All-time Canadian Marathon Rankings

Couple of years old. It was not even completely accurate at the time. Corrections should be sent to Roman Olszewski at olsz@iaw.on.ca and I wouldn't mind a pm if you could do that too.



* competed under name of Peter Buniak prior to 1969
^ apparently “wind-aided”
% course was 527m too long
rf resident foreigner
Note: all times have been rounded to the slower second, as per current rules.


2:10:09 Jerome Drayton* ON Fukuoka 1975
2:10:56 Peter Butler AB Sacramento 1985
2:11:03 Dave Edge ON Boston 1983
2:11:15 Art Boileau BC Boston 1986
2:11:34 Peter Fonseca ON(BC) Toronto 1995
2:11:46 Peter Maher ON London, GBR 1991
2:12:19^ Don Howieson ON Metarie 1980
2:12:28 Carey Nelson BC Houston 1991
2:13:18 Bruce Deacon BC Sacramento 2002
2:13:21 Rich Hughson ON Fukuoka 1978
2:13:23 Tom Howard BC Boston 1975
2:13:30 Brian Armstrong ON Manchester 1973
2:13:59 Paul Williams BC Chicago 1986
2:14:13 Jeff Schiebler BC New York 2002
2:14:19 Alain Bordeleau QU Ottawa 1984
2:14:29 Mike Dyon ON Montreal 1981
2:14:32 Gord Christie ON Ottawa 1989
2:14:33^ Mike Creery BC Metarie 1980
2:14:43 Brian Maxwell ON Seaside 1977
2:14:49 Bill Britton ON Montreal 1980
2:14:50 Peter Quance ON Toronto 1982
2:15:34 Steve Pomeroy BC Fukuoka 1982
2:16:01 Dave Northey ON Huntsville 1983
2:16:03 Paul Bannon ON Ottawa 1978
2:16:04 Jeff Martin ON Virginia Beach 1987
2:16:13 Andy Boychuk ON Boston 1975
2:16:13 Graeme Fell BC Sacramento 1994
2:16:32 Wayne Yetman ON Ottawa 1976
2:16:45 Bob Moore ON Boston 1974
2:16:51 Robert Englehutt NS Ottawa 1984
2:16:52 Bruce Wainman ON New Jersey 1987
2:17:05 Muya Wachira ON Houston 1984
2:17:09 Roger Cawkwell ON Toronto 1984
2:17:13 Joe Sax ON Toronto 1980
2:17:18 Smartex Tambala NS Las Vegas 1991
2:17:21 Philip Rist Turin 2000
2:17:25 Rob Kinnunen ON Omaha 1982
2:17:28 John Bolger AB(BC) Winnipeg 1983
2:17:28 Steve Boyd ON Ottawa 2000
2:17:34 Michael Petrocci ON Boston 1981
2:17:54 Andrew Jones ON Chicago 1985
2:17:55 Janik Lambert QU Chicago 1999
2:18:11 Mike McGowan ON Detroit 1995
2:18:21 Jim Finlayson BC Ottawa 2005
2:18:24 Phillip Nichols BC Las Vegas 1991
2:18:33 John Hill BC Vancouver 1980
2:18:34 Doug Cronkite ON Sacramento 1991
2:18:47 Michel Brochu QU London, GBR 1991
2:18:51 Mathew McInnes ON Ottawa 2004
2:19:00 Rick Mannen ON Seoul 1987
2:19:00 Jean Lagarde QU Ottawa 1994
2:19:01 Jerry Kooymans ON Toronto 1978
2:19:01 Norm Tinkham NS Houston 1991
2:19:03 Bob Walker MB Montreal 1981
2:19:10 Robert Cook MB Chicago 1986
2:19:15 Nil Lavallée ON Ottawa 1977
2:19:24 Ron Wallingford ON St. Hyacinthe 1966
2:19:26 Rheal Desjardins QU Ottawa 1984
2:19:31 Kevin Titus BC Victoria 1993
2:19:41 Derek Fernee ON Glasgow 1980
2:19:43 Roger Martindill ON Orlando 1985
2:19:47 Dave Ellis ON Boston 1966
2:19:55 Ryan Day BC Ottawa 2005
2:19:56 Ken Inglis ON Vancouver 1980
2:20:02 Doug Scorrar ON Kitchener 1975
2:20:03 Larry Brown ON El Paso 1975
2:20:06 Fraser Bertram QU Sacramento 1998
2:20:10 Wolf Schamberger BC St. John’s 1973
2:20:13 Bernard Voyer QU Ottawa 1988
2:20:14 Bruce Shaw BC St. John’s 1973
2:20:17 Jerry Tighe BC Seaside 1973
2:20:18 Bruce Kidd ON Atlanta 1974
2:20:19 Nick Tsioros ON Houston 1996
2:20:20 Bruce McKay MB Dallas 1994
2:20:26 Gordon Neysmith QU Ottawa 1990
2:20:27 Peter Moore AB Seattle 1979
2:20:29 Ted McKeigan ON Toronto 1980
