Comrades Marathon [SEP] inception
00min to sub 12hrs 00min.
- Prior to 2000, only gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded.
- The Bill Rowan medal was introduced in 2000 and named after the winner of the first Comrades Marathon in 1921. The time limit for this medal was inspired by Rowan's winning time in 1921 of 8hrs 59min.
- A new copper medal, the Vic Clapham medal (named after the race founder), was added in 2003. This medal coincided with the increase in the time allocation for completing
national marathon champion. 1958 followed a third place in the South African Marathon Championship his first victory in the Comrades Marathon. In 1959 he was third in the Comrades Marathon.
In 1960, he finished second in the South African Marathon Championship, remained at the Comrades Marathon at 5:56:32 h first on the up-run track under six hours and won the London to Brighton Race .
In 1962 he was second in the Comrades Marathon, and in 1963 he set in this race with 5:51:20 h a track record for the