Derek Clayton

Retired

Updated: 2021-10-03

Victoria

Bio

Derek Clayton is a retired Australian long-distance runner who was born in England and raised in Northern Ireland.

Clayton was the first marathon runner ever to break two hours & ten minutes when he set the world best marathon time at Fukuoka in December 1967. He further improved this in Antwerp in May 1969, setting a time that stood for almost 12 years as the world's best.

Clayton represented Australia twice at Olympic Games & won four Australian Marathon Championships. He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999.

Track ChampionshipsRoad ChampionshipsOff-Road Championships
1967-68 Australian 10000m1967 Australian Marathon
1968 Australian Marathon
1971 Australian Marathon
1973 Australian Marathon

World ChampionshipsOlympic GamesCommonwealth Games
 1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1970 Edinburgh

1974 Christchurch
World RecordsAustralian RecordsState Records
World Marathon - 2h 09m 36.4s - 3 Dec 1967
World Marathon - 2h 08m 33.6s - 30 May 1969
Australian National Best Marathon - 2h 22m 12.0s - 2 Oct 1965#
Australian Overseas Best Marathon - 2h 09m 36.4s - 3 Dec 1967#
Australian National Best Marathon - 2h 14m 47.8s - 25 May 1968#
* Records set en-route to longer distance.
^ Overseas performances not recognised as records before 1969.
# Best on record for Non-Record Events.

Media

1992: 20 years on, two great runners meet again
1980: He set a goal, went after it and set 2 world records that still stand
1979: Derek Clayton's time has come
1972: Australian athletes named for Munich Olympics The race they hate to run

Results

DateNamePositionResult    
20/03/1983 Mercury News 10k3033:15    
31/01/1974 X British Commonwealth Games Men's Marathon0DNF    
04/11/1973The News City-Bay Fun Run134:05    
28/10/1973 Australian Commonwealth Games Trial Men's 10000m229:37    
08/09/1973 Australian Marathon Championship12:12:07.6  
11/08/1973 Victorian Country Championship12:17:23    
10/09/1972 Games of the XX Olympiad Men's Marathon132:19:50    
11/08/1972 Pre-Olympic Games Meeting Men's 10000m129:17.2  
22/07/1972 Victorian Country Championship12:16:19    
24/06/1972 Victorian Marathon Club Marathon Championship12:20:25    
21/11/1971 Waverley Athletic Club Meeting Men's 5000m113:57.8  
25/09/1971 Australian Marathon Championship12:11:08.8  
29/08/1971 Victorian Country Championship12:24:40    
04/10/1970 Košice Peace Marathon52:21:10.2  
25/07/1970 IX British Commonwealth Games Men's Marathon0DNF    
06/06/1970 Traralgon Marathon12:13:40    
20/07/1969 Maxol Marathon22:15:40    
08/07/1969 Oslo International Athletics Meeting Men's 10000m428:45.2  
30/05/1969 Belgian Marathon Championship12:08:33.6  
19/05/1969 Turkish Marathon Championship12:17:26    
30/03/1969 Australian Track & Field Championships Men's 10000m429:33    
20/10/1968 Games of the XIX Olympiad Men's Marathon72:27:24    
31/08/1968 Victorian Road Championship Men's 15 Miles11:11:37    
03/08/1968 Victorian Road Championship Men's 10 Miles149:04    
25/05/1968 Australian Marathon Championship12:14:48    
24/03/1968 Australian Track & Field Championships Men's 5000m614:38.4  
23/03/1968 Australian Track & Field Championships Men's 10000m130:21.6  
14/02/1968 Victorian Championship Men's 6 Miles328:42.2  
03/12/1967 Fukuoka International Marathon12:09:36.4  
23/09/1967 Victorian Road Championship Men's 15 Miles11:13:20    
09/09/1967 Australian Marathon Championship12:21:58    
12/08/1967 Victorian Marathon Championship12:18:28    
05/08/1967 Victorian Road Championship Men's 10 Miles248:21    
15/07/1967 Victorian Marathon Club 25km11:22:55    
01/07/1967 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10 Miles755:30    
17/06/1967 Australian Cross Country Championship Men's Senior 10km332:19.8  
03/06/1967 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10km332:38    
06/05/1967 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 5 Miles1026:41    
30/07/1966 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10 Miles153:35    
16/07/1966 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10km132:00    
18/06/1966 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 5 Miles124:23    
27/03/1966 Australian Track & Field Championships Men's 5000m314:27.6  
26/03/1966 Australian Track & Field Championships Men's 10000m329:42:2    
20/03/1966 Melbourne International Athletics Meeting Men's 5000m3Unknown    
06/03/1966 Moomba Amateur Athletic Championship Men's Mile64:09.6  
06/03/1966 Moomba Amateur Athletic Championship Men's 3 Miles114:29.4  
03/03/1966 Melbourne International Athletics Meeting Men's 5000m413:59.8  
19/02/1966 Victorian Championship Men's Mile94:08.5  
10/02/1966 Victorian Championship Men's 3 Miles Final313:25.2  
08/02/1966 Victorian Championship Men's 6 Miles428:58    
18/01/1966 Victorian Championship Men's 5000m Final414:02    
01/01/1966 Victorian Championship Men's 100m Heat 113:57.2  
01/01/1966 Victorian Championship Men's 1500m Final43:55    
14/12/1965 Victorian Marathon Club Emil Zatopek Trophy329:57    
02/10/1965 Victorian Marathon Championship12:22:12    
11/09/1965 Victorian Road Championship Men's 15 Miles61:16:39    
21/08/1965 Australian Cross Country Championship Senior Men's 10km737:04    
31/07/1965 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10 Miles756:38    
17/07/1965 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10km534:32    
19/06/1965 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 5 Miles427:29    
01/02/1965 Victorian Championship Men's Mile Final7Unknown    
28/01/1965 Victorian Championship Men's Mile Heat 22Unknown    
21/11/1964 Athletics Victoria Interclub Men's Mile24:13.6  
25/07/1964 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10 Miles755:53    
19/02/1964 Victorian Championship Men's Mile Qualifying94:23    
15/02/1964 Victorian Championship Men's 3 Miles Final1114:33    
12/02/1964 Victorian Championship Men's 3 Miles Heat 28Unknown    
22/01/1964 Victorian Championship Men's 800m Heat 34Unknown    
30/08/1963 Victorian Cross Country Championship Men's 10 Miles2057:37    
27/07/1963 Victorian Marathon Club Marathon Championship143:00:04    

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