World Marathon Rankings for 1943

Men
 2:38:35.3   ( 1)  Gerard Cote (CAN)                27 Jul 1913   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:39:08.5   ( 2)  Fred McGlone (MA/USA)            29 Jan 1918   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA 
 2:39:30     ( 3)  Clayton Farrar (USA)             05 Jan 1922   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:39:53     ( 4)  John A Kelley (MA/USA)           06 Sep 1907   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:40:33     ( 5)  Leslie Pawson (USA)              03 Feb 1905   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:41:30.0   ( 1)  Ioan Baboie (ROM)                12 Apr 1914   31 Oct 1943  Bucuresti ROM
 2:42:44     ( 1)  Henning Larsen (DEN)             12 Dec 1910   16 Aug 1943  Kobenhavn DEN
 2:42:55     ( 1)  Risto Vesterlund (FIN)           15 Mar 1915   29 Aug 1943  Vuoksenniska FIN
 2:43:34.8   ( 1)  Ettore Padovani (ITA)                   1909   04 Jul 1943  Turin ITA
 2:44:13a    ( 1)  Tom Richards (WAL)               15 Mar 1910   10 Jul 1943  Dundee SCO
                    10
 2:45:10     ( 2)  Vaino Muinonen (FIN)             30 Dec 1898   29 Aug 1943  Vuoksenniska FIN
 2:47:15     ( 3)  Mauno Tarkiainen (FIN)           18 Aug 1904   29 Aug 1943  Vuoksenniska FIN
 2:47:20     ( 1)  Leland Smith (USA)                             18 Apr 1943  Petaluma CA USA
 2:49:18.4   ( 6)  Tony Medeiros (USA)                     1913   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:49:19     ( 2)  Francesco Roccati (ITA)          09 Jun 1908   04 Jul 1943  Turin ITA 
 2:49:38.1   ( 3)  Romano Burlo (ITA)               06 Nov 1909   04 Jul 1943  Turin ITA
 2:49:42     ( 4)  Luigi Ermacora (ITA)             14 Oct 1905   04 Jul 1943  Turin ITA
 2:50:00.6   ( 5)  Michele Fanelli (ITA)            14 Sep 1907   04 Jul 1943  Turin ITA
 2:50:04a    ( 2)  Andrew Blair (SC0)                      1905   10 Jul 1943  Dundee SCO
 2:50:14.0   ( 1)  Geza Kiss (HUN)                         1908   19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK 
                    20
 2:50:35     ( 7)  Don Heinicke (MD/USA)            20 Feb 1915   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:51:11.4   ( 1)  Tom Richards-2                   15 Mar 1910   06 Aug 1943  Wolverhampton ENG
 2:51:14     ( 2)  Jozsef Kiss (HUN)                29 Apr 1909   19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 2:51:15     ( 1)  Matti Laihoranta (FIN)                         10 Oct 1943  Helsinki FIN
 2:51:30     ( 2)  Niels Jensen (DEN)                             16 Aug 1943  Kobenhavn DEN
 2:51:36     ( 3)  Mikko Hietanen (FIN)             22 Sep 1911   29 Aug 1943  Vuoksenniska FIN
 2:52:26     ( 3)  Carl Mikkelsen (DEN)                           16 Aug 1943  Kobenhavn DEN
 2:54:23     ( 1)  Patrick Ryan (IRL)                             01 Aug 1943  Clonmel IRL 
 2:54:29     ( 8)  Jock Semple (USA)                26 Oct 1903   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:54:44     ( 1)  Leslie Griffiths (GBR)           20 Mar 1905   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
                    30
 2:54:57     ( 2)  Toivo Salmi (FIN)                       1894   10 Oct 1943  Helsinki FIN 
 2:55:13     ( 2)  Tom Richards-3                   15 Mar 1910   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 2:55:29     (  )  Enver Bedredin (FIN)             13 Nov 1914   29 Aug 1943  Vuoksenniska FIN
 2:55:31     ( 3)  John Bell (GBR)                                19 Jun 1943  London ENG 
 2:56:22     ( 9)  William Wiklund (NY/USA)         26 Jun 1907   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:57:34     ( 4)  G Heath (GBR)                                  19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 2:58:13     (10)  Louis Young (MA/USA)             02 Feb 1912   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 2:58:24     ( 1)  Jakob Jutz (SUI)                               05 Sep 1943  Thun SUI NC
 2:59:04     ( 5)  Andrew Blair-2                          1905   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 2:59:41     ( 6)  Andrew Burnside (SCO/CAN)                      19 Jun 1943  London ENG
                    40
 2:59:46     ( 4)  Daner Stavnshřj (DEN)                          16 Aug 1943  Kobenhavn DEN 
 2:59:57.6   ( 6)  Giovanni Pittatore (ITA)                       04 Jul 1943  Turin ITA
 3:00:07     (  )  Urho Seppälä (FIN)               15 May 1908   29 Aug 1943  Vuoksenniska FIN
 3:00:12     ( 1)  Sevki Koru (TUR)                 01 Apr 1913   23 May 1943  Ankara TUR  
 3:00:50     ( 3)  Lajos Gal (HUN)                                19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:01:32     ( 7)  Stanley F Jones (GBR)            26 Dec 1914   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 3:02:07     ( 4)  Jozsef Nagyvari (HUN)                          19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:02:54     (11)  Michael O`Hara (NY/USA)          03 Jun 1913   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:02:46.2   ( 5)  Felix Briss (HUN)                              19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:03:00     ( 1)  Norman Tamanaha (HI/USA)         11 Apr 1907          1943  [Oahu] HI USA
                    50
 3:03:08     ( 4)  L Nikkola (FIN)                                10 Oct 1943  Helsinki FIN
 3:03:38.2   ( 1)  Jerónimo Monge (ESP)                    1901   25 Apr 1943  Zaragoza ESP
 3:03:51.4   (  )  V Roccati (ITA)                                       1943
 3:04:36.4   ( 6)  Imre Godany (HUN)                              19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:04:45     (  )  R Tornqvist (FIN)                              10 Oct 1943  Helsinki FIN
 3:05:38.8   ( 2)  Alfredo Martinez (ESP)                  1905   25 Apr 1943  Zaragoza ESP
 3:05:39     ( 1)  Thomas Orr (NIR)                               24 Jul 1943  Belfast NIR
 3:06:08     (12)  Jack Kersnason (PA/USA)          25 Mar 1912   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:06:09     ( 7)  Janos Fazekas (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:06:11     ( 8)  F Walker (GBR)                                 19 Jun 1943  London ENG
                    60
