World Marathon Rankings for 1968
Men
2:10:47.8 (1) William Adcocks (ENG) 11 Nov 1941 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:12:16.8 (1) William Adcocks- 2 11 Nov 1941 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:12:40.6 (2) Yoshiaki Unetani (JPN) 06 Oct 1944 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:13:23.8 (1) Seiichiro Sasaki (JPN) 02 Sep 1945 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:13:26.2 (2) Nicolae Mustata (ROM) 24 Feb 1941 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:13:37.6 (3) Tadaaki Ueoka (JPN) 27 Nov 1942 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:13:43.6 (4) Ismail Akcay (TUR) 09 Jul 1942 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:13:45.2 (3) Jürgen Busch (GER) 24 Dec 1942 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:13:49 (1) Akio Usami (JPN) 31 May 1943 14 Apr 1968 Otsu JPN
2:13:51.8 (5) Akio Usami- 2 31 May 1943 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
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2:14:14.4 (4) James Alder (SCO) 10 Jun 1940 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:14:24 (2) Yoshiaki Unetani- 2 06 Oct 1944 14 Apr 1968 Otsu JPN
2:14:28.8 (6) Amby Burfoot (CT/USA) 19 Aug 1946 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:14:44 (7) Kazuo Yamashita (JPN) 21 May 1943 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:14:46 (3) Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 20 Mar 1941 14 Apr 1968 Otsu JPN
2:14:47.8 (1) Derek Clayton (AUS) 17 Nov 1942 25 May 1968 Hobart AUS
2:14:59 (5) Gyula Toth (HUN) 12 Apr 1937 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:15:15a (1) Kenji Kimihara- 2 20 Mar 1941 15 Jun 1968 Chiswick ENG
2:15:22.0 (2) Yoshiaki Unetani- 3 06 Oct 1944 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:15:26 (1) Timothy Johnston (ENG) 11 Mar 1941 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
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2:15:41 (2) William Adcocks- 3 11 Nov 1941 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
2:16:11a (1) Jerome Drayton (ON/CAN) 10 Jan 1945 18 Aug 1968 Guelph CAN
2:16:23 (8) Masatsugu Futsuhara (JPN) 17 May 1938 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:16:32.2 (3) Kenji Kimihara- 3 20 Mar 1941 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:16:34 (6) Janos Pinter (HUN) 28 Nov 1936 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:16:37 (3) James Alder- 2 10 Jun 1940 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
2:16:39.8 (1) Eamon O'Reilly (DC/USA) 02 Jun 1942 21 Apr 1968 Santa Rosa CA USA
2:16:41.4 (2) John Farrington (AUS) 02 Jul 1942 25 May 1968 Hobart AUS
2:16:42 (9) Hayami Tanimura (JPN) 07 Aug 1944 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:16:44.4 (4) Tadaaki Ueoka- 2 27 Nov 1942 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
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2:16:48 (5) Akio Usami- 3 31 May 1943 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:17:03.2 (7) Jürgen Haase (GER) 19 Jan 1945 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:17:09.8 (6) Kazuo Matsubara (JPN) 30 Mar 1939 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:17:11 (4) Ronald Hill (ENG) 25 Sep 1938 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
2:17:13.8 (1) Manfred Steffny (GER) 14 Aug 1941 21 Sep 1968 Waldniel GER
