Gidamis Shahanga

Not to be confused with Alfredo Shahanga.

Gidamis Shahanga (born September 4, 1957 in Katesh, Hanang District in Manyara Region), is a retired Tanzanian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathon race. His personal best at the marathon was 2:08:32 at the 1990 Berlin Marathon.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Tanzania
1978	Commonwealth Games	Edmonton, Canada	1st	Marathon	2:15:40
1979	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	2nd	Marathon	2:36:46
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	15th	Marathon	2:16:47
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	10,000 m	28:10.15
			6th	Marathon	2:14:25
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	10,000 m	28:01.93
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	6th	Marathon	2:11:05
1984	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, United States	1st	Marathon	2:10:19
	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:11:12
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	22nd	Marathon	2:16:27
1986	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:13:27
	Hamburg Marathon	Hamburg, Germany	2nd	Marathon	2:14:07
	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China	4th	Marathon	2:09:39
1988	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	21st	Marathon	2:17:33
	East and Central African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	10,000 m	29:17.3
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	4th	Marathon	2:13:50
	Honolulu Marathon	Honolulu, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:16:47
1989	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, United States	4th	Marathon	2:15:32
	Honolulu Marathon	Honolulu, United States	3rd	Marathon	2:14:05
1990	Vienna Marathon	Vienna, Austria	1st	Marathon	2:09:28
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	2nd	Marathon	2:08:32
1993	Munich Marathon	Munich, Germany	1st	Marathon	2:14:28
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	9th	Marathon	2:14:34
1994	Munich Marathon	Munich, Germany	1st	Marathon	2:17:27
	Hannover Marathon	Hannover, Germany	3rd	Marathon	2:15:11

External links

• Gidamis Shahanga at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gidamis Shahanga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-10-18.