 3:07:15     ( 1)  Tom Orr-2                                      19 Jun 1943  Belfast IRL 
 3:07:35     ( 9)  Jack Stubbs (GBR)                19 Dec 1904   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 3:07:36     ( 5)  Svend Christensen (DEN)                        16 Aug 1943  Kobenhavn DEN
 3:07:55     ( 8)  Jozsef Finta (HUN)                             19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:09:13     (10)  Leslie Pocock (GBR)                     1926   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 3:09:58     (13)  Jack Kashishian (PA/USA)                       07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:10:03     (14)  Carmon Phillips (NY/USA)         08 Nov 1920   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:10:47     (15)  Charley A Robbins Jr (CT/USA)    13 Sep 1920   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:11:33     ( 9)  Balazs Csonka (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:11:59     (16)  Harry Murphy (NY/USA)                          07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
                   70
 3:13:16     (10)  Gyula Varga (HUN)                              19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:13:30     (11)  Vic Sellars (GBR)                       1901   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 3:14:00     (12)  W Varnell (GBR)                                19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 3:15:34     (11)  Ferenc Medve (HUN)                             19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:16:00     (13)  Alick Pirie (GBR)                              19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 3:19:27     (17)  Louis A Balg (NY/USA)            24 Jul 1909   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:19:54.2   (3)   Justo Borras (ESP)                             25 Apr 1943  Zaragoza ESP
 3:20:58     (12)  nfn Juhasz (HUN)                               19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:21:11     (18)  George Waterhouse (MA/USA)          Sep 1917   07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:22:40     (13)  nfn Ottrubay (HUN)                             19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
                    80
 3:23:15     ( 1)  Jordan Petrov (BUL)                                   1943  BUL 
 3:24:05     (14)  József Mucsi (HUN)               11 Sep 1913   19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:24:43     (15)  Ferenc Gulyas (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:25:01     (19)  Robert S Campbell (MA/USA)                     07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:25:16     (16)  Istvan Zelenka (HUN)                    1901   19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK 
 3:25:52     (20)  Fred Brown (MA/USA)                            07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:26:11     (17)  Gabor Beöthy (HUN)                             19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:27:33     (18)  György Matos (HUN)                             19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:27:59     (19)  nfn Bartha (HUN)                               19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:28:52     (20)  nfn Szaraz (HUN)                               19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
                    90
 3:29:10     (21)  George Dickson (NY/USA)                        07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA 
 3:30:25     (22)  Sam Cutler ((USA)                              07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA 
 3:33:30     (21)  Janos Kapussy (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:34:29     (23)  Jimmy McKissock (PA/USA)                       07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:40:01     (22)  Sandor Lenghard (HUN)                          19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK 
 3:42:03     (23)  nfn Kincses (HUN)                              19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:42:03     (24)  Ernest Weber (NY/USA)                          07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 3:45:30     (25)  Adrian Pronovost(PQ/CAN)                       07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA 
 3:47:36     (26)  Ray Mahannah (IA/USA)                          07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA 
 3:51:14.2   (4)   Manuel Monzon (ESP                             25 Apr 1943  Zaragoza ESP
                   100
 3:51:16     (25)  Cecil Herniman (GBR)                Sep 1902   19 Jun 1943  London ENG
 3:52:00     (24)  nfn Lipovszky (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:52:04.8   (5)   Vicente Buisan (ESP)                           25 Apr 1943  Zaragoza ESP
 3:54:31     (25)  Mihaly Barnai (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:55:06     (26)  Zoltan Farkas (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:57:08     (27)  nfn Varvolgyi (HUN)                            19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 3:59:32     (28)  Istvan Kunsagi (HUN)                           19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK 
 4:01:39     (29)  Julius Zavodny (HUN) (SVK)       07 Oct 1919   19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 4:11:23     (27)  David Levy (NY/USA)                            07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 4:15:20     (30)  Kornel Holéczi (HUN)                           19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 4:18:37     (31)  Štefan Nyigoscsík (HUN)          07 Dec 1907   19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
                   110
 4:19:27.4   (32)  Antal Lovas (HUN)                20 Dec 1884   19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK
 4:19:27.6   (33)  Zoltan Kevehazi (HUN)                          19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK 
 4:22:50     (34)  nfn Szedlak (HUN) (SVK)                        19 Sep 1943  Kosice SVK 
 4:26:08     (28)  Haskell Clark (DC/USA)                         07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA
 4:30:16     (29)  Jim Montague (DC/USA)                          07 Nov 1943  Yonkers NY USA

