919      Apr 1952  Guatemala City GUA
 2:33:45.8   (14)  Luis Celedon (CHI)               16 Dec 1926   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:33:48.8   ( 7)  Onni Koskinen-2                  24 Sep 1919   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:33:50     (15)  Janus vanderZande (NED)          16 Sep 1924   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:33:53.6   ( 3)  Jaroslav Sourek (TCH)            07 Sep 1927   05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
 2:33:58.4   (16)  Viktor Olsen (NOR)               05 Feb 1924   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
                    80
 2:34:01     (17)  Mikko Hietanen-2                 22 Sep 1911   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:34:24.2   ( 8)  Eino Järvinen (FIN)              23 Sep 1915   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:34:26     (14)  Aleksey Tyulenev (RUS)           09 Mar 1922   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:34:32     (18)  Charles Dewachtere (BEL)         22 Dec 1927   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:34:38     (19)  William Keith (RSA)              26 Nov 1925   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:34:39     ( 6)  Hiroshi Uwa-2                                  07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:34:43.8   (20)  Yakov Moskachenkov (URS)         07 Aug 1916   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:34:57.8   ( 6)  Eino Järvinen-2                  23 Sep 1915   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
 2:34:58     ( 9)  Teruhiko Hasegawa (JPN)                        16 Feb 1952  Ube JPN
 2:35:00     (15)  A Kuzin (RUS)                                  25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
                    90
 2:35:01     (16)  A Belov (RUS)                                  25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:35:07.8   (17)  K Ignatov (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:35:10     (21)  Mihaly Esztergoni HUN            13 Jun 1912   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:35:32     ( 3)  Gustav Östling-2                 17 Dec 1914   15 Jun 1952  Södertälje SWE
 2:35:33a    ( 6)  William James G Parr (GBR)              1909   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:35:37.2   ( 1)  Christea Dinu (ROM)              10 Aug 1911   22 Sep 1952  Bucharest RUM
 2:35:40     (22)  Mateo Flores-2                   11 Feb 1922   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:35:43     (23)  Jean Simonet (BEL)               05 May 1927   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:35:48     (18)  I Knyazev (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:35:54     ( 1)  John Systad (NOR)                14 Sep 1912   03 Jul 1952  Oslo NOR
                   100
 2:35:55     (19)  V Sukhov (RUS)                                 25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:35:58a    ( 7)  Robert Jackson (GBR)             03 Jan 1918   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:11     ( 7)  Kiyoshi Shinozaki-2                            07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:36:14     (24)  Jakob Kjersen (NOR)              02 Aug 1925   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:36:14     (20)  Yakov Punko (RUS)                       1916   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:36:19     (25)  Katsuo Nishida (JPN)             24 Jan 1929   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:36:21     ( 8)  Siochi Tamoi (JPN)                             04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:36:22.6   (21)  Pavel Savelyev (UKR)                           25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:36:29     ( 9)  Yoshihito Fujimoto (JPN)                       04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:36:35a    ( 8)  John Duffy (GBR)                        1919   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
                   110
 2:36:37a    ( 9)  George William Ash (GBR)                1920   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:37a    (10)  Alan Lawton (GBR)                27 Mar 1924   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:36:48     (10)  Kiyoshi Shinozaki-3                            04 May 1952  Osaka JPN
 2:36:48a    (11)  Joseph West (IRL)                04 Dec 1924   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:37:00.5   ( 1)  Wally Hayward (RSA)              10 Jul 1908   28 Mar 1952  Cape Town RSA
 2:37:01.4   ( 2)  Vasile Teodosiu (ROM)            21 Dec 1916   22 Sep 1952  Bucharest ROM
 2:37:02     ( 2)  Horst Zschimbang (GER)                  1923   20 Jul 1952  Potsdam GER
 2:37:04     ( 2)  Eric L. Smith (GBR)              19 Jan 1922   11 Aug 1952  Liverpool ENG
 2:37:16     ( 3)  Heinz Höbel (GER)                08 Dec 1924   20 Jul 1952  Potsdam GER
 2:37:19.4   ( 1)  Jaroslav Strupp (CZE)            16 Aug 1916   26 Oct 1952  Upice CZE
                   120
 2:37:21     ( 4)  Otto Senft (GER)                 08 Dec 1924   20 Jul 1952  Potsdam GER
 2:37:27     ( 1)  Giichi Noda-2                                  09 Mar 1952  Marugame JPN
 2:37:29     ( 2)  William Keith (RSA)              26 Nov 1925   28 Mar 1952  Capetown RSA
 2:37:30     ( 1)  Egilberto Martufi (ITA)          05 May 1926   06 Oct 1952  Mestre ITA
 2:37:32     ( 8)  Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN)         07 Feb 1929   07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:37:35a    (12)  Janus vanderZande (NED)          16 Sep 1924   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:37:47.6   (22)  I Yandulov (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:37:48     ( 9)  Yoshihito Fujimoto-2                           07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:37:51.6   ( 1)  Jaroslav Sourek-2                07 Sep 1927   29 Jun 1952  Paradubice CZE
 2:37:54     (23)  A Pyankov (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
                   130
 2:37:56.4   ( 4)  Mihaly Esztergomi (HUN)          13 Jun 1912   05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
 2:37:58     (24)  V Pyshnenko (KAZ)                              25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:38:05     (25)  Arnold Vaabla (EST)              10 Jan 1924   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:38:07a    ( 1)  Charles Robertson-2              24 Aug 1919   09 Aug 1952  Dundee SCO
 2:38:08     ( 5)  Willy Agather (GER)                     1916   20 Jul 1952  Potsdam GER
 2:38:10     ( 1)  Franjo Krajcar (SER)             07 Sep 1914   08 Jun 1952  Zagreb CRO
 2:38:11.2   (26)  Keizo Yamada-5                   30 Nov 1927   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:38:15     ( 2)  Viktor Olsen-2                   05 Feb 1924   03 Jul 1952  Oslo NOR
 2:38:18     ( 3)  Frederick Holt (GBR)             30 May 1919   11 Aug 1952  Liverpool ENG
 2:38:22     (27)  Feodosiy Vanin-2                 25 Feb 1914   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
                   140
 2:38:24.4   ( 1)  Victor Dyrgall (USA)             08 Oct 1917   18 May 1952  Yonkers NY/USA
 2:38:29     (28)  Grigoriy Suchkov (RUS)                  1917   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:38:31.4   (26)  Yevgeniy Garnov (RUS)                   1928   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:38:32a    ( 2)  John Duffy-2                            1919   09 Aug 1952  Perth-Dundee SCO
 2:38:36.8   ( 1)  Pedro Sierra (ESP)                             19 Oct 1952  Zaragoza SPA
 2:38:39a    (13)  Alex Kidd (GBR)                                14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:38:42     ( 1)  John R Clarke (NZL)                            01 Mar 1952  Wanganui NZL
 2:38:42     (27)  I Fufurin (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:38:48     ( 1)  Hans Frischknecht (SUI)                 1922   25 May 1952  Pratteln SUI 
 2:38:49a    (14)  Frederick Holt-2                 30 May 1919   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
                   150
 2:39:49     (28)  V Kashchenko (UKR)                             25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:38:49.6   ( 9)  Niilo Joensuu (FIN)              01 Jan 1927   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:38:50.8   ( 1)  Arnold Vaabla-2                  10 Jan 1924   12 Oct 1952  Tartu EST
 2:38:51.2   (29)  G Artemyev (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:38:54     ( 1)  Walter Bednar (CZE)              21 Jan 1926   07 Sep 1952  Domazlice CZE
 2:38:56.4   (30)  I Samoshin (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:38:58     (29)  Henry Norrström-2                28 Jan 1918   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:38:       ( 1)  Charles Ellick (GBR)             09 Nov 1918   02 Jun 1952  Peterborough ENG 
 2:39:16     ( 4)  Robert Jackson-2                 03 Jan 1918   11 Aug 1952  Liverpool ENG
 2:39:19a    (15)  Eric L Smith (GBR)               19 Jan 1922   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
