Mildred "Millie" Sampson is a former New Zealand long-distance runner who held the world best in the marathon in 1964. Official memory of her performance has been muddled by poor record keeping, and the scant attention paid to women running the marathon in those early days. The International Association of Athletics Federations records her as having set a world best in the marathon on 21 July 1964, with a time of 3:19:33 in Auckland, New Zealand, however, the 21 July 1964 was a Tuesday and there is no record of a marathon being held in New Zealand on that day. In fact, her performance took place a month later, and was noted on the front page of the NZ Herald on 18 August. Mildred Sampson (New Zealand) set the women's marathon world record of 3:19:33 in name =ARRS_refn1964 on July 21, 1964. It stood 2.8 years, until Maureen Wilton's 3:14:23 on May 6, 1967. Wiki link