USA Marathon Championships

USA Marathon Championships
USA Marathon Championships
Location	United States
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	Men's race 1925; Women's race 1974

Last updated December 08, 2025

The USA Marathon Championships is the annual national championships for marathon running in the United States. The race serves as a way of designating the American national champion for the marathon. The men's race was first contested in 1925 and a women's race was added to the program in 1974.^[1]

Since 1968, in years which the Summer Olympics are held the event serves as a way of selecting the athletes who will represent the United States at the Olympic Games, with the top three eligible finishers selected to be on the Olympic team and the fourth and fifth eligible finishers being designated as alternates. During these years, the race is more commonly referred to as the United States Olympic trials and it is much more competitive.^[2]

Men's results

Year	Location	Venue	American winner^[a]	Time
2025	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Futsum Zienasellassie	2:09:29
2024	Orlando, FL	US Olympic trials	Conner Mantz	2:09:05
2022	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Futsum Zienasellassie	2:11:01
2021	—	—	—	—
2020	Atlanta, GA	US Olympic trials	Galen Rupp (2)	2:09:20
2019	—	—	—	—
2018	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Brogan Austin	2:12:38
2017	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Tim Ritchie	2:11:56
2016	Los Angeles, California	US Olympic trials	Galen Rupp	2:11:12
2015	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Marathon	Jared Ward	2:12:56
2014	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon	Tyler Pennel	2:13:32
2013	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon	Nicholas Arciniaga	2:13:11
2012	Houston, Texas	US Olympic trials	Meb Keflezighi (2)	2:09:08
2011	—	—	—	—
2010	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon	Sergio Reyes	2:14:02
2009	New York, New York	ING New York City Marathon	Meb Keflezighi	2:09:15
2008	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Fernando Cabada	2:16:31
2007	New York, New York	US Olympic trials	Ryan Hall	2:09:02
2006	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Mbarak Hussein (2)	2:13:52
2005	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Mbarak Hussein	2:18:28
2004	Birmingham, Alabama	US Olympic trials	Alan Culpepper	2:11:42
2003	Birmingham, Alabama	Mercedes-Benz Marathon	Ryan Shay	2:14:29
2002	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Dan Browne	2:11:35
2001	New York, New York	New York City Marathon	Scott Larson	2:15:26
2000	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	US Olympic trials	Rod DeHaven	2:15:30
1999	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Marathon	Alfredo Vigueras	2:14:20
1998	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Marathon	Keith Brantly (2)	2:12:31
1997	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Marathon	Dave Scudamore	2:13:48
1996	Charlotte, North Carolina	US Olympic trials	Bob Kempainen	2:12:45
1995	Charlotte, North Carolina	USA NationsBank Marathon	Keith Brantly	2:14:27
1994	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Marathon	Paul Pilkington	2:12:13
1993	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Ed Eyestone	2:14:34
1992	Columbus, Ohio	US Olympic trials	Steve Spence (2)	2:12:43
1991	Columbus, Ohio	Columbus Marathon	Bill Reifsnyder (2)	2:12:39
1990	Columbus, Ohio	Columbus Marathon	Steve Spence	2:12:17
1989	Jersey City, New Jersey	New Jersey Waterfront Marathon	Bill Reifsnyer	2:12:09
1988	Jersey City, New Jersey	US Olympic trials	Mark Conover	2:12:26
1987	Houston, Texas	Houston Marathon	Ric Sayre	2:13:54
1986	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Bill Donakowski	2:10:41
1985	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Marathon	Ken Martin (2)	2:12:57
1984	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Ken Martin	2:11:24
1983	San Francisco, California	San Francisco Marathon	Peter Pfitzinger	2:14:45