2:20:30 Ross Jackson BC Vancouver 1976
2:20:33(23?) Roger Schwegel MB Montreal 1984
2:20:34 Dean Foster ON Melbourne FL 1976
2:20:35 August. Diaz Romero QU Montreal 1986
2:20:36 Dorys Langlois QU Houston 1989
2:20:40 Dave House ON Thunder Bay 1981
2:20:41 Michel Taif QU Ottawa 1990
2:20:44 Bob Legge ON Ottawa 1977
2:20:44 Rick Bourrier MB(BC) 1978
2:20:45 Jason Warick SK Chicago 2005
2:20:50 Tony Vooren ON Boston 1981
2:20:53 R. Bullerwell NS 1992
2:20:56 Philippe Laheurte QU Houston 1988
2:21:06 Daniel Bégin QU Fukuoka 1980
2:21:13 Patrick McCluskey BC Sacramento 1993
2:21:17 Dave Landriault ON(QU) Ottawa 1977
2:21:19 Peter Lever ON Detroit 1972
2:21:20 Patrick Montuoro QU Nice 1984
2:21:23 Al Baigent ON Toronto 1982
2:21:28 Morrison Reid ON Melbourne FL 1976
2:21:42 Kevin Beatty Chicago 2004
2:21:43 Norm Patenaude ON St. John’s 1973
2:21:44 Paul Craig ON Houston 1986
2:21:45 Harry Welton ON Boston 1994
2:21:50 Jocelyn Parent QU Montreal 1984
2:21:51 Gord Dickson ON(AB) Hamilton 1958
2:21:54 Mark Randall ON Ottawa 1983
2:21:57 Peter Vail NS Sacramento 2005
2:22:01 Dan Kontak NS Ottawa 1986
2:22:06 Greg Gemmell MB(BC) Boston 1979
2:22:06 Tom Boone ON Toronto 1986
2:22:09 Dave Yaeger ON Ottawa 1981
2:22:10 Bob Reid AB Toronto 1981
2:22:10 Lindsay Eltis ON Richmond 1984
2:22:13 Brad Blain ON Ottawa 1978
2:22:16 Ashley Dustow BC Vancouver 1988
2:22:17 Bill McIntosh BC Seattle 1979
2:22:18 Tony Barron BC Ottawa 1976
2:22:19 Doug Pattyson ON Thunder Bay 1981
2:22:22 Paul Pearson ON Detroit 1972
2:22:24 Bruce Raymer ON Ottawa 1999
2:22:33 Joan Lavoie QU Miami 1982
2:22:34 Eddie Raposo ON Toronto 1990
2:22:35 Henry Bickford ON Sacramento 1989
2:22:35 Christophe Suquet Ottawa 2002
2:22:36 Chris Bolter BC Vancouver 1977
2:22:39 Colin Dignum BC Vancouver 1994
2:22:46 Clive Hamilton ON Toronto 1991
2:22:47 Ray Will NS Dartmouth 1969
2:22:49 Kevin Cormier ON Ottawa 1983
2:22:49 John Craig ON Stanford 1987
2:22:52 Gary Hutchinson ON Ottawa 1984
2:22:52 Ken Hamilton ON Toronto 1988
2:22:53 Gary Harrison BC Seaside 1971
2:22:54 Jim Freeman BC Culver City 1967
2:22:55 John Curtin ON Toronto 1978
2:22:56 Sheldon Reynolds MB Ottawa 1976
2:22:57 Bruce Dewsberry ON(BC) Eugene 1975
2:23:00 Bruce Soulby MB Winnipeg 1981
2:23:02 rf Kelvin Broad AB Victoria 1994
2:23:04 Tim Norman QU Ottawa 1981
2:23:06 Morris Aarbo AB Las Vegas 1967
2:23:08 John Currie BC Seaside 1977
2:23:09 Christian Marmen ON Ottawa 2001
2:23:24 Stephane Gamache ON Ottawa 2002
2:23:25 Rick Whiting BC Vancouver 1975
2:23:28 Dominique Gagnon QU Montreal 1980
2:23:26 George Tomlinson ON Stockholm 1990
2:23:26 Robb Quinn ON Winnipeg 1991
2:23:30 Leo Desjardin ON Boston 1981
2:23:37 Frank Lewis AB Calgary 1983
2:23:38 Allan Kerr BC Vancouver 1979
2:23:38 Guy Lépine QU Montreal 1980
2:23:39 Michael Booth MB Toronto 2004
2:23:43 Steve Bohan ON Sacramento 2000
2:23:47 Christian Pellerin QU Montreal 1982
2:23:47 Lyle Kuchmak AB Toronto 1984
2:23:49 rf Pan Giannoudis BC Vancouver 1982
2:23:53 Norman Drolet QU Montreal 1984
2:23:54 Oliver Utting BC New York 1999
2:24:04 Leopold Tomasiewicz QU Ottawa 1981
2:24:05 Gary Young ON Thunder Bay 1981
2:24:06 John Weston BC Boston 1983
2:24:09 Craig Knapton BC Vancouver 1982
2:24:09 R. MacGillivray NS Boston 1985
2:24:11 James Knox ON Niagara Falls 1981
2:24:13 Ivan Gomez ON Ottawa 1999
