Verner Laaksonen

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Johan Verner Laaksonen (7 November 1895 in Orimattila – 10 November 1985 in Helsinki) was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

World Best Year Performance in Men's Marathon

1921: Florestano Benedetti (ITA)
1922: Gabriel Ruotsalainen (FIN)
1923: Aksel Jensen (DEN)
1924: Shizo Kanaguri (JPN)
1925: Sam Ferris (NIR)
1926: Iivari Rötkö (FIN)
1927: Verner Laaksonen (FIN)
1928: Boughera El Ouafi (FRA)
1929: Harry Payne (GBR)
1930: Fukutaro Shibui (JPN)
1931: Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG)
1932: Tanji Yahagi (JPN)
1933: Kozo Kusunoki (JPN)
1934: Tamao Shiaku (JPN)
1935 – 1936: Sohn Kee-Jung (JPN)
1937: Manuel Dias (POR)
1938: Pat Dengis (USA)
1939: Toyu Ko (KOR)
1940: Shoichiro Takenaka (JPN)
1941: Les Pawson (USA)
1942: Zaiten Kimoto (JPN)
1943: Gérard Côté (CAN)
1944: Charles Robbins (USA)
1945: Sven Håkansson (SWE)
1946 – 1948: Mikko Hietanen (FIN)
1949: Salomon Könönen (FIN)
1950: Fedosiy Vanin (URS)
1951: Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
1952 – 1954: Jim Peters (ENG)
1955: Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
1956: Paavo Kotila (FIN)
1957 – 1959: Sergei Popov (URS)
1960: Abebe Bikila (ETH)
1961: Takayuki Nakao (JPN)
1962: Yu Mang-Hyang (PRK)
1963: Buddy Edelen (USA)
1964: Abebe Bikila (ETH)
1965: Morio Shigematsu (JPN)
1966: Michael Ryan (NZL)
1967: Derek Clayton (AUS)
1968 – 1969: Bill Adcocks (ENG)
1970: Ron Hill (ENG)
1971: Derek Clayton (AUS)
1972: Frank Shorter (USA)
1973: John Farrington (AUS)
1974: Ian Thompson (ENG)
1975: Bill Rodgers (USA)
1976: Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)
1977: Bill Rodgers (USA)
1978: Shigeru So (JPN)
1979: Bill Rodgers (USA)
1980: Gerard Nijboer (NED)
1981: Robert de Castella (AUS)
1982: Alberto Salazar (USA)
1983: Robert de Castella (AUS)
1984: Steve Jones (WAL)
1985: Carlos Lopes (POR)
1986: Robert de Castella (AUS)
1987: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
1988: Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)
1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
1990: Steve Moneghetti (AUS)
1991: Koichi Morishita (JPN)
1992: David Tsebe (RSA)
1993: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
1994: Cosmas Ndeti (KEN)
1995: Sammy Lelei (KEN)
1996: Martín Fiz (ESP)
1997: Khalid Khannouchi (MAR)
1998: Ronaldo da Costa (BRA)
1999: Khalid Khannouchi (MAR)
2000: António Pinto (POR)
2001: Josephat Kiprono (KEN)
2002: Khalid Khannouchi (USA)
2003: Paul Tergat (KEN)
2004: Evans Rutto (KEN)
2005 – 2008: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
2009: Duncan Kibet (KEN)
2010– 2011: Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN)
2012: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)

Persondata
Name	Laaksonen, Verner
Alternative names
Short description	Olympic athlete
Date of birth	7 November 1895
Place of birth
Date of death	10 November 1985
Place of death

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