1982	Syracuse, New York	—	Joel Menges	2:32:39
1981	Raleigh, North Carolina	—	Robert Johnson	2:29:14
1980	Cupertino, California	Paul Masson Marathon	Frank Richardson	2:13:54
1979	Houston, Texas	Houston Maraton	Tom Antczak	2:15:28
1978	Niagara Falls, New York	Skylon International Marathon	Carl Harfield	2:17:21
1977	Culver City, California	Western Hemisphere Marathon	Edward Schelegle	2:18:11
1976	Crowley, Louisiana	—	Gary Tuttle (2)	2:15:15
1975	Culver City, California	Western Hemisphere Marathon	Gary Tuttle	2:17:21
1974	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Ronald Wayne	2:18:53
1973	Burlingame, California	—	Douglas Schmenk	2:15:48
1972	Liverpool, New York	—	Edmund Norris	2:24:43
1971	Eugene, Oregon	—	Kenny Moore	2:16:49
1970	Redfield, Iowa	—	Robert Fitts	2:24:11
1969	Culver City, California	Western Hemisphere Marathon	Tom Heinonen	2:24:43
1968	Alamosa, Colorado	US Olympic trials	George Young	2:30:48
1967	Holyoke, Massachusetts	—	Ron Daws	2:40:07
1966	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Norm Higgins	2:22:51
1965	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Garnett Williams	2:33:51
1964	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Buddy Edelen	2:24:26
1963	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley (8)	2:25:18
1962	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley (7)	2:27:40
1961	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley (6)	2:26:54
1960	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley (5)	2:20:14
1959	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley (4)	2:21:55
1958	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley (3)	2:21:01
1957	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley (2)	2:24:56
1956	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John J. Kelley	2:24:53
1955	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Nicholas Costes	2:31:13
1954	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Ted Corbitt	2:46:14
1953	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John Lafferty	2:50:31
1952	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Victor Dyrgall (2)	2:38:39
1951	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Jesse Van Zant	2:37:12
1950	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John A. Kelley (3)	2:45:56
1949	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Victor Dyrgall	2:38:50
1948	Queens, New York	Idlewild Marathon	John A. Kelley (2)	2:48:33
1947	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Ted Vogel	2:40:11
1946	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	John A. Kelley	2:50:29
1945	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Charles Robbins, Jr. (2)	2:37:14
1944	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Charles Robbins, Jr.	2:40:49
1943	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Frederick McGlone (2)	2:39:09
1942	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Frederick McGlone	2:37:54
1941	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Bernard Smith	2:36:07
1940	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Lou Gregory	2:35:10
1939	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Pat Dengis (3)	2:33:46
1938	Yonkers, New York	Yonkers Marathon	Pat Dengis (2)	2:39:39
1937	Washington, D.C.	—	Melvin Porter (3)	2:44:22
1936	Washington, D.C.	—	William McMahon	2:38:15
1935	Washington, D.C.	—	Pat Dengis	2:53:46
1934	Washington, D.C.	—	Melvin Porter (2)	2:48:04
1933	Washington, D.C.	—	Melvin Porter	2:53:46
1932	Washington, D.C.	—	Clyde Martak	2:58:18
1931	Baltimore, Maryland	—	William Agee	2:32:38
1930	Staten Island, New York	—	Karl Koski	2:25:22
1929	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston, Marathon	Clarence DeMar (4)	2:43:47
1928	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Marathon	Clarence DeMar (3)	2:37:08
1927	Baltimore, Maryland	—	Clarence DeMar (2)	2:40:23
1926	Baltimore, Maryland	—	Clarence DeMar	2:45:06
1925	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Marathon	Charles Mellor	2:33:01

