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 (United Kingdom) set the men's marathon world record of 2:08:05 in Chicago Marathon on October 21, 1984. It stood 6 months, until Carlos Lopes's 2:07:12 on April 20, 1985. Wiki link