Short Course (ca 41.5 km)
 2:28:25.8a  ( 1)  Gerard Cote (PQ/CAN)             27 Jul 1913   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:30:04a    ( 2)  Johnny A Kelley (MA/USA)         06 Sep 1907   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA 
 2:30:41a    ( 3)  Fred McGlone (MA/USA)            29 Jan 1918   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:33:47a    ( 4)  Lloyd Bairstow (MA/USA)                 1923   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:35:58a    ( 5)  Leslie Pawson (USA)              03 Feb 1905   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:38:52a    ( 6)  Don Heinicke (MD/USA)            20 Feb 1915   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:41:46a    ( 7)  William Wiklund (NY/USA)         26 Jun 1907   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:44:17a    ( 8)  Tony Medeiros (USA)                     1913   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:44:44a    ( 9)  Louis Young (MA/USA)             02 Feb 1912   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:46:14a    (10)  Michael O`Hara (NY/USA)          03 Jun 1913   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:46:59a    (11)  Bruno Mazzeo (ME/USA)            19 Feb 1916   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:48:55a    (12)  Frank Brown (USA)                              18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:52:10a    (13)  Jock Semple (MA/USA)             26 Oct 1903   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:52:17a    (14)  Charles Robbins (NY/USA)         13 Sep 1920   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:52:23a    (15)  Frederick Bruhm (CAN)                          18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:53:50a    (16)  Adrien Pronovost(CAN)                          18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:57:58a    (17)  Clarence DeMar (MA/USA)          07 Jun 1888   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 2:59:13a    (18)  Carmon Phillips (USA)            08 Nov 1920   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:01:23a    (19)  James Hewlett (NY/USA)                         18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:01:36a    (20)  Joe Harris (USA)                               18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:01:52a    (21)  Ellison Brown (USA)              22 Sep 1914   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:04:37a    (22)  Henry LeSage (MA/USA)                          18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:07:17a    (23)  Harry Murphy (NY/USA)                          18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:07:34a    (24)  Leo Giard (MA/USA)                             18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:10:17a    (25)  Clayton Farrar (USA)             05 Jan 1922   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:10:43a    (26)  Fred Libby (USA)                               18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:11:24a    (27)  Allen Jackson Jr (MA/USA)                      18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:11:46a    (28)  Charles Brederson (MA/USA)                     18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:12:29a    (29)  George Dickson (NY/USA)                        18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:13:44a    (30)  Fred Brown Sr (MA/USA)                         18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:14:31a    (31)  Walter Nichols (NS/CAN)                        18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:26:18a    (32)  Charles Damon (MA/USA)                         18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:30:52a    (33)  Louis Balg (NY/USA)              24 Jul 1909   18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:31:42a    (34)  Paul Christopher (MA/USA)                      18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA
 3:31:43a    (35)  Martin Fitzgerald (MA/USA)                     18 Apr 1943  Boston MA USA 

