Steve Jones (runner)
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Stephen Henry Jones is a Welsh former athlete who set the world record in the marathon in his first completed race at that distance at the Chicago Marathon in 1984, with a time of 2:08:05.
Steve Jones speaking to a running group in Boston, August 2018
Steve Jones winning the Swindon (UK) Half Marathon in October 1984
Robert de Castella
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Francois Robert de Castella is an Australian former world champion marathon runner.
Steve Jones (runner)
…Chicago Marathon because of an injury, Jones won the event—his first completed marathon—with a time of 2:08:05, breaking the world record of Australian Robert de Castella by 13 seconds. Jones was unaware of the record and, since he never wore a watch, did not know that he might break it until two miles before the finish…
De Castella in 1983
World champion Robert De Castella (r.) receives congratulations from 3rd-place finisher Waldemar Cierpinski (DDR) in Helsinki 1983