Word: halberg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Australia's Ron Clarke, 27: a wind-whipped, three-mile race at Melbourne's Olympic Park, in the world-record time of 13 min. 7.6 sec.-clipping 2.4 sec. off the old mark held by New Zealand's Murray Halberg, who trailed Clarke through the tape by 150 yds. Peter Snell failed in his attempt to break his own world record for the mile (3 min. 54.1 sec.), still clocked 3 min. 57.6 sec.-the eleventh time the muscular New Zealander has cracked...
...times at which jaunty Jim Beatty, 28, the best U.S. distance runner and holder of the world indoor record for the mile, was to complete each segment of a precisely planned assault on the indoor two-mile record (8 min. 34.4 sec.) held by New Zealand's Murray Halberg...