2:17:14 (1) Kimio Otsuka (JPN) 25 Dec 1943 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
2:17:15 (7) Toshiharu Sasaki (JPN) 10 Apr 1946 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:17:15 (4) Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 21 Jun 1940 14 Apr 1968 Otsu JPN
2:17:23 (10) Toru Terasawa (JPN) 04 Jan 1935 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:17:26.0 (8) Satoru Nakamura (JPN) 19 Jan 1941 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
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2:17:32 (9) Yoshiro Mifune (JPN) 19 Nov 1945 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:17:33.6 (8) Atilla Tormasi (HUN) 07 Jan 1940 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:17:43 (1) Nikolay Karpov (RUS) 24 Jan 1932 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:17:44 (5) Kazuo Matsubara- 2 30 Mar 1939 14 Apr 1968 Otsu JPN
2:17:46 (10) Morio Shigematsu- 2 21 Jun 1940 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:17:47 (1) Yoshinori Hara (JPN) 25 Jun 1945 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:17:47.2 (1) Pentti Rummakko (FIN) 12 Oct 1943 06 Jul 1968 Reykjavik ISL
2:17:53 (2) Tamotsu Taniguchi (JPN) 03 Aug 1945 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
2:17:53.8 (9) Pentti Rummakko- 2 12 Oct 1943 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:18:04 (3) Masanao Haranishi (JPN) 15 Feb 1940 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
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2:18:10.2 (1) Carlos Perez (ESP) 01 Jun 1935 12 May 1968 Vigo ESP
2:18:22.8 (1) Gyula Toth- 2 12 Apr 1937 21 Jul 1968 Szeged HUN
2:18:25 (2) Isamu Sugihara (JPN) 07 Sep 1940 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:18:29.8 (1) Tom Heinonen (OR/USA) 01 Jul 1945 19 May 1968 Minneapolis MN USA
2:18:34 (5) Brian Leonard Kilby (ENG) 26 Feb 1938 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
2:18:43a (1) Joseph Clare (SCO) 08 Oct 1939 06 Jul 1968 Forres GBR
2:18:44.6 (1) Volker Lorenz (GER) 24 Feb 1939 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:18:46.2 (1) Yoshiaki Unetani- 4 06 Oct 1944 22 Sep 1968 Koriyama JPN
2:18:49.2 (2) Raimo Tikka (FIN) 09 Dec 1938 06 Jul 1968 Reykjavik ISL
2:18:52 (1) Yevgeniy Kashnikov (RUS) 07 Feb 1937 05 Dec 1968 Ashkhabad RUS
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2:18:55 (11) Hayami Tanimura- 2 07 Aug 1944 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:18:59 (1) Merawi Gebru (ETH) 12 Dec 1932 28 Jul 1968 Zarauz ESP
2:19:00 (6) Masatsugu Futsuhara- 2 17 May 1938 14 Apr 1968 Otsu JPN
2:19:03 (11) Masanao Haranishi- 2 15 Feb 1940 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:19:07.1 (1) Aadrianus Steylen (NED) 01 Aug 1935 12 May 1968 Husum GER
2:19:09 (1) Barry Watson (ENG) 13 Feb 1944 26 Oct 1968 Harlow ENG
2:19:11.8 (2) Leonid Sokolov (RUS) 10 Mar 1936 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:19:12 (1) Bong-Nae Kim (KOR) 15 Jul 1942 21 Apr 1968 Seoul KOR
2:19:15.4 (3) Paavo Pystynen (FIN) 03 Mar 1932 06 Jul 1968 Reykjavik ISL
2:19:16 (3) Sakaki Nomura (JPN) 21 Aug 1946 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
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2:19:16.6 (1) Gyula Toth- 3 12 Apr 1937 15 Jun 1968 Rheinkamp GER
2:19:20.8 (2) Carlos Perez- 2 01 Jun 1935 28 Jul 1968 Zarauz ESP
2:19:22 (1) David C McKenzie (NZL) 16 Mar 1943 17 Feb 1968 Christchurch NZL
2:19:28.6 (1) Yuriy Velikorodnikh (RUS) 18 Feb 1942 12 Oct 1968 Kishinev MDA
