Abebe Mekonnen (born 16 October 1964) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989."An Inspired Ethiopian and Kristiansen Are Winners in the Boston Marathon" 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.untitled When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by Bill Rodgers.Boston.com / 1999 Boston Marathon
His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988 Beijing Marathon, which is still course record.
Achievements Representing 1984Friendship GamesMoscow, Soviet Union 2ndMarathon2:11:301985Tokyo International MarathonTokyo, Japan4thMarathon2:12:391985 World Marathon CupHiroshima, Japan5thMarathon2:09:05Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan7thMarathon2:13:231986Tokyo International MarathonTokyo, Japan3rdMarathon2:08:39Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:09:08Marathon Oasis de MontrealMontréal, Canada1stMarathon2:10:311987Tokyo International MarathonTokyo, Japan3rdMarathon2:11:54Paris Marathon Paris, France 1stMarathon2:11:09All-Africa GamesNairobi, Kenya2nd10,000 m28:58.70World Championships Rome, Italy—MarathonDNF 1988Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:08:33Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands4thMarathon2:09:33 Beijing MarathonBeijing, PR China 1stMarathon2:07:351989Boston Marathon Boston, United States 1stMarathon2:09:06Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan7thMarathon2:14:291990Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands2ndMarathon2:11:521991Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:10:26Boston MarathonBoston, United States2ndMarathon2:11:22World Championships Tokyo, Japan—MarathonDNFFukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan4thMarathon2:11:391992Boston MarathonBoston, United States8thMarathon2:13:09Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain—MarathonDNF 1993Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:12:00World Championships Stuttgart, Germany—MarathonDNF1994Tokyo International MarathonTokyo, Japan5thMarathon2:12:13London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom2ndMarathon2:09:17Beijing MarathonBeijing, China2ndMarathon2:11:331995World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden47thMarathon2:32:35 1996Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan3rdMarathon2:11:55Boston MarathonBoston, United States6thMarathon2:10:21Olympic Games Atlanta, United States81stMarathon2:29:45 Beijing MarathonBeijing, China7thMarathon2:13:211997Seoul International MarathonSeoul, South Korea3rdMarathon2:12:45Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands5thMarathon2:08:46Chuncheon MarathonChuncheon, South Korea4thMarathon2:10:271998Tiberias MarathonSea of Gallilee, Israel2ndMarathon2:14:09London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom5thMarathon2:09:52Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany8thMarathon2:12:13
See also List of winners of the Boston Marathon
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