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Derek Clayton (born 17 November 1942) is a former Australian long-distance runner, born in Cumbria, England and raised in Northern Ireland. He set the world best for the marathon in the Fukuoka Marathon, Japan on 3 December 1967 in 2:09:36.4, in what is considered a classic race, the first marathon race ever run in less than two hours and ten minutes.

He went on to break this time in Antwerp on 30 May 1969 by more than a minute, this time stood as the world best for nearly another 12 years. His personal best time of 2:08:33.6 is still a world class marathon time. Clayton represented Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing in 7th place (2:27:23). Four years later he ended up in 13th position (2:19:49) in the same event.

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Records
Preceded by Morio Shigematsu	Men's Marathon World Record Holder 3 December 1967 – 6 December 1981	Succeeded by Robert de Castella

World Best Year Performance in Men's Marathon

1921: Arthur Robert Mills (ENG) • 1922: Gabriel Ruotsalainen (FIN) • 1923: Aksel Jensen (DEN) • 1924: Shizo Kanaguri (JPN) • 1925: Samuel Ferris (ENG) • 1926: Iivari Rötkö (FIN) • 1927: Verner Laaksonen (FIN) • 1928: Boughera El Ouafi (FRA) • 1929: Harry Payne (GBR) • 1930: Clarence DeMar (USA) • 1931: Albert Michelsen (USA) • 1932: Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) • 1933: Les Pawson (USA) • 1934: Pat Dengis (USA) • 1935 – 1936: Sohn Kee-Jung (KOR) • 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 Hakansson (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: Leonard 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 Ceron (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) •

Fukuoka Men's Marathon Winners

1947: Toshikazu Wada (JPN) • 1948: Saburo Yamada (JPN) • 1949: Shinzo Koga (JPN) • 1950: Shunji Koyanagi (JPN) • 1951: Hiromi Haigo (JPN) • 1952: Katsuo Nishida (JPN) • 1953: Hideo Hamamura (JPN) • 1954: Reinaldo Gorno (ARG) • 1955: Veikko Karvonen (FIN) • 1956: Keizo Yamada (JPN) • 1957: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) • 1958: Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN) • 1959: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) • 1959: Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) • 1960: Barry Magee (NZL) • 1961: Pavel Kantorek (TCH) • 1962: Toru Terasawa (JPN) • 1963: Jeff Julian (NZL) • 1964: Toru Terasawa (JPN) • 1965: Hidekuni Hiroshima (JPN) • 1966: Mike Ryan (NZL) • 1967: Derek Clayton (AUS) • 1968: Bill Adcocks (ENG) • 1969: Jerome Drayton (CAN) • 1970: Akio Usami (JPN) • 1971: Frank Shorter (USA) • 1972: Frank Shorter (USA) • 1973: Frank Shorter (USA) • 1974: Frank Shorter (USA) • 1975: Jerome Drayton (CAN) • 1976: Jerome Drayton (CAN) • 1977: Bill Rodgers (USA) • 1978: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) • 1979: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) • 1980: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) • 1981: Robert de Castella (AUS) • 1982: Paul Ballinger (NZL) • 1983: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) • 1984: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) • 1985: Hisatoshi Shintaku (JPN) • 1986: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) • 1987: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) • 1988: Toshihiro Shibutani (JPN) • 1989: Manuel Matias (POR) • 1990: Belayneh Densamo (ETH) • 1991: Shuichi Morita (JPN) • 1992: Tena Negere (ETH) • 1993: Dionicio Cerón (MEX) • 1994: Boay Akonay (TAN) • 1995: Luíz Antônio dos Santos (BRA) • 1996: Lee Bong-Ju (KOR) • 1997: Josia Thugwane (RSA) • 1998: Jackson Kabiga (KEN) • 1999: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) • 2000: Atsushi Fujita (JPN) • 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) • 2002: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) • 2003: Tomoaki Kunichika (JPN) • 2004: Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN) • 2005: Dimitry Baranovsky (UKR) • 2006: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) • 2007: Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) • 2008: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)

Australian National Champions in Men's Marathon

1949: Robert Prentice • 1951: Gordon Stanley • 1952: Robert Prentice • 1953: Rowland Guy • 1954 – 1955: Not Held • 1956: John Russell • 1957: Not Held • 1958: John Russell • 1959: Not Held • 1960: Ian Sinfield • 1961: Not Held • 1962: Keith Ollerenshaw • 1963: Not Held • 1964: Bob Vagg • 1965: Not Held • 1966: Tony Cook • 1967 – 1968: Derek Clayton • 1969 – 1970: John Farrington • 1971: Derek Clayton • 1972: Bernard Vine • 1973: Derek Clayton • 1974 – 1975: John Farrington • 1976: Victor Anderson • 1977: Rob Wallace • 1978: Jim Langford • 1979: Robert de Castella • 1980: Lawrie Whitty • 1981: Garry Bentley • 1982: Rob Wallace • 1983: Derek Froude • 1984: Andrew Lloyd • 1985: Grenville Wood • 1986: Steve Austin • 1987: Danny Boltz • 1988: Pat Carroll • 1989: Brad Camp • 1990: Allan Carman • 1991: Sean Quilty • 1992: Gerard Barrett • 1993: Sean Quilty • 1994: Michael Dalton • 1995: Roderic deHighden • 1996: Magnus Michelsson • 1997: Pat Carroll • 1998: Greg Lyons • 1999: Shaun Creighton • 2000: Roderic deHighden • 2001: Damon Harris (NZL) • 2002: Jeremy Horne • 2003: Paul Arthur • 2004: Daniel Green • 2005: Brett Cartwright • 2006: Lee Troop • 2007: Damon Harris (NZL)

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