Marathon List for 1957


Albania
ALB   28 Sep  Tirana                                        Albanian Championship                   3:07:07.5   Hasan Dinia (ALB)                           none                            
Argentina
ARG   24 Aug  Buenos Aires                                  Lacoste-Luisi                           2:39:39     Armando Belivet (ARG)                       none                            
Australia
AUS   17 Aug  Melbourne                      5              Victorian Marathon Club                 2:48:47     Ernest Bentley (AUS)                        none                            
AUS   14 Sep  Adelaide                                      South Australia Championship            3:20:22     George Venables (AUS)                       none                            
AUS   21 Sep  Manly                                         New South Wales Championship            2:32:20     John Russell (25,AUS)                       none                            
AUS   21 Sep  Melbourne                     18      4+0     Victoria Championship                   2:45:12     William Baillie (23,NZL)                    none                            
Austria
AUT   01 Sep  Linz                                          Austrian Championship                   2:27:35     Jaroslav Sourek (29,CZE)                    none                            
Belgium
BEL   28 Jul  Brussels                                      Belgian Championships                   2:26:36.4   Aurele Vandendriessche (25,BEL)             none                            
Bulgaria
BUL   ?? ???  n/a                                           Bulgarian Championship                  2:38:24     Georgi Penchev (BUL)                        none                            
Canada
CAN   21 Sep  Saint John's NF                8      3+0     Newfoundland Provincial Championships   3:05:51     Jim Jackson (NF/CAN)                        none                            
CAN   12 Oct  Saint Hyacinthe PQ             1              Saint Hyacinthe                         2:32:47     Gordon Dickson (25,ON/CAN)                  none                            
Czech Republic
CZE   28 Jul  Upice                          7              Vitezove Ratiborickeho                  2:35:07.6   Walter Bednar (31,CZE)                      none                            
CZE   08 Sep  Ostrava                        3              Ostravsky                               2:34:36.0   Jaroslav Sourek (29,CZE)                    none                            
Denmark
DEN   ?? ???  n/a                                           Danish Championship                     2:51:53     Arthur Hansen (31,DEN)                      none                            
England
ENG   22 Apr  Sheffield                     15     56+0     Doncaster to Sheffield                  2:27:21.8a  Arthur Keily (36,ENG)                       none                            
ENG   25 May  Coventry                                      Midland Counties Championship           2:32:01     Benjamin-Basil Heatley (23,ENG)             none                            
ENG   25 May  Hull                           5              Hull                                    2:29:54     Arthur Keily (36,ENG)                       none                            
ENG   25 May  Ryde                           1     49+0     Isle of Wight                           2:35:51     Ken Honney (26,ENG)                         none                            
ENG   15 Jun  Chiswick                      44     98+0     Polytechnic                             2:37:04.4a  Ernest Kirkup (27,ENG)                      none                            
ENG   10 Aug  Watford                                       AAA Championship                        2:22:27.8   Ernest Kirkup (28,ENG)                      none                            
ENG   17 Aug  Liverpool                     14              Liverpool                               2:29:51     Arthur Keily (36,ENG)                       none                            
Spain
ESP   12 May  Valencia                                      Spanish Championship                    2:39:22     Miguel Navarro (27,ESP)                     none                            
Estonia
EST   14 Jul  Tallinn                                       Estonian Championship                   2:53:53.4   Viktor Puusepp (30,EST)                     none                            
EST   ?? Sep  Vandra                         2              Vandra                                  n/a         Argadi Birkenfeldt (EST)                                                    
Finland
FIN   16 Jun  Vaasa                                         n/a                                     2:22:07.2   Olavi-Adrian Manninen (40,FIN)              none                            
FIN   25 Aug  Turku                         10              Finnish Championships                   2:25:37.8   Eino Oksanen (26,FIN)                       none                            
France
FRA   15 Sep  Colombes                                      French Championship                     2:30:04     Henri Chene (FRA)                           none                            
Germany
GER   30 Jun  Leipzig                                       East German Championship                2:43:04     Bruno Bartholome (29,GER)                   none                            
