Antti Viskari

Antti Viskari (born May 1, 1928, in Joutseno, Lappeenranta, Etelä-Karjala, Finland- 2007) is a Finnish former long-distance runner. He has a personal best for the marathon of 2:21:27, which he set in 1960. Viskari competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, placing 53rd. He won the 1956 Boston Marathon. He died in Finland in 2007.

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Boston Marathon – men's winners

1897: John McDermott (USA) 1898: Ronald MacDonald (CAN) 1899: Lawrence Brignolia (USA) 1900–01: Jack Caffery (CAN) 1902: Sammy Mellor (USA) 1903: John Lordan (USA) 1904: Michael Spring (USA) 1905: Frederick Lorz (USA) 1906: Timothy Ford (USA) 1907: Thomas Longboat (CAN) 1908: Thomas Morrissey (USA) 1909: Henri Renaud (USA) 1910: Fred Cameron (CAN) 1911: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1912: Michael Ryan (USA) 1913: Fritz Carlson (USA) 1914: James Duffy (CAN) 1915: Édouard Fabre (CAN) 1916: Arthur Roth (USA) 1917: Bill Kennedy (USA) 1918: (Military Relay) 1919: Carl Linder (USA) 1920: Peter Trivoulides (USA) 1921: Frank Zuna (USA) 1922–24: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1925: Charles Mellor (USA) 1926: John C. Miles (CAN) 1927–28: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1929: John C. Miles (CAN) 1930: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1931: James Henigan (USA) 1932: Paul de Bruyn (GER) 1933: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1934: Dave Komonen (CAN) 1935: John A. Kelley (USA) 1936: Ellison Brown (USA) 1937: Walter Young (CAN) 1938: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1939: Ellison Brown (USA) 1940: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1941: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1942: Joe Smith (USA) 1943–44: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1945: John A. Kelley (USA) 1946: Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 1947: Suh Yun-bok (KOR) 1948: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1949: Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 1950: Ham Kee-yong (KOR) 1951: Shigeki Tanaka (JPN) 1952: Mateo Flores (GTM) 1953: Keizo Yamada (JPN) 1954: Veikko Karvonen (FIN) 1955: Hideo Hamamura (JPN) 1956: Antti Viskari (FIN) 1957: John J. Kelley (USA) 1958: Franjo Mihalić (YUG) 1959: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1960: Paavo Kotila (FIN) 1961–62: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1963–64: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) 1965: Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 1966: Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 1967: Dave McKenzie (NZL) 1968: Amby Burfoot (USA) 1969: Yoshiaki Unetani (JPN) 1970: Ron Hill (GBR) 1971: Álvaro Mejía (COL) 1972: Olavi Suomalainen (FIN) 1973: Jon Anderson (USA) 1974: Neil Cusack (IRE) 1975: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1976: Jack Fultz (USA) 1977: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 1978–80: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1981: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1982: Alberto Salazar (USA) 1983: Greg Meyer (USA) 1984–85: Geoff Smith (GBR) 1986: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1988: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 1989: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 1990: Gelindo Bordin (ITA) 1991–92: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 1993–95: Cosmas Ndeti (KEN) 1996: Moses Tanui (KEN) 1997: Lameck Aguta (KEN) 1998: Moses Tanui (KEN) 1999: Joseph Chebet (KEN) 2000: Elijah Lagat (KEN) 2001: Lee Bong-ju (KOR) 2002: Rodgers Rop (KEN) 2003: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2004: Timothy Cherigat (KEN) 2005: Hailu Negussie (ETH) 2006–08: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2009: Deriba Merga (ETH) 2010: Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (KEN) 2011: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2012: Wesley Korir (KEN) 2013: Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 2014: Meb Keflezighi (USA) 2015: Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 2016: Lemi Berhanu Hayle (ETH)

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