Gyula Tóth (12 April 1936, in

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– 2 November 2006, in

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) was a Hungarian marathon runner. He ran a time of 2:34:49 in the 1968 Summer Olympics marathon, and a time of 2:22:59 in the 1972 Summer Olympics marathon. He won the

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in 1966 and 1971 and won a bronze medal at the

1966 European Athletics Championships The 8th European Athletics Championships were held from 30 August to 4 September 1966 in the Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Nép Stadium in Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic, Hungary. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Hera ...

. He won the

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in 1969 and 1971.

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* 1936 births 2006 deaths Hungarian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary People from Túrkeve Athletes from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Hungarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub