USA Marathon Championships | |
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Location | United States |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | Men's race 1925 Women's race 1974 |
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 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and it is much more competitive. [2]
Year | Location | Venue | American winner [3] [4] | Time |
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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 | — | 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 |
Runner | Total | Years |
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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 |
Year | Location | Venue | American winner [5] [4] | Time |
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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 |
Runner | Total | Years |
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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 |
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