Multiple winners

Multiple winners of the men's USA Marathon Championships
Runner	Total	Years
John J. Kelley	8	1956, 1957, 1958,1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
Clarence DeMar	4	1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
Melvin Porter	3	1933, 1934, 1937
Pat Dengis	3	1935, 1938, 1939
John A. Kelley	3	1946, 1948, 1950
Frederick McGlone	2	1942, 1943
Charles Robbins, Jr.	2	1944, 1945
Victor Dyrgall	2	1949, 1952
Gary Tuttle	2	1975, 1976
Ken Martin	2	1984, 1985
Bill Reifsnyder	2	1989, 1991
Steve Spence	2	1990, 1992
Keith Brantly	2	1995, 1998
Mbarak Hussein	2	2005, 2006
Meb Keflezighi	2	2009, 2012
Galen Rupp	2	2016, 2020
Futsum Zienasellassie	2	2022, 2025

Women's results

Year	Location	Venue	American winner^[a]	Time
2025	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Molly Born	2:24:09
2024	Orlando, FL	US Olympic trials	Fiona O'Keeffe	2:22:10
2022	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Paige Stoner	2:26:02
2021	—	—	—	—
2020	Atlanta, Georgia	US Olympic trials	Aliphine Tuliamuk	2:27:23
2019	—	—	—	—
2018	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Emma Bates	2:28:18
2017	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Sara Hall	2:28:10
2016	Los Angeles, California	US Olympic trials	Amy Cragg	2:28:20
2015	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Marathon	Blake Russell	2:34:57
2014	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon	Esther Erb	2:34:01
2013	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon	Annie Bersagel	2:30:53
2012	Houston, Texas	US Olympic trials	Shalane Flanagan	2:28:38
2011	—	—	—	—
2010	New York City, New York	ING New York City Marathon	Shalane Flanagan	2:28:40
2009	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon	Ilsa Paulson	2:31:49
2008	Boston, Massachusetts	US Olympic trials	Deena Kastor (3)	2:28:35
2007	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Marathon	Deena Kastor	2:35:09
2006	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Marla Runyan	2:32:17
2005	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Nicole Aish	2:40:21
2004	St. Louis, Missouri	US Olympic trials	Colleen De Reuck	2:28:25
2003	St. Louis Missouri	Michelob Ultra USA Championship	Sara Wells	2:35:37
2002	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Jill Gaitenby	2:36:10
2001	New York City, New York	New York City Marathon	Deena Drossin	2:26:58
2000	Columbia, South Carolina	US Olympic trials	Christine Clark	2:33:31
1999	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Kim Pawelek	2:37:57
1998	Houston, Texas	Methodist Healthcare Houston Marathon	Gwyn Coogan	2:33:37
1997	Columbia, South Carolina	Columbia Marathon	Julia Kirtland	2:27:46
1996	Columbia, South Carolina	US Olympic trials	Jenny Spangler	2:29:54
1995	Columbia, South Carolina	USA Championships	Debbi Kilpatrick-Morris	2:34:42
1994	Duluth, Minnesota	Grandma's Marathon	Linda Somers (2)	2:33:42
1993	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Linda Somers	2:34:11
1992	Houston, Texas	US Olympic trials	Janis Klecker (2)	2:30:12
1991	Long Beach, California	Long Beach Marathon	Maria Trujillo	2:35:39
1990	Duluth, Minnesota	Grandma's Marathon	Jane Welzel	2:33:35
1989	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Nan Doak-Davis	2:33:11
1988	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	US Olympic trials	Margaret Groos	2:29:50
1987	Duluth, Minnesota	Grandma's Marathon	Janis Klecker	2:36:12
1986	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota	Twin Cities Marathon	Kim Rosenquist	2:32:31
1985	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Nancy Ditz	2:31:36
1984	Sacramento, California	California International Marathon	Katy Schilly	2:32:40
1983	Los Angeles, California	Avon International Marathon	Julie Brown (2)	2:26:26
1982	San Francisco, California	Avon International Marathon	Laurie Binder	2:39:46
1981	Ottawa, Canada	Avon International Marathon	Nancy Conz	2:36:46
1980	Cupertino, California	Paul Masson Marathon	Susan Munday	2:43:17
1979	Houston, Texas	Houston Marathon	Susan Petersen	2:46:17
1978	New York City, New York	New York City Marathon	Marty Cooksey	2:41:49
1977	Minneapolis, Minnesota	City of Lakes Marathon	Leal-Ann Reinhart	2:46:34
1976	Culver City, California	Western Hemisphere Marathon	Julie Brown	2:45:33
1975	New York City, New York	New York City Marathon	Kim Merritt	2:46:15
1974	San Mateo, California	West Valley Marathon	Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry	2:55:18

Multiple winners

Multiple winners of the women's USA Marathon Championships
Runner	Total	Years
Deena Kastor	3	2001, 2007, 2008
Julie Brown	2	1976, 1983
Janis Klecker	2	1987,1992
Linda Somers	2	1993, 1994
Shalane Flanagan	2	2010, 2012

Records

Men's USA Marathon Championships event record
Year	Location	Venue	Runner	Time
2007	New York, New York	US Olympic trials	Ryan Hall	2:09:02

Women's USA Marathon Championships event record
Year	Location	Venue	Runner	Time
2024	Orlando, Florida	US Olympic Trials	Fiona O'Keeffe	2:22:10

Notes

1 2 In 2007, 2010, and 2015, a runner that was not an American citizen won the race so the title of U.S. marathon champion went to the top American finisher.^[1]

References

1 2 National Marathon Champions for the United States. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-06-26.
↑ "Olympic Trials". Runner's World.

