Ronald MacDonald (athlete)

Ronald John MacDonald ( born March 30, 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, † September 3, 1947 ) was a Canadian marathon runner.

In 1898 he won the Boston Marathon. It took for about 38.5 kilometer route two hours and 42 minutes.

In a marathon, the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, he was the seventh and last of 13 runners started, which was registered in the target. Like other foreign athletes he complained about the organization and expressed the belief that the native participants had shortened the course.