Marathon List for 1912


Australia
AUS   03 Jun  Sydney                               12+0     New South Wales Championship            3:00:43.8   Walter Corben (30,AUS)                      none                            
Austria
AUT   09 Jun  Vienna                                        Austrian Championship                   3:08:01.6x  Karl Hack (19,AUT)                          none                            
Denmark
DEN   24 Mar  Ringsted                              6+0     n/a                                     3:00:01x    Olaf Lodal (26,DEN)                         none                            
DEN   12 May  Copenhagen                                    Danish Championship                     2:46:36x    Johannes Christensen (23,DEN)               none                            
DEN   27 Jul  Kolding                               7+0     n/a                                     2:50:08x    Max Wils (26,GER)                           none                            
DEN   15 Sep  Copenhagen                                    Copenhagen International                2:46:36x    Johannes Christensen (23,DEN)               none                            
England
ENG   18 May  London                         3     23+0     Polytechnic                             2:36:55.4a  James Corkery (22,ON/CAN)                   none                            
Finland
FIN   19 May  Oulukyla                                      n/a                                     2:29:07.6x  Taavetti Kolehmainen (27,FIN)               none                            
FIN   28 Jul  Tampere                                       n/a                                     2:39:13.8x  Taavetti Kolehmainen (27,FIN)               none                            
France
FRA   24 Jun  Colombes                              2+0     Olympic Trial                           2:02:45x    Jean Boissiere (29,FRA)                     none                            
FRA   08 Sep  Paris                          8              Tour de Paris                           2:43:52.4   Hans Holmer (26,CAN)                        none                            
Germany
GER   04 May  Berlin                                        (professional-indoor track)             2:38:23.8   Hans Holmer (26,CAN)                        none                            
GER   05 May  Berlin                                        (amateur)                               2:55:10     Paul Hempel (21,GER)                        none                            
GER   03 Nov  Berlin                               16+0     German Championships                    2:48:55.5   Johannes Christensen (23,DEN)               none                            
Hungary
HUN   02 Jun  Budapest                                      n/a                                     2:54:25x    Odon Karpati (30,HUN)                       none                            
Italy
ITA   19 May  Verona                                        Italian Championship                    3:10:02.8x  Giovanni Beltrandi (ITA)                    none                            
Latvia
LAT   19 May  Riga                                  6+0     Olympic Trials                          2:59:46.2x  Andrey Kruklins (21,LAT)                    none                            
Netherlands; The
NED   25 May  Gouda                                         n/a                                     2:54:12.4x  Arie Vosbergen (29,NED)                     none                            
Norway
NOR   16 Jun  Oslo                                          (track)                                 2:44:30x    Oscar Fonbaek (24,NOR)                      none                            
NOR   04 Aug  Oslo                                          Kristiania Track                        2:38:40x    Alexis Ahlgren (25,SWE)                     none                            
Portugal
POR   02 Jun  Lisbon                               18+0     n/a                                     2:52:08     Francisco Lazaro (21,POR)                   none                            
Scotland
SCO   02 Jan  Edinburgh                                     Powderhall (professional)               2:32:56.5   Willi Kolehmainen (24,FIN)                  none                            
SCO   18 May  Glasgow                               3+0     SAAA OT                                 2:54:48.4x  William Maxwell (SCO)                       none                            
Sweden
SWE   28 Apr  Landsvag                              2+0     Linkopings                              2:54:35x    Jakob Andersson (SWE)                       none                            
SWE   05 May  Stockholm                             9+0     Swedish Championship                    2:31:44.5x  Gustav Tornros (25,SWE)                     none                            
SWE   02 Jun  Stockholm                                     Olympic Trials                          2:42:22.4x  Alexis Ahlgren (24,SWE)                     none                            
SWE   14 Jul  Stockholm                      6     34+0     Olympic Games                           2:36:54.8x  Kennedy McArthur (30,RSA)                   none                            
SWE   01 Sep  Stockholm                                     Fredrikshofs                            2:38:57x    Thure Bergvall (24,SWE)                     none                            
SWE   22 Sep  Helsingborg                                   I S Gota's                              2:24:15x    Alexis Ahlgren (25,SWE)                     none                            
Ukraine
UKR   ?? ???  Lvov                                          n/a                                     3:22:10x    Jan Makarewicz (POL)                        none                            
United States
USA   19 Apr  Boston MA                     16              Boston                                  2:21:18.2x  Mike Ryan (23,NY/USA)                       none                            
USA   04 May  Saint Louis MO                       26+0     All Western                             2:36:30x    Joseph Erxsleben (22,MO/USA)                none                            
USA   04 Oct  Brockton MA                           7+0     Brockton Fair                           2:39:08.2x  Anastas Sturgis (MA/USA)                    none                            
USA   20 Oct  Newark NJ                                     (professional)                          2:29:39.2   Willi Kolehmainen (24,FIN)                  none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016