2:24:13 Miguel Sanchez QU Chicago 2002
2:24:14 Bob Slipp ON Ottawa 1984
2:24:15 Nicol Bergeron QU Boston 1988
2:24:18 David Turgeon QU Ottawa 2002
2:24:20 P. Gaelli QU Chicoutimi 1982
2:24:20 Daniel Trudeau QU Houston 1988
2:24:23 Ken Myers AB Ottawa 2004
2:24:26 Steve Osaduik BC Ottawa 2004
2:24:28 Jack Burnett BC Vancouver 1968
2:24:28 Russ Jones BC Vancouver 1982
2:24:28 Larry McCloskey ON Ottawa 1984
2:24:23 Chris Holden Chicago 2002
2:24:29 James Jasieniuk BC(SK) Vancouver 1980
2:24:35 Marc Corcoran QU Ottawa 1984
2:24:37 rf? Shingirai Badza ON Mississauga 2004
2:24:39 Mike Deguida ON Ottawa 1984
2:24:40 Denis Cloutier QU Washington 1986
2:24:40 David Jackson Sacramento 2005
2:24:43 Carl Christenson BC St. John’s 1973
2:24:45 Patrick McDermott ON Toronto 1996
2:24:49 Ron Flint ON Ottawa 1976
2:24:53 John Mowatt ON Boston 1972
2:25:01 Doug Glover ON Toronto 1978
2:25:01 David Cattrall ON Toronto 1980
2:25:03 Steve Thomas ON Boston 1981
2:25:04 Brian Stackhouse AB St. John’s 1973
2:25:08 Patrick Monahan ON Toronto 1982
2:25:08 Martin Dixon ON Niagara Falls 1984
2:25:10 % Tom Mitchell BC Vancouver 1983
2:25:13 Paul Tinari ON Toronto 1984
2:25:14 Russ Evans ON Niagara Falls 1976
2:25:17 Kenneth Riley ON Boston 1996
2:25:18 Matt Normington AB London, GBR 2006
2:25:19 Guy Racine QU Chicoutami 1984
2:25:20 Roy Davis BC Vancouver 1986
2:25:22 Rick Hanna BC Vancouver 1973
2:25:29 Jack Taunton BC Vancouver 1973
2:25:29 % Brad Corden BC Vancouver 1983
2:25:30 Graeme Magor ON Chicago 1985
2:25:30 Darran Bilton ON Toronto 2005
2:25:39 D. Godfrey BC Victoria 1983
2:25:40 Grant Towns MB Boston 1979
2:25:40 Paul Leroux ON Toronto 1987
2:25:43 Larry Switzer MB Ottawa 1976
2:25:45 Ken Frenette ON Ottawa 1991
2:25:47 Paul Hoffman ON Philadelphia 1966
2:25:51 Edin Fahy BC Vancouver 1990
2:25:53 Jack Lord ON Toronto 1987
2:25:53 Robert Barber BC Vancouver 1988
2:25:56 D’Arcy Ready Winnipeg 1991
2:25:57 Bill Herriott BC(AB) St. John’s 1973
2:26:00 Bud Willis ON Ottawa 1983
2:26:00 Marc Roberts ON Port Huron 1983/4
2:26:02 Bill Allen ON St. Hyacinthe 1964
2:26:02 Jacques Mainguy QU Boston 1979
2:26:02 Daniel Banville QU Montreal 1990
2:26:08 Robert Knapton BC Vancouver 1981
2:26:09 Jeff Galloway MB Winnipeg 1981
2:26:10 Fred Clemmer ON Toronto 1978
2:26:12 Jack Friel ON Toronto 1977
2:26:13 Gord Moat ON Ottawa 1980
2:26:13 Gene Steacy ON Toronto 1984
2:26:13 David Ruggles Ottawa 1994
2:26:14 Brent Swanick ON Washington 1976
2:26:21 Andy Reed ON Belleville 1978
2:26:23 Jacques Bilinski BC Victoria 1991
2:26:29 Yvan Truchon QU Chicoutimi 1984
2:26:25 Neil Holm BC Chicago 2003
2:26:35 Art Taylor ON Ottawa 1976
2:26:36 Bob Nicklin BC Victoria 1981
2:26:37 Rob Earl ON Toronto 1987
2:26:39 Ron Melnichuk MB Winnipeg 1983
2:26:39 Allen Hugli ON Ottawa 1991
2:26:40 Chris Glowach MB Winnipeg 1996
2:26:42 Andrew Hahn ON Ottawa 2004
2:26:42 Charles Bedley ON
2:26:47 Adrian Wellington AB Richmond 1984
2:26:49 Daniel Fitzgerald QU Montreal 1981
2:26:53 Ralph Williams Halifax 1983
2:26:56 Pierre Richard QU Ottawa 1981
2:26:58 John Harper ON Hamilton 1981
2:26:58 Claude Lafrenière QU 1981
2:26:58 Robert Russell NS North York 1983

American Athlete?
2:18:30 David O’Keefe ON Chicago 1991

I don't see Longboat on this list. Is that because there wasn't really a set official distance for the marathon yet?