Abebe Mekonnen

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Abebe Mekonnen

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

Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. 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 hours in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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

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

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	Marathon	2:11:30
1986	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:09:09
1987	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Marathon	2:11:09
	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	2nd	10,000 m	28:58.70
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	—	Marathon	DNF
1988	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:08:33
	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	4th	Marathon	2:09:33
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, PR China	1st	Marathon	2:07:35
1989	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	1st	Marathon	2:09:06
1991	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:10:26
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	—	Marathon	DNF
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	—	Marathon	DNF
1993	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:12:00
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	—	Marathon	DNF
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	47th	Marathon	2:32:35
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	81st	Marathon	2:29:45

References

• Abebe Mekonnen profile at IAAF

See also

• List of winners of the Boston Marathon