abebe, mekonnen, ethiopian, olympic, boxer, boxer, born, october, 1964, ethiopian, long, distance, runner, mekkonen, winner, 93rd, boston, marathon, 1989, also, competed, ethiopia, 1992, olympics, 1996, olympics, marathon, finish, 1992, games, finished, 81st, . For the Ethiopian Olympic boxer see Abebe Mekonnen boxer Abebe Mekonnen born 16 October 1964 is an Ethiopian long distance runner Abebe MekonnenMekkonen 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 Contents 1 Achievements 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksAchievements editYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting nbsp Ethiopia1984 Friendship Games Moscow Soviet Union 2nd Marathon 2 11 301985 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo Japan 4th Marathon 2 12 391985 World Marathon Cup Hiroshima Japan 5th Marathon 2 09 05Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka Japan 7th Marathon 2 13 231986 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo Japan 3rd Marathon 2 08 39Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam Netherlands 1st Marathon 2 09 08Marathon Oasis de Montreal Montreal Canada 1st Marathon 2 10 311987 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo Japan 3rd Marathon 2 11 54Paris Marathon Paris France 1st Marathon 2 11 09All Africa Games Nairobi Kenya 2nd 10 000 m 28 58 70World Championships Rome Italy Marathon DNF1988 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo Japan 1st Marathon 2 08 33Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam Netherlands 4th Marathon 2 09 33Beijing Marathon Beijing PR China 1st Marathon 2 07 351989 Boston Marathon Boston United States 1st Marathon 2 09 06Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka Japan 7th Marathon 2 14 291990 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam Netherlands 2nd Marathon 2 11 521991 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo Japan 1st Marathon 2 10 26Boston Marathon Boston United States 2nd Marathon 2 11 22World Championships Tokyo Japan Marathon DNFFukuoka Marathon Fukuoka Japan 4th Marathon 2 11 391992 Boston Marathon Boston United States 8th Marathon 2 13 09Olympic Games Barcelona Spain Marathon DNF1993 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo Japan 1st Marathon 2 12 00World Championships Stuttgart Germany Marathon DNF1994 Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo Japan 5th Marathon 2 12 13London Marathon London United Kingdom 2nd Marathon 2 09 17Beijing Marathon Beijing China 2nd Marathon 2 11 331995 World Championships Gothenburg Sweden 47th Marathon 2 32 351996 Lake Biwa Marathon Ōtsu Japan 3rd Marathon 2 11 55Boston Marathon Boston United States 6th Marathon 2 10 21Olympic Games Atlanta United States 81st Marathon 2 29 45Beijing Marathon Beijing China 7th Marathon 2 13 211997 Seoul International Marathon Seoul South Korea 3rd Marathon 2 12 45Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam Netherlands 5th Marathon 2 08 46Chuncheon Marathon Chuncheon South Korea 4th Marathon 2 10 271998 Tiberias Marathon Sea of Gallilee Israel 2nd Marathon 2 14 09London Marathon London United Kingdom 5th Marathon 2 09 52Berlin Marathon Berlin Germany 8th Marathon 2 12 13See also editList of winners of the Boston MarathonReferences edit An Inspired Ethiopian and Kristiansen Are Winners in the Boston Marathon untitled Boston com 1999 Boston MarathonExternal links editAbebe Mekonnen at World Athletics Abebe Mekonnen at the International Olympic Committee Abebe Mekonnen at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Ethiopian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abebe Mekonnen amp oldid 1156365267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,