                   160
 2:39:25     (31)  Pyotr Sorokovych (UKR)                  1928   25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:39:26     (10)  Ichiro Murata (JPN)                            07 Dec 1952  Ube JPN
 2:39:29a    (16)  Joe McGhee (GBR)                 09 Jul 1929   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:39:32.2   ( 7)  Totti Heino (FIN)                18 Feb 1914   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
 2:39:34.6   ( 2)  Rudolf Morgenthaler (SUI)        22 Mar 1926   25 May 1952  Pratteln SUI
 2:39:36.6   ( 5)  Józef Mucsi (HUN)                11 Sep 1913   05 Oct 1952  Kosice SVK
 2:39:37     (30)  Dieter Engelhardt-2              24 Feb 1926   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:39:37     ( 1)  Janus vanderZande-3              16 Sep 1924   14 Sep 1952  Hilversum NED
 2:39:39     (32)  Sergey Klebanovich (BLR)                       25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:39:42     (33)  V Fadeyev (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
                   170
 2:39:43a    (17)  Peter E Crossland (GBR)          04 Aug 1929   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:39:43     (31)  Christea Dinu-2                  10 Aug 1911   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:39:50.0   ( 1)  Jaroslav Strupp-2                16 Aug 1916   18 May 1952  Bystřice CZE
 2:39:       ( 2)  Derek E. Reynolds (GBR)                 1914   02 Jun 1952  Peterborough ENG
 2:40:06     ( 2)  Artidoro Berti (ITA)             29 Jul 1920   06 Oct 1952  Mestre ITA
 2:40:09a    (18)  Derek E Reynolds (GBR)           22 Sep 1914   14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
 2:40:12.2   ( 2)  Viktor Puusepp (EST)             06 Sep 1926   12 Oct 1952  Tartu EST
 2:40:13     (34)  N Karyakin (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:40:14     (35)  Mikhail Khramov (RUS)                          25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:40:22a    (19)  George Leslie Norman (CAN)                     14 Jun 1952  Chiswick ENG
                   180
 2:40:24     ( 2)  Drahomir Pechanék (CZE)          20 Jul 1923   18 May 1952  Bystrice CZE
 2:40:36     (36)  Vladimir Degtaryev (RUS)                       25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:40:39.6   (37)  M Susyekov (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:40:42     ( 5)  Arthur E Cooper (GBR)                          11 Aug 1952  Liverpool ENG
 2:40:43     (32)  Jean Leblond (BEL)               02 Feb 1920   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:40:44.4   (10)  Veikko Virtanen (FIN)            15 Nov 1914   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:40:47     (38)  A Rybakov (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:40:50     ( 3)  Jiri Michalek (CZE)              01 Jan 1926   18 May 1952  Bystrice CZE
 2:40:52     (39)  V Nasvit (RUS)                                 25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:40:53     (40)  N Kharin (RUS)                                 25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
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 2:40:54a    ( 3)  John Emmet Farrell (GBR)         12 Jun 1909   09 Aug 1952  Dundee SCO
 2:40:55     ( 3)  Giovanni Zagaria (ITA)                         06 Oct 1952  Mestre ITA
 2:40:57     ( 4)  Luigi Formisano (ITA)                   1918   06 Oct 1952  Mestre ITA
 2:41:02.0   ( 2)  Drahomir Pechanék (CZE)          20 Jul 1923   26 Oct 1952  Úpice CZE
 2:41:03     (41)  B Simin (RUS)                                  25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:41:11     ( 3)  Jakob Kjersen- 2                 02 Aug 1925   03 Jul 1952  Oslo NOR
 2:41:13     (42)  P Volkov (RUS)                                 25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:41:14.4   ( 3)  Nicolae Constantin (ROM)                       22 Sep 1952  Bucharest ROM
 2:41:16.6   ( 6)  Veikko Timonen-3                 25 Dec 1915   05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
 2:41:19     (43)  N Kuptsov (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
                   200
 2:41:22.2   (11)  Martti Urpalainen-2              15 Aug 1918   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:41:23     (33)  Choong-Sik Choi (KOR)            19 Sep 1931   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:41:24     ( 1)  Charles Ellick-2                 09 Nov 1918   14 Apr 1952  Sheffield ENG
 2:41:26.8   ( 2)  Jindrich Novák (CZE)             24 May 1919   29 Jun 1952  Pardubice CZE
 2:41:29.8   (34)  John Systad-2                    20 Mar 1917   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:41:31     (44)  Ivan Golopolosov (UKR)                         25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:41:33     (45)  A Yevdokimov (RUS)                             25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:41:36.0   (12)  Totti Heino-2                    18 Feb 1914   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:41:37.6   (46)  S Murashev (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:41:40.4   (35)  Jaroslav Sourek (CZE)            07 Sep 1927   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
                   210
 2:41:47.8   (13)  Aarne Jung (FIN)                 13 Nov 1912   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:41:52.2   ( 7)  Adolf Gruber (AUT)               15 May 1920   05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
 2:41:57.4   (14)  Eelis Arminen (FIN)              08 Mar 1915   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:42:04     (47)  M Myakkinen (RUS)                              25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:42:06     (48)  V Kazlauskas (LTU)                             25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:42:14.4   (49)  S Kogan (RUS)                                  25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:42:16     ( 6)  Hans-Dieter Schulze (GER)        09 Apr 1925   20 Jul 1952  Potsdam GER
 2:42:17.2   ( 1)  Svend-Erik Sorensen (DEN)        30 Nov 1917   15 Jun 1952  Aarhus DEN
 2:42:19.2   (15)  Risto Westerlund (FIN)           15 Mar 1915   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:42:20.2   (50)  A Muratikov (RUS)                              25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
                   220
 2:42:20.8   (51)  S Kalashnikov (RUS)                            25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:42:21     ( 1)  Byong-Tai Soo (KOR)                                   1952  (KOR champs)
 2:42:27     ( 1)  Alois Wagner (AUT)               03 Feb 1922   21 Sep 1952  Tegernsee GER
 2:42:29     ( 5)  Gaetano Marzano (ITA)                   1922   06 Oct 1952  Mestre ITA
 2:42:32     (52)   V Myltsev (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:42:35     ( 2)  Josef Dolezal (CZE)              12 Dec 1920   07 Sep 1952  Domazlice CZE
 2:42:39     ( 1)  Hans Vollbach (GER)              22 Jul 1921   21 Sep 1952  Berlin GER
 2:42:43     (53)  I Dmitrenko (RUS)                              25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:42:50     (36)  Thomas Jones (USA)               18 Nov 1916   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:42:50     ( 1)  Veikko Simukka (FIN)             20 Sep 1927   28 Sep 1952  Säynätsalo FIN
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 2:42:56.5   ( 1)  Jackie Mekler (RSA)              04 Aug 1932   11 Oct 1952  Brakpan RSA
 2:43:00     (54)  G Kolchin (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:43:06     ( 2)  Melvin Munro (NZL)                             01 Mar 1952  Wanganui NZL 
 2:43:06     ( 2)  Erik Simonsen (DEN)                            15 Jun 1952  Aarhus DEN
 2:43:08.2   ( 3)  Jiri Legiersky (CZE)             23 Nov 1926   26 Oct 1952  Upice CZE
 2:43:11     ( 7)  Gerhard Heber (GER)              24 Feb 1924   20 Jul 1952  Potsdam GER
 2:43:11     ( 3)  Jindřich Novák- 2                24 May 1919   07 Sep 1952  Domazlice CZE
 2:43:12.8   ( 1)  Khristos Andreev (BUL)                                1952  (BUL champs) 
 2:43:13.4   (37)  Robert Prentice (AUS)            04 Nov 1923   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:43:14     (55)  S Bubovich (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS 
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 2:43:17     ( 4)  Walter Bednar -2                 21 Jan 1926   18 May 1952  Bystrice CZE
 2:43:20     ( 3)  Peeter Lapp (EST)                30 Oct 1924   12 Oct 1952  Tartu EST
 2:43:22     ( 2)  Thomas Jones- 2                  18 Nov 1916   18 May 1952  Yonkers NY USA
 2:43:27     ( 4)  Walter Bednar-3                  21 Jan 1926   26 Oct 1952  Upice CZE
 2:43:31.2   ( 8)  István Simon (HUN)                             05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
 2:43:38.2   (38)  Muhammad Havildar Aslam (PAK)    10 Oct 1921   27 Jul 1952  Helsinki FIN
 2:43:43     ( 3)  Ted Corbitt (NY/USA)             31 Jan 1919   18 May 1952  Yonkers NY USA