General

USA Champions Men's Marathon. USATF. Retrieved on 2014-07-08
USA Champions Women's Marathon. USATF. Retrieved on 2014-07-08
2012 US Olympic trials Marathon History Media Guide. Retrieved on 2014-07-08
2024 US Olympic Team Trials.USATF. Retrieved on 2024-02-04

External links

USA Track and Field website

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[fn1-3] 1 2 In 2007, 2010, and 2015, a runner that was not an American citizen won the race so the title of U.S. marathon champion went to the top American finisher.^[1]

[arrs-1] 1 2 National Marathon Champions for the United States. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2014-06-26.

[2] "Olympic Trials". Runner's World.

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v t e US National Championship winners in Women's Marathon
1974–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1974: Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry 1975: Kim Merritt 1976: Julie Brown 1977: Leal-Ann Reinhart 1978: Marty Cooksey 1979: Susan Petersen
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Susan Munday 1981: Nancy Conz 1982: Laurie Binder 1983: Julie Brown 1984: Katy Schilly 1985: Nancy Ditz 1986: Kim Rosenquist 1987: Janis Klecker 1988: Margaret Groos 1989: Nan Doak-Davis 1990: Jane Welzel 1991: Maria Trujillo 1992: Janis Klecker
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Linda Somers 1994: Linda Somers 1995: Debbi Kilpatrick-Morris 1996: Jenny Spangler 1997: Julia Kirtland 1998: Gwyn Coogan 1999: Kim Pawelek 2000: Chris Clark 2001: Deena Drossin 2002: Jill Gaitenby 2003: Sara Wells 2004: Colleen De Reuck 2005: Nicole Aish 2006: Marla Runyan 2007: Deena Kastor 2008: Deena Kastor 2009: Ilsa Paulson 2010: Shalane Flanagan 2012: Shalane Flanagan 2013: Annie Bersagel 2014: Esther Erb 2015: Blake Russell 2016: Amy Cragg 2017: Sara Hall 2018: Emma Bates 2020: Aliphine Tuliamuk 2022: Paige Stoner

v t e US National Championship winners in men's Marathon
1925-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1925: Charles Mellor 1926–29: Clarence DeMar 1930: Karl Koski 1931: William Agee 1932: Clyde Martak 1933–34: Melvin Porter 1935: Pat Dengis 1936: Billy McMahon 1937: Melvin Porter 1938–39: Pat Dengis 1940: Lou Gregory 1941: Bernard Smith 1942–43: Frederick McGlone 1944–45: Charles Robbins, Jr. 1946: Johnny Kelley 1947: Ted Vogel 1948: Johnny Kelley 1949: Victor Dyrgall 1950: Johnny Kelley 1951: Jesse Van Zant 1952: Victor Dyrgall 1953: John Lafferty 1954: Ted Corbitt 1955: Nicholas Costes 1956–63: John J. Kelley 1964: Buddy Edelen 1965: Garnett Williams 1966: Norm Higgins 1967: Ron Daws 1968: George Young 1969: Tom Heinonen 1970: Robert Fitts 1971: Kenny Moore 1972: Edmund Norris 1973: Douglas Schmenk 1974: Ronald Wayne 1975–76: Gary Tuttle 1977: Edward Schelegle 1978: Carl Hatfield 1979: Tom Antczak
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Frank Richardson 1981: Robert Johnson 1982: Joel Menges 1983: Pete Pfitzinger 1984–85: Ken Martin 1986: Bill Donakowski 1987: Ric Sayre 1988: Mark Conover 1989: Bill Reifsnyder 1990: Steve Spence 1991: Bill Reifsnyder
1993–present USA Track & Field	1992: Steve Spence 1993: Ed Eyestone 1994: Paul Pilkington 1995: Keith Brantly 1996: Bob Kempainen 1997: Dave Scudamore 1998: Keith Brantly 1999: Alfredo Vigueras 2000: Rod DeHaven 2001: Scott Larson 2002: Dan Browne 2003: Ryan Shay 2004: Alan Culpepper 2005–06: Mbarak Hussein 2007: Ryan Hall 2008: Fernando Cabada 2009: Meb Keflezighi 2010: Sergio Reyes 2011: Not held 2012: Meb Keflezighi 2013: Nicholas Arciniaga 2014: Tyler Pennel 2015: Jared Ward 2016: Galen Rupp 2017: Tim Ritchie 2018: Brogan Austin 2019: Not held 2020: Galen Rupp 2022: Futsum Zienasellassie

USA Marathon Championships

Contents

Men's results

Multiple winners

Women's results

Multiple winners

Records

See also

Notes

References

External links