2:19:31 (3) Vladimir Shcherbakov (RUS) 28 Nov 1938 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:19:32a (2) Meldrum Edwards (GBR) 02 Dec 1942 15 Jun 1968 Chiswick ENG
2:19:34.6 (10) Raimo Tikka- 2 09 Dec 1938 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:19:37.2 (1) Akio Yoshida (JPN) 30 Oct 1944 24 Mar 1968 Nobeoka JPN
2:19:40 (12) Mitsunori Kaneyuki (JPN) 10 Sep 1944 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:19:41.2 (2) Toshio Yajima (JPN) 06 Jun 1945 22 Sep 1968 Koriyama JPN
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2:19:42.9 (1) Bong-Nae Kim- 2 15 Jul 1942 15 Mar 1968 Seoul KOR
2:19:43.6 (2) Hubert Riesner (GER) 18 Aug 1940 15 Jun 1968 Rheinkamp GER
2:19:45 (1) Boris Dergachov (AZE) 16 Jul 1940 29 Aug 1968 Noginsk RUS
2:19:45 (4) Leonids Strekalovskis (LAT) 09 Oct 1939 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:19:46.8 (1) Zdzislaw Bogusz (POL) 21 May 1937 15 Sep 1968 Zielona Góra POL
2:19:47.4 (3) Nikola Simeonov (BUL) 19 Nov 1939 15 Jun 1968 Rheinkamp GER
2:19:48 (12) Isamu Sugihara- 2 07 Sep 1940 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:19:49.7 (1) Patrick McMahon (MA/IRL) 01 Feb 1942 17 Feb 1968 Artesia NM USA
2:19:53.6 (2) Sang-Hoon Lee (KOR) 30 Sep 1938 21 Apr 1968 Seoul KOR
2:19:57 (5) Damir Mukhametzyanov (KAZ) 15 Sep 1941 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
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2:19:58.6 (3) Mamo Wolde (ETH) 12 Jun 1932 28 Jul 1968 Zarauz ESP
2:19:59 (1) Jeff Julian (NZL) 09 Oct 1935 07 Dec 1968 Auckland NZL
2:20:00.8 (4) Bo Johansson (SWE) 25 Aug 1940 06 Jul 1968 Reykjavik ISL
2:20:01.6 (4) Friedel Wiggershaus (GER) 26 Jan 1939 15 Jun 1968 Rheinkamp GER
2:20:03 (6) Rein Leinus (EST) 15 Mar 1932 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:20:03.4 (11) Anatolijus Baranovas (LTU) 02 Feb 1940 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:20:06 (1) Colin Kirkham (ENG) 30 Oct 1944 15 Apr 1968 Beverley ENG
2:20:15.6 (2) Juan Hidalgo (ESP) 16 Dec 1945 12 May 1968 Vigo ESP
2:20:16a (3) Eric John Austin (ENG) 09 Jul 1935 15 Jun 1968 Chiswick ENG
2:20:17 (12) Herbert Fink (GER) 18 Aug 1939 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
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2:20:18 (13) Demissie Wolde (ETH) 08 Mar 1937 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:20:19 (1) Hajime Nishigaki (JPN) 24 Dec 1947 24 Mar 1968 Maruto JPN
2:20:20 (2) Leo J Carroll (ENG) 21 Dec 1939 15 Apr 1968 Beverley ENG
2:20:21 (1) Wilhelm Olivier (RSA) 13 Nov 1934 31 May 1968 Cape Town RSA
2:20:21.6 (1) Ronald Grove (ENG) 30 Jun 1938 04 May 1968 Redditch ENG
2:20:23.5 (2) Myung-Jung Lee (KOR) 15 Apr 1945 15 Mar 1968 Seoul KOR
2:20:24 (1) D Y Biredar (IND) 07 Feb 1968 Lucknow IND
2:20:26 (7) Roberts Talinskis (LAT) 1938 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:20:26.4 (1) Mamo Wolde- 2 12 Jun 1932 20 Oct 1968 Mexico City MEX
2:20:29 (6) Alastair Wood (SCO) 13 Jan 1933 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
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2:20:29 (8) Ivan Bitsenko (RUS) 18 Nov 1940 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:20:33 (3) Ian Wheeler (AUS) 04 Feb 1940 25 May 1968 Hobart AUS
2:20:33.2 (1) Herbert Fink- 2 18 Aug 1939 23 Jun 1968 Dresden GER
2:20:33.9 (2) Karl-Heinz Sievers (GER) 02 Oct 1942 12 May 1968 Husum GER
