Abebe Mekonnen

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Abebe Mekonnen

Abebe Mekonnen (born 16 October 1964) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

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Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. [1] He also competed for Ethiopia in the 1992 Olympics and 1996 Olympics in the marathon. He did not finish in the 1992 games and finished 81st with a time of 2:29:45 in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mekonnen has the most sub 2:15 marathons of anyone: 32 in all. [2] When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by Bill Rodgers. [3]

His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988 Beijing Marathon, which is still course record.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
1984 Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 2ndMarathon 2:11:30
1985 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo, Japan4thMarathon2:12:39
1985 World Marathon Cup Hiroshima, Japan5thMarathon2:09:05
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan7thMarathon2:13:23
1986 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo, Japan3rdMarathon2:08:39
Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:09:08
Marathon Oasis de Montreal Montréal, Canada 1stMarathon2:10:31
1987 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo, Japan3rdMarathon2:11:54
Paris Marathon Paris, France 1stMarathon2:11:09
All-Africa Games Nairobi, Kenya 2nd10,000 m 28:58.70
World Championships Rome, Italy —Marathon DNF
1988 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:08:33
Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 4thMarathon2:09:33
Beijing Marathon Beijing, PR China 1stMarathon2:07:35
1989 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 1stMarathon2:09:06
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan7thMarathon2:14:29
1990 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 2ndMarathon2:11:52
1991 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:10:26
Boston Marathon Boston, United States 2ndMarathon2:11:22
World Championships Tokyo, Japan —Marathon DNF
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan4thMarathon2:11:39
1992 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 8thMarathon2:13:09
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain —Marathon DNF
1993 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:12:00
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany —Marathon DNF
1994 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo, Japan5thMarathon2:12:13
London Marathon London, United Kingdom 2ndMarathon2:09:17
Beijing Marathon Beijing, China 2ndMarathon2:11:33
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 47thMarathon 2:32:35
1996 Lake Biwa Marathon Ōtsu, Japan 3rdMarathon2:11:55
Boston Marathon Boston, United States 6thMarathon2:10:21
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 81stMarathon 2:29:45
Beijing Marathon Beijing, China 7thMarathon2:13:21
1997 Seoul International Marathon Seoul, South Korea 3rdMarathon2:12:45
Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 5thMarathon2:08:46
Chuncheon Marathon Chuncheon, South Korea 4thMarathon2:10:27
1998 Tiberias Marathon Sea of Gallilee, Israel 2ndMarathon2:14:09
London Marathon London, United Kingdom 5thMarathon2:09:52
Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 8thMarathon2:12:13

See also

References

  1. ↑ "An Inspired Ethiopian and Kristiansen Are Winners in the Boston Marathon"
  2. ↑ untitled
  3. ↑ Boston.com / 1999 Boston Marathon


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