Abebe Mekonnen
Achievements

Abebe Mekonnen

Section Title: Achievements
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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

Sentence(s)

Mekkonen was the winner of the Boston Marathon in 1989.

final_sentence: Mekkonen was the winner of the Boston Marathon in 1989.