2:20:34 (9) Gabid Askhadulin (RUS) 01 Apr 1935 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:20:34.2 (5) Manfred Steffny- 2 14 Aug 1941 15 Jun 1968 Rheinkamp GER
2:20:34.8 (13) Edgar Friedli (SUI) 28 Oct 1933 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:20:34.8 (14) Helmut Kunisch (SUI) 26 Nov 1938 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:20:36 ( ) Ashik Mkhitarian (ARM) 1942 04 Apr 1968 Uzhgorod UKR
2:20:37 (14) Hiroyuki Urakawa (JPN) 09 Jan 1941 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
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2:20:40 (1) Michael Teer (NIR) 18 Oct 1944 22 Jun 1968 Belfast NIR
2:20:41 (2) Steve Matthews (CO/USA) 17 Jun 1941 19 May 1968 Minneapolis USA
2:20:44 (4) Takayuki Tanaka (JPN) 09 Sep 1941 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:20:47.2 (10) Vladimir Pavlov (RUS) 15 Jun 1941 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:20:48 (1) Robert Deines (CA/USA) 06 Jun 1947 12 May 1968 Culver City CA USA
2:20:49.8 (11) Nikolay Dementyev (RUS) 12 Dec 1939 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:20:50.6 (1) Nisakazu Sato (JPN) 17 Oct 1940 20 Mar 1960 Nagano JPN
2:20:51 (13) Yoshitaka Masumitsu (JPN) 21 Jan 1943 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:20:51 (14) Hidekuni Hiroshima (JPN) 18 Nov 1937 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:20:52 (15) Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN) 07 Feb 1929 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
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2:20:52 (3) Floyd Godwin (USA) 12 Jan 1945 19 May 1968 Minneapolis USA
2:20:52.8 (2) Reiner Leimbach (GER) 18 May 1946 23 Jun 1968 Dresden GER
2:20:54 (16) Masatsugu Futsuhara- 2 17 May 1938 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:20:54.6 (5) Erik Ostbye (SWE) 25 Jan 1921 06 Jul 1968 Reykjavik ISL
2:20:54.6 (1) Hubert Riesner- 2 18 Aug 1940 31 Aug 1968 Berlin GER
2:20:57.4 (3) Toshihiko Uehara (JPN) 17 Nov 1940 22 Sep 1968 Koriyama JPN
2:21:00 (12) Yuriy Schapov (RUS) 15 Dec 1940 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:21:00 (13) Nikolay Burkov (RUS) 09 Jan 1938 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:21:03 (14) Aleksandr Medvedyev (RUS) 12 Oct 1944 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:21:04 (15) Mikhail Prein (RUS) 1939 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
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2:21:06 (15) Tamotsu Taniguchi- 2 03 Aug 1945 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:21:07 (16) Boris Maslakov (RUS) 1941 14 Sep 1968 Vandra RUS
2:21:07.2 (17) Andrey Batirbyekov (RUS) 22 Oct 1940 14 Sep 1968 Vandra RUS
2:21:09 (7) Meldrum Edwards- 2 02 Dec 1942 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
2:21:09 (4) Ismail Akcay- 2 09 Jul 1942 28 Jul 1968 Zarauz ESP
2:21:09.6 (15) Georg Olsen (DEN) 05 May 1937 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:21:10 (1) Jeff Julian- 2 09 Oct 1935 26 Oct 1968 Hamilton NZL
2:21:14a (1) Patrick McMahon- 2 01 Feb 1942 27 Jan 1968 Las Vegas NV USA
2:21:15 (4) Koso Masuda (JPN) 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
2:21:16 (2) Nick Kitt (CA/USA) 12 May 1968 Culver City CA USA
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2:21:16 (3) Wayne Van Dellen (CA/USA) 1937 12 May 1968 Culver City CA USA
2:21:18 (1) Alastair Wood- 2 13 Jan 1933 22 Jun 1968 Grangemouth SCO
