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On December 3, 1967, Derek Clayton won Fukuoka in 2:09:36.4. Nobody had broken the marathon's 2:10 barrier before.
The previous world best was 2:12:00. Clayton improved it by more than two minutes and passed 20 km in 59:59.
Behind one historic number was another: the first sub-hour 20 km split in a marathon. Read more