Today in Marathon Running History
Sub-Topics: Boston Marathon - NYC Marathon
Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 122
1896-03-10 - Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS]
1896-03-22 - Charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18)
1896-04-10 - Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)
1896-04-12 - Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
1900-07-19 - Michel Théato wins 2nd olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40,260k)
1904-08-30 - Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)
1906-09-16 - Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon
1908-07-24 - John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)
1908-11-25 - Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in MSG marathon by 60 yds
1909-01-01 - Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
1909-02-12 - Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
1909-05-08 - Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
1909-05-08 - Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
1909-08-31 - Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2)
1912-07-14 - Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8)
1912-10-20 - Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
1913-05-12 - Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
1924-07-13 - Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)
1925-10-12 - Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
1926-10-03 - Violet Percy runs female record marathon (3:40:22)
1929-06-16 - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
1934-09-09 - Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner (2:52:29.0)
1935-03-31 - Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1935-04-03 - Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
1935-11-03 - Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42)
1937-12-27 - German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
1938-09-04 - Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8)
1942-09-06 - Czech marathon runner Oskar Hêks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau
1946-08-22 - Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55)
1947-04-19 - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
1948-08-07 - Delfo Cabrera wins 11th Olympic marathon (2:34:51.6)
1950-08-23 - Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
1952-06-14 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
1952-07-27 - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2)
1952-08-27 - Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2)
1953-06-13 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
1953-10-04 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4)
1954-06-26 - Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
1954-08-25 - Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m)
1956-12-01 - Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0)
1958-08-24 - Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
1960-09-10 - Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2)
1962-02-25 - Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon
1962-09-16 - Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
1963-02-17 - Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8
1963-06-15 - Buddy Nobles runs world record marathon (2:14:28)
1964-05-23 - Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)
1964-06-13 - Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55)
1964-07-21 - Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
1964-10-21 - Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2)
1965-06-12 - Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00)
1966-09-04 - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
1967-05-06 - Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
1967-09-16 - Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)
1967-12-03 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
1968-10-20 - Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)
1969-05-30 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
1969-06-25 - Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
1969-06-30 - Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34
1969-09-21 - Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8)
1970-02-28 - Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
1970-09-23 - Gary Muhrcke wins 1st NY Marathon
1971-05-09 - Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
1971-08-15 - Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
1971-08-31 - Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1972-09-10 - Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)
1974-02-10 - Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
1974-08-15 - Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days))
1974-09-08 - Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8)
1974-10-27 - Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24)
1974-12-01 - Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
1975-05-03 - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
1975-10-12 - Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19)
1976-07-31 - Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0)
1976-08-31 - Waldemar Cierpinski wins 18th Olympics Marathon (2:09:55.0)
1976-10-10 - Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
1977-05-01 - Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
1977-09-10 - Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)
1978-02-18 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1978-09-03 - Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
1978-10-22 - Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
1980-04-12 - Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1980-04-26 - Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)
1980-08-01 - Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon (2:11:03
1980-09-01 - Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
1981-12-06 - Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18
1982-04-19 - Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
1982-09-12 - Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon
1982-10-03 - Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours
1983-04-17 - Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
1983-08-07 - Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin)
1983-08-14 - Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon (2:10:03
1984-04-18 - Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
1984-08-05 - Joan Benoit (US) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52)
1984-10-21 - Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
1984-10-29 - Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) & Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win NY Marathon
1985-04-13 - Katrin Dörre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30)
1985-04-14 - Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
1985-04-20 - Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
1985-04-21 - Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 51 of 51
1846-03-03 - Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker/marathon runner Dorando's father
1873-01-12 - Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)
1875-01-07 - Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)
1885-10-16 - Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)
1887-06-04 - Tom Longboat, marathon runner (d. 1949)
1891-02-04 - Yuri Losmann, Estonia, marathon runner (Olympic-silver 1920)
1914-08-20 - Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)
1922-09-19 - Emil Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, 5K/10K/marathon (Olympic-gold-1952)
1928-08-07 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
1931-08-17 - Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Fran, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1956) [or 1/1/21]
1932-06-12 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1935-10-11 - Roy Scheider, actor (Jaws, Fren Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion)
1936-08-16 - Anita Gillette, Balt Md, actress (Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck)
1941-10-05 - Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer (299 miles)
1947-02-18 - Carlos A Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1947-09-09 - Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner (ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs)
1947-10-31 - Frank Shorter, Munich Germany, US marathoner (Oly-gold/silver-72, 76)
1949-03-08 - Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1972)
1950-08-03 - Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1952-09-27 - André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
1953-06-29 - Rosa Mota, Port marathoner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1956-03-21 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984, Bost-86, 89)
1956-06-04 - John Treacy, marathonr (Olympics-silver-1984)
1957-05-16 - Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner (Oly-gold-1984)
1958-07-28 - Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope)
1959-04-02 - Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1960-05-12 - Lisa Martin, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988)
1960-05-12 - Lisa Ondieki, Australian marathoner (Olympics-7th-84, 88, 96)
1961-05-07 - Linda Somers, Bitburg Germany, US marathoner (Olympics-31st-96)
1961-08-19 - Danuta Bartoszek, Pyrzyce Poland, Canadian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1961-10-06 - Kathrin Dörre, East German marathoner (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1961-10-10 - Henrik Jørgensen, Danish marathon runner
1961-12-30 - Sue Malaxos, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1962-05-23 - Keith Brantley, Scott AFB Ill, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1962-09-26 - Steve Moneghetti, Australian marathoner (Olympics-5th-88, 92, 96)
1963-06-04 - Carey Nelson, Canada, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1963-07-20 - Jenny Spangler, Monroe Wisc, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1963-09-26 - Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner (Olympic-silver-1988)
1964-10-29 - May Allison, Toronto Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1965-11-24 - Nyla Jane Carroll, New Plymouth NZ, 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966-02-03 - Sean Patrick Wade, Houston Texas, NZ marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966-05-01 - Mark Coogan, Manhaset NY, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966-05-16 - Sean Quilty, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966-06-18 - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966-06-18 - Robert Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Oly-1996)
1966-10-05 - Peter Fonseca, Lisbon Portugal, Canadian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966-12-05 - Bruce Deacon, Ottawa Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1967-05-02 - Kerryn McCann, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1969-01-15 - Rod de Highden, Australian 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
1969-03-07 - Anne Marie Lauck, Rochester NY, marathoner (Olympics-10th-96)
1992-06-18 - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 15 of 15
1912-07-15 - Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21
1914-09-29 - Jean Bouin, French marathoner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies in battle
1940-03-26 - Spiridon Louis, Greek runner, winner of the first modern Olympics marathon (b. 1873)
1942-02-07 - Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56
1943-03-09 - Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
1959-10-19 - Boughera El Quafi, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1928), shot to death at 60
1968-01-09 - Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide
1969-02-09 - Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68
1971-10-21 - Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48
1971-11-03 - Etienne Gailly, Belg marathoner (Oly-bron-48), dies in accident at 48
1973-10-25 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathoner (Oly-gold 1960, 64), dies at 46
1993-11-01 - George Sheehan, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74
1994-08-15 - Simon R Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28
1994-10-09 - Fred Lebow, US founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer
2006-10-01 - André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