GER   17 Aug  Dusseldorf                           71+0     West German Championship                2:31:08.8   Gustav Disse (23,GER)                       none                            
GER   30 Aug  Jena                                          n/a                                     2:31:07.2   Viktor Olsen (33,NOR)                       none                            
GER   29 Sep  Wernigerode                                   n/a                                     2:34:51     Gerhard Heber (33,GER)                      none                            
Greece
GRE   12 May  Athens                                        Greek Championship                      3:00:01     Ioannis Glezos (GRE)                        none                            
GRE   01 Sep  Athens                        17              Balkan Games                            2:41:37.0   Franjo Skrinjar (37,CRO)                    none                            
GRE   06 Oct  Athens                         2     20+0     Athens International                    2:26:27.8a  Franjo Mihalic (37,SER)                     none                            
Hungary
HUN   16 Jun  Szeged                         1              International Friendship                2:35:13     Franjo Skrinjar (37,CRO)                    none                            
HUN   01 Sep  Budapest                                      Hungarian Championship                  2:41:05     Istvan Simon (44,HUN)                       none                            
India
IND   10 Feb  Bangalore                                     Indian Championship                     2:48:56.1   Pyare Lal (IND)                             none                            
Ireland
IRL   ?? Jul  n/a                                           Irish Championship (AAU)                2:48:xx     Alex Ingle (IRL)                            none                            
IRL   28 Jul  Crumlin                                       All Ireland Championships (NACA)        2:48:07     Dan Lennon (NIR)                            none                            
IRL   28 Jul  Dublin                                        n/a                                     2:33:19     Hugh McEleney (IRL)                         none                            
Italy
ITA   20 Oct  Rome                                          Italian Championship                    2:36:29.4   Rino Lavelli (28,ITA)                       none                            
Japan
JPN   10 Feb  Beppu                          5     20+0     Beppu Mainichi                          2:26:40     Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (28,JPN)                 none                            
JPN   24 Feb  Naha                           3              Shinpo Naha                             2:42:59     Nagahito Ishigaki (JPN)                     none                            
JPN   21 Mar  Nagoya                         5              n/a                                     2:27:54     Akira Hatsuku (JPN)                         none                            
JPN   24 Mar  Marugame                      10              Kagawa                                  3:15:20     Hideaki Nagai (JPN)                         none                            
JPN   03 May  Osaka                         12              Mainichi                                2:31:26     Kurao Hiroshima (28,JPN)                    none                            
JPN   10 May  Ome                            5              Yomiuri Zenkoku                         2:30:28     Yoshitaka Uchikawa (26,JPN)                 none                            
JPN   06 Oct  Kobe                                          Japanese Championship                   2:28:28     Sumio Horinouchi (JPN)                      none                            
JPN   01 Dec  Fukuoka                       11     36+0     Asahi Shimbun                           2:21:40     Kurao Hiroshima (28,JPN)                    none                            
JPN   08 Dec  Kochi                         12              Kochi Shinbun                           2:40:22     Ichiro Murata (JPN)                         none                            
Korea
KOR   ?? Mar  Taegu                                         Taegu                                   2:22:55     Chung-Woon Lim (KOR)                        none                            
KOR   ?? ???  n/a                                           Korean Championship                     2:31:55     Sam-Suk Song (KOR)                          none                            
Latvia
LAT   21 Jul  Riga                                          Latvian Championship                    2:37:58.4   Alfreds Grotans (28,LAT)                    none                            
Netherlands; The
NED   17 Aug  Enschede                       6              Enschede                                2:32:39     Piet Bleeker (28,NED)                       none                            
NED   05 Oct  Zaandam                                       Zaanse                                  2:47:13     Joop Frederiks (NED)                        none                            
Northern Ireland
NIR   29 Jun  Belfast                       12              All-Ireland Championships (AAU/NIRR)    2:39:58     Vincent Frazer-Walker (IRL)                 none                            
Norway
NOR   11 Aug  Valer                                         Norwegian Championship                  2:35:08     Viktor Olsen (33,NOR)                       none                            
