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.^[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 edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	Marathon	2:11:30
1985	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	4th	Marathon	2:12:39
	1985 World Marathon Cup	Hiroshima, Japan	5th	Marathon	2:09:05
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	7th	Marathon	2:13:23
1986	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Marathon	2:08:39
	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:09:08
	Marathon Oasis de Montreal	Montréal, Canada	1st	Marathon	2:10:31
1987	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Marathon	2:11:54
	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
1989	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	7th	Marathon	2:14:29
1990	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	2nd	Marathon	2:11:52
1991	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:10:26
	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:11:22
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	—	Marathon	DNF
	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	4th	Marathon	2:11:39
1992	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	8th	Marathon	2:13:09
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	—	Marathon	DNF
1993	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:12:00
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	—	Marathon	DNF
1994	Tokyo International Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	5th	Marathon	2:12:13
	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	2nd	Marathon	2:09:17
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China	2nd	Marathon	2:11:33
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	47th	Marathon	2:32:35
1996	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	3rd	Marathon	2:11:55
	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	6th	Marathon	2:10:21
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	81st	Marathon	2:29:45
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China	7th	Marathon	2:13:21
1997	Seoul International Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	Marathon	2:12:45
	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	5th	Marathon	2:08:46
	Chuncheon Marathon	Chuncheon, South Korea	4th	Marathon	2:10:27
1998	Tiberias Marathon	Sea of Gallilee, Israel	2nd	Marathon	2:14:09
	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	5th	Marathon	2:09:52
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	8th	Marathon	2:12:13