Derek Clayton

Derek Clayton (born November 17, 1942 in Lancashire , England ) is a former Australian long-distance runner .

Clayton was the first athlete to run under 2 hours and 10 minutes in a marathon when he broke the world record by over two minutes to 2: 09: 36.4 hours in the Fukuoka Marathon on December 3, 1967 . At the 1968 Olympic Games at Mexico City, he finished seventh in 2: 27: 23.8 hours.

On May 30, 1969 in Antwerp he improved the world record to 2: 08: 33.6 h. Although there are doubts about the correct length of the route (the Association of Road Racing Statisticians considers the course too short for about 500 m), the IAAF lists this time in their current list of world best times. By 2009, Clayton was one of the 200 fastest marathon runners in history. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Clayton finished 13th in 2: 19: 49.6 hours.

Clayton's world record was not beaten until 1981 by his compatriot Robert de Castella . Clayton, who was born in England and raised in Northern Ireland, is 1.87 m tall and weighed 72 kg at competition times.

literature

Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )

Web links

Derek Clayton in the database of World Athletics (English)
Derek Clayton in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
Derek Clayton , a portrait on Time-to-Run , December 31, 2006,
On 40th anniversary of first sub-2: 09, pioneering Clayton looks back on his Marathon World records ( Memento from June 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), article by Mike Hurst on the IAAF website, May 30, 2009

Footnotes

↑ arrs.run: World Marathon Rankings for 1969
↑ Mark Butler (Ed.): IAAF Statistics Handbook - 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009. ( Memento from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2009, p. 565 (PDF; 4, 77 MB)
^ The Daily Telegraph (Australia) : A record place in history . June 4, 2009

personal data
SURNAME	Clayton, Derek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	australian marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lancashire , England

[1] rrs.run: World Marathon Rankings for 1969

[2] Mark Butler (Ed.): IAAF Statistics Handbook - 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin 2009. ( Memento from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) IAAF Media & Public Relations Department, 2009, p. 565 (PDF; 4, 77 MB)

[3] The Daily Telegraph (Australia) : A record place in history . June 4, 2009