Abebe Bikila
Marathon performances

Abebe Bikila

Section Title: Marathon performances
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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes

Representing Ethiopia

1960	Armed Forces championship	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	2:39:50

Olympic trials	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	2:21:23

Olympic Games	Rome, Italy	1st	2:15:16.2

1961	Athens International Marathon	Athens, Greece	1st	2:23:44.6

Mainichi Marathon	Osaka, Japan	1st	2:29:27

Košice Marathon	Košice, Czechoslovakia	1st	2:20:12.0

1963	Boston Marathon	Boston, USA	5th	2:24:43a

1964	Armed Forces championship	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	2:23:14.8

Olympic trials	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	2:16:18.8

Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:12:11.2

1965	Mainichi Marathon	Shiga Prefecture, Japan	1st	2:22:55.8

1966	Zarautz International Marathon	Zarautz, Spain	1st	2:20:28.8

Inchon–Seoul Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	1st	2:17:04a

1967	Zarautz International Marathon	Zarautz, Spain	DNF

1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	DNF

Sentence(s)

Abebe Bikila won the Armed Forces championship in a time of 2:23:14.8.

final_sentence: Abebe Bikila won the Armed Forces championship in a time of 2:23:14.8.