 2:43:44     ( 4)  Arthur Frisch–2                         1915   22 Sep 1952  Bucharest HUN
 2:43:58     ( 6)  Armando Martini (ITA)                          06 Sep 1952  Mestre ITA
 2:44:00.2   ( 9)  Jaroslav Strupp-3                16 Aug 1916   05 Oct 1952  Košice SVK
                   250
 2:44:02.6   ( 1)  Lionel Billas (FRA)              03 Feb 1929   29 Jun 1952  Colombes FRA
 2:44:04     ( 5)  Frantisek Katolicky              11 Nov 1919   18 May 1952  Bystrice CZE
 2:44:10     (56)  F Barabanshchikov (RUS)                        25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:44:10     ( 1)  Gunther Rodowski (GER)                  1927   12 Oct 1952  Leverkusen GER
 2:44:13.4   ( 1)  Ahmet Aytar (TUR)                       1922   13 Apr 1952  Istanbul TUR
 2:44:20.0   ( 8)  Eelis Arminen-2)                 08 Mar 1915   05 Oct 1952  Turku FIN
 2:44:22     ( 7)  Antonio Sabelli (ITA)                          06 May 1952  Mestre ITA
 2:44:23     (57)  B Boronkov (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:44:25     ( 5)  Nicolae Tartareanu (ROM)                       22 Sep 1952  Bucharest ROM
 2:44:26.0   (16)  Unto Syysnummi (FIN)             07 Jun 1921   22 Jun 1952  Helsinki FIN
                   260
 2:44:28     (58)  I Shatilo (RUS)                                25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:44:29     (59)  Y Gogolevski (RUS)                             25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:44:30     ( 1)  George Burdett (RSA)                                  1952  Johannesburg RSA
 2:44:34     ( 2)  Urpo Raitanen (FIN)              24 May 1924   07 Sep 1952  Iisvesi FIN
 2:44:34     ( 5)  Josef Dolezal-2                  12 Dec 1920   26 Oct 1952  Upice CZE
 2:44:38.4   ( 1)  Robert Prentice- 2               04 Jul 1917   18 Oct 1952  North Carlton AUS
 2:44:45     ( 1)  Melvin Munro- 2                                26 Jan 1952  Christchurch NZL
 2:44:49     ( 1)  Trevor Allen (RSA)                                    1952  Durban RSA
 2:44:50     (60)  Y Tsyganov (RUS)                               25 Aug 1952  Moscow RUS
 2:44:54.4   ( 1)  Jindřich Novák -2                24 May 1919   01 Jun 1952  Prague CZE
                   270
 2:44:57     ( 8)  Giuseppe Benigni (ITA)                  1924   06 Sep 1952  Mestre ITA 


	
Slightly Short Course (suspected to have been measured in middle of road) 
 2:32:57     ( 1)  Ludwig Warnemünde (GER)          10 Oct 1916   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER
 2:33:40     ( 2)  Dieter Engelhardt (GER)          24 Feb 1926   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER
 2:34:52     ( 3)  Willi Wange (GER)                19 Jul 1917   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER
 2:36:23     ( 4)  Hans Vollbach (GER)              22 Jul 1921   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER
 2:37:25     ( 5)  Ernst Weber (GER)                04 Jul 1909   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER
 2:38:59     ( 6)  Gerd von Hanu-Krüger (GER)       17 Dec 1922   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER
 2:40:40     ( 7)  Willi Holtkamp (GER)             05 Jan 1914   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER
 2:43:11     ( 8)  Josef Legge (GER)                05 Nov 1914   08 Jun 1952  Neustadt GER

Short Course (41.1 km) 
 2:31:53.2   ( 1)  Mateo Flores (GUA)               11 Feb 1922   19 Apr 1952  Boston MA USA
 2:36:40     ( 2)  Victor Dyrgall (USA)             08 Oct 1917   19 Apr 1952  Boston MA USA
 2:40:08     ( 3)  Luis H Velásquez (GUA)           30 Dec 1919   19 Apr 1952  Boston MA USA
 2:43:29     ( 4)  Thomas Jones (PA/USA)            18 Nov 1916   19 Apr 1952  Boston MA USA

Probably Short Course
 2:23:07.8   ( 1)  Charles Dewachtere (BEL)         22 Dec 1927   14 Jun 1952  Ghent BEL
 2:23:35     ( 2)  Jean Leblond (BEL)               02 Jun 1920   14 Jun 1952  Ghent BEL
 2:28:07     ( 3)  Jean Simonet (BEL)               05 May 1927   14 Jun 1952  Ghent BEL
 2:32:30     ( 4)  Jules Limbourg (BEL)             12 May 1918   14 Jun 1952  Ghent BEL

Unofficial
 2:30:49           Lionel Billas (FRA)                               Jun 1952  Jarny FRA

	

Women
 4:35:00     ( 1)  Miroslava Binova (CZE)                         26 Oct 1952  Upice CZE                              

Last Updated on 25 Sep 2009

Contributors: Alex Wilson, Andy Milroy, Roger Gynn, Jacques Carmelli, Alain Bouille, Shigenobu Ota, Enzo Rivis, Matti Hannus, Paul Michiels, Mikko Nieminen, Karl Lennartz, Maurice Wilson, Rooney Magnusson, Jan Olaf, Walter Kunze, Milan Skočovský