2:21:19a (4) John Linaker (SCO) 14 Nov 1939 15 Jun 1968 Chiswick ENG
2:21:20 (2) Karl-Heinz Sievers- 2 02 Oct 1942 31 Aug 1968 Berlin GER
2:21:20.5 (1) Antonio Ambu (ITA) 10 May 1936 20 Jul 1968 Brescia ITA
2:21:25 (2) Rene Combes (FRA) 24 Jun 1937 20 Jul 1968 Brescia ITA
2:21:25.8 (1) John Newsome (ENG) 02 Oct 1941 16 Nov 1968 Prague CZE
2:21:26 (5) Tsutomu Katada (JPN) 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
2:21:27 (18) Vladimir Strofilov (RUS) 03 Nov 1938 14 Sep 1968 Vandra RUS
2:21:27 (16) Takahiro Urakawa (JPN) 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
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2:21:30 (3) Maurice Peiren (BEL) 23 Dec 1937 20 Jul 1968 Brescia ITA
2:21:32 (19) Vladimir Malikh (RUS) 14 Sep 1968 Vandra RUS
2:21:33 (5) Shigetaka Kugimoto (JPN) 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:21:33.4 (2) Kimio Karasawa (JPN) 16 Feb 1938 20 Mar 1968 Nagano JPN
2:21:33.4 (16) Ivailo Charankov (BUL) 18 Nov 1933 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:21:33.4 (2) Joszef Suto (HUN) 09 Sep 1937 21 Jul 1968 Szeged HUN
2:21:36.2 (17) Barry Collins (ENG) 21 Oct 1940 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:21:38 (17) Tomohide Tanaka (JPN) 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:21:42 (1) Viktor Krasnov (RUS) 1939 19 May 1968 Krasnoyarsk RUS
2:21:43 ( ) Vladimir Mamontov (UKR) 1968 (Ukraine Championship)
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2:21:47 (17) Kazuo Matsubara- 3 30 Mar 1939 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:21:50 (8) Colin Kirkham (GBR) 30 Oct 1944 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
2:21:51.8 (18) Mikko Ala-Lappilampi (FIN) 24 Jul 1943 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:21:52.2 (3) Heinz Speckmann (GER) 01 Apr 1930 12 May 1968 Husum GER
2:21:55 (1) Ismail Akcay- 2 09 Jul 1942 08 Sep 1968 Athens GRE
2:21:56 (6) Haruo Shigeta (JPN) 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:22:00 (18) Masamitsu Masuo (JPN) 04 Feb 1968 Beppu JPN
2:22:03 (18) Hiromichi Kuroishi (JPN) 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:22:04.8 (19) Vaclav Chudomel (CZE) 27 Sep 1932 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:22:05 (2) Skip Houk (CA/USA) 26 Feb 1942 21 Apr 1968 Santa Rosa CA USA
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2:22:05 (1) Ian McIntosh (GBR) 31 Dec 1943 10 Aug 1968 Feltham ENG
2:22:07 (7) Hisakazu Sato (JPN) 17 Oct 1940 14 Apr 1968 Otsu JPN
2:22:09 (1) Gyula Toth- 4 12 Apr 1937 08 Sep 1968 Ozd HUN
2:22:11 (1) Katsuyoshi Sakemi (JPN) 18 Sep 1948 17 Mar 1968 Nagoya JPN
2:22:14 (7) Ryoji Omura (JPN) 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:22:16.8 (4) Hubert Riesner- 3 18 Aug 1940 20 Jul 1968 Brescia ITA
2:22:17a (1) Amby Burfoot- 2 19 Aug 1946 19 Apr 1968 Boston MA USA
2:22:19 (19) Hiroshi Sakai (JPN) 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:22:19.6 (2) Peter Müller (GER) 14 Feb 1948 19 May 1968 Chemnitz GER
2:22:19.8 (3) Masaru Nishihama (JPN) 20 Mar 1968 Nagano JPN
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2:22:20 (8) Shigeyoshi Sugiyama (JPN) 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:22:23 (5) Karl-Heinz Sievers- 3 02 Oct 1942 20 Jul 1968 Brescia ITA
2:22:23 ( ) Vladimir Belov (EST) 1932 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:22:24 (9) Toshio Yajima -2 06 Jun 1945 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:22:24 (10) Masao Wakatsuchi (JPN) 24 Mar 1968 Mito JPN
