Ron Clarke
Distance Time / distance Location Date
5000 m 13:34.8 Hobart , Australia 1965-01-16
5000 m 13:33.6 Auckland , New Zealand 1965-02-01
5000 m 13:25.8 Los Angeles , United States 1965-06-04
5000 m 13:16.6 Stockholm , Sweden 1966-07-05
10,000 m 28:15.6 Melbourne , Australia 1963-12-18
10,000 m 27:39.4 Oslo , Norway 1965-07-14
20,000 m 59:22.8 Geelong , Australia 1965-10-27
1 hour 20,232 m Geelong , Australia 1965-10-27
2 miles 8:19.8 Västerås , Sweden 1967-07-27
2 miles 8:19.6 London , England 1968-08-24
3 miles 13:07.6 Melbourne , Australia 1964-12-03
3 miles 13:00.4 Los Angeles , United States 1965-06-04
3 miles 12:52.4 London , England 1965-07-10
3 miles 12:50.4 Stockholm , Sweden 1966-07-05
6 miles 27:17.8 Melbourne , Australia 1963-12-18
6 miles 26:47.0 Oslo , Norway 1965-07-14
10 miles 47:12.8 Melbourne , Australia 1965-03-04
Athletic career -- World records
Ronald William Ron Clarke, AO, MBE (21 February 1937 - 17 June 2015) was an Australian athlete, writer, and Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for setting seventeen world records.