New Zealand
NZL   ?? ???  Napier                                        New Zealand Championship                2:44:56     Edwin Rye (34,NZL)                          none                            
NZL   ?? Dec  Feilding                       3              Feilding                                2:52:10     I Drysdale (NZL)                            none                            
Poland
POL   15 Sep  Poznan                                        Polish Championship                     2:39:36     Josef Russek (34,POL)                       none                            
Portugal
POR   28 Apr  Lisbon                                        Portuguese Championship                 2:28:40.6   Jose Araujo (33,POR)                        none                            
Romania
ROM   09 Jun  Brasov                                        n/a                                     2:48:25     Suleiman Ahmed-Ariff (ROM)                  none                            
ROM   15 Sep  Bucharest                                     n/a                                     2:30:29     Lothar Beckert (26,GER)                     none                            
South Africa
RSA   23 Feb  Krugersdorp                                   Southern Transvaal Championship         2:35:15.2   Mercer Davies (32,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   20 Apr  Queenstown                                    South African Championships             2:33:06.8   Jackie Mekler (24,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   08 Jul  Brakpan                        2              n/a                                     2:34:59a    Mercer Davies (32,RSA)                      none                            
RSA   25 Aug  Johannesburg                  12              Jackie Gibson                           2:37:19     Frikkie Steyn (RSA)                         none                            
Russia
RUS   04 Aug  Moscow                         3              International Youth Games               2:21:23.4   Franjo Mihalic (37,SER)                     none                            
RUS   01 Sep  Moscow                                        Soviet Championships                    2:19:50     Sergey Popov (26,RUS)                       none                            
Scotland
SCO   22 Jun  Edinburgh                                     Scottish Championship                   2:25:44a    Henry Fenion (26,GBR)                       none                            
Switzerland
SUI   08 Sep  Zurich                                        Swiss Championship                      2:46:08.6   Arthur-Karl Wittwer (29,SUI)                none                            
Slovakia
SVK   30 Jun  Cadca                          5              Kysucky                                 2:49:43.0   Walter Bednar (31,CZE)                      none                            
SVK   13 Oct  Kosice                        32     62+0     Kosice                                  2:23:57.8   Ivan Filin (31,RUS)                         none                            
Sweden
SWE   13 Jul  Arboga                                        Swedish Championship                    2:25:08     John-Evert Nyberg (32,SWE)                  none                            
SWE   21 Sep  Goteborg                             10+0     n/a                                     2:24:04     Paavo Kotila (30,FIN)                       none                            
United States
USA   27 Jan  Philadelphia PA                4              Shanahan Catholic Club                  2:31:19x    Jack Barry (32,PA/USA)                      none                            
USA   ?? Mar  Honolulu HI                    5              Hawaiian AAU                            3:16:02     J Palacat (HI/USA)                          none                            
USA   07 Apr  Petaluma CA                   23              Petaluma Spartan                        3:07:17     Jesse vanZant (34,USA)                      none                            
USA   20 Apr  Boston MA                     60              Boston                                  2:20:05a    John J Kelley (26,CT/USA)                   none                            
USA   19 May  Yonkers NY                    33              Yonkers                                 2:24:55.2x  John J Kelley (26,CT/USA)                   none                            
USA   25 May  n/a NJ                                        Riverview Park                                      none                                        none                            
USA   03 Aug  Culver City CA                10              Western Hemisphere                      2:55:41     Mal Robertson (USA)                         none                            
USA   09 Aug  Manitou Springs CO             2      9+0     Pike's Peak                             5:15:53     Monte Wolford (CO/USA)                      none                            
USA   13 Oct  Queens NY                                     Metropolitan AAU Championship           2:38:44.2   Ted Corbitt (38,NY/USA)                     none                            
Wales
WAL   22 Jun  Cardiff                                       Welsh Championship                      2:33:51     Rhys Davies (33,WAL)                        none                            

Last Updated on 07 Jan 2016