2:22:26 (6) Hiromichi Kuroishi- 2 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
2:22:33 (1) John Comber (NZL) 03 Feb 1968 Wanganui NZL
2:22:36.4 ( ) Laimonis Liepins (LAT) 1938 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:22:38 (9) John Newsome- 2 02 Oct 1941 27 Jul 1968 Cwmbran WAL
2:22:38 (7) Yuki Takechi (JPN) 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
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2:22:40 (1) Jeff Julian- 3 09 Oct 1935 09 Mar 1968 Whangarei NZL
2:22:42 ( ) Juris Pilsetnieks (LAT) 14 Sep 1968 Vandra EST
2:22:43 (2) William Allison (NZL) 14 Jul 1940 07 Dec 1968 Auckland NZL
2:22:46 (20) Nobuyoshi Sadanaga- 2 07 Feb 1929 08 Dec 1968 Fukuoka JPN
2:22:49 (8) Teruo Ito (JPN) 03 Mar 1968 Fukuchiyama JPN
2:22:49a (2) Bill Clark (CA/USA) 02 Dec 1943 19 Apr 1968 Boston MA USA
2:22:49.6 (3) Paul Angenvoorth (GER) 18 Aug 1945 31 Aug 1968 Berlin GER
2:22:51.4 (6) Harald Bjerge (NOR) 21 Dec 1937 06 Jul 1968 Reykjavik ISL
2:22:52 (1) Michael Molloy (IRL) 13 Mar 1938 18 Aug 1968 Galway IRL
2:22:53 (19) Toshio Sone (JPN) 04 Feb 1968 Beppu
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2:22:54 (3) John Comber- 2 07 Dec 1968 Auckland NZL
2:22:55 (7) Trygve Sommerfeldt (NOR) 29 Mar 1941 06 Jul 1968 Reykjavik ISL
2:22:55.6 (2) Hidenori Kamata (JPN) 24 Mar 1968 Nobeoka JPN
2:22:56 (1) Barry Sawyer (RSA) 28 Oct 1933 27 Jul 1968 Tyabb AUS
Short Course 2:14:05.5 (1) Paul Mose (KEN) 14 Jul 1949 01 Sep 1968 Kisumu KEN 2:19:30 (2) James Wahome (KEN) 1943 01 Sep 1968 Kisumu KEN Downhill and Possibly Short Course 2:17:50a (1) Andy Boychuk (ON/CAN) 17 May 1941 23 Jun 1968 Dundas CAN 2:19:34.4a (2) Ron Wallingford (ON/CAN) 13 Sep 1933 23 Jun 1968 Dundas CAN
Note: There were two marathons held in Chemitz on 19 May 1968. In addition to the Karl Marx Stadt Marathon that was limited to invited runners, an open marathon, the DVfL Offener Lauf Marathon, was held.
Women
3:37:50 (1) Carol Haddrall (CAN) 20 Jul 1968 Toronto ON CAN
3:40: a (1) Roberta Louise Gibb (USA) 1942 19 Apr 1968 Boston MA USA
3:40:08 (1) Monika Boers (NED) 25 May 1968 Baarn NED
3:45: a (2) Kathrine Switzer (NY/USA) 05 Jan 1947 19 Apr 1968 Boston MA USA
3:58:45 (1) Jane Sheets (PA/USA) 17 Aug 1968 Toronto ON CAN
4:05:58 (1) Susan Parish (CAN) 1955 15 Jun 1968 Toronto ON CAN
4:19:57 (1) Marthei vonderBerge (GER) 06 Oct 1968 Bräunlingen GER
4:25:24 (1) Debbie Haines (AK/USA) 21 Sep 1968 Fairbanks AK USA
4:25:45 (2=)Michaela Endler (GER) 20 Dec 1945 06 Oct 1968 Bräunlingen GER
4:25:45 (2=)Ingrid Rothfuss (GER) 10 Oct 1948 06 Oct 1968 Bräunlingen GER
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4:29:18 (2) Chris Thompson (USA) 21 Sep 1968 Fairbanks AK USA
4:30: a (3) Elaine Pederson (CA/USA) 27 Dec 1936 19 Apr 1968 Boston MA USA
4:32:54 (3) Pat Pyne (USA) 21 Sep 1968 Fairbanks AK USA
4:43:58 (4) Frances Randall (USA) 21 Sep 1968 Fairbanks AK USA
4:45: a (4) Marjorie Fish (USA) 19 Apr 1968 Boston MA USA
4:53:34 (5=)Marianne Vanenkevort (AK/USA) 21 Sep 1968 Fairbanks AK USA
4:53:34 (5=)Roxanne Vanenkevort (AK/USA) 21 Sep 1968 Fairbanks AK USA
5:12:19 ( ) Gail Goodhue (USA) 21 Sep 1968 Fairbanks AK USA
5:32: a (1) Joyce Voelker (NV/USA) 27 Jan 1968 Las Vegas NV USA
Last Updated on 05 Nov 2011
Contributors: Roger Gynn, Andy Milroy, Jack Leydig, Jacques Carmelli, Walter Kunze, Jan-Olaf Damberg