Short Course (40 km)
 2:31:17.6   ( 1)  Gosta Leandersson (SWE)          22 Apr 1918   05 Sep 1943  Halmstad SWE
 2:37:11.8   ( 2)  Elis Malmhake (SWE)              06 Oct 1905   05 Sep 1943  Halmstad SWE
 2:44:17     ( 3)  Shoore Johnson (SWE)             21 Nov 1902   05 Sep 1943  Halmstad SWE
 2:45:22     ( 4)  Fritiof Holmgren (SWE)                         05 Sep 1943  Halmstad SWE

Short Course (40 km)
 2:32:10.8   ( 1)  Olle Larsson (SWE)               29 Jun 1913   22 Aug 1943  Krylbo SWE
 2:40:40.2   ( 2)  Elis Malmhake-2                         1905   22 Aug 1943  Krylbo SWE
 2:41:48     ( 3)  Sven Hakansson (SWE)             14 Nov 1909   22 Aug 1943  Krylbo SWE
 2:43:17.2   ( 4)  Nils Norin (SWE)                 19 Mar 1916   22 Aug 1943  Krylbo SWE
 2:43:52     ( 5)  Torvald Eriksson (SWE)           26 Jul 1916   22 Aug 1943  Krylbo SWE
 2:45:00     ( 6)  Gosta Pettersson (Tegerholm)(SWE)07 Feb 1917   22 Aug 1943  Krylbo SWE

Short Course (35 km)
 2:24:56     ( 1)  Antonin Spiroch (CZE)            15 Feb 1919          1943  CZE
 2:26:46     ( 2)  Josef Bena (CZE)                 03 Aug 1902          1943  CZE
 2:28:10     ( 5)  Josef Sulc (CZE)                 12 Sep 1908          1943  CZE

Short Course (35 km)
 2:08:11.2   ( 1)  Eugčne LaMarque (FRA)                          03 Oct 1943  Paris FRA

Course probably short  (distance uncertain)
  2:48:02.0  ( 1)  Štefan Alkus (SVK)               02 Feb 1918   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  2:51:25.0  ( 2)  Ján Gallo (SVK)                  01 Jan 1911   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK  
  2:55:30.0  ( 3)  Karol Herceg (SVK)               13 Feb 1913   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  2:56:44.8  ( 4)  Miroslav Sekera (SVK)            23 Jan 1913   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  3:02:59.6  ( 5)  Albert Hromada (SVK)             28 Jun 1919   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  3:03:22.6  ( 6)  Štefan Koruna (SVK)              04 Sep 1912   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  3:12:11.4  ( 7)  František Schreiber (SVK)        22 Oct 1911   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  3:12:47.6  ( 8)  Michal Obšitoš (SVK)                           31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  3:15:22.8  ( 9)  Karol Bokroš (SVK)               21 May 1910   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK
  3:15:57.8  (10)  Rudolf Raška (SVK)               13 Apr 1914   31 Oct 1943  Trenčín SVK

 

Last Updated on 10 May 2012

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