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{{short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}}
{{for|the Ethiopian Olympic boxer|Abebe Mekonnen (boxer)}}
[[File:De winnaar Abebe Mekkonen uit Ethiopië wordt op de schouders genomen, Bestanddeelnr 933-6296.jpg|thumb|200px|Abebe Mekonnen]]

'''Abebe Mekonnen''' (born 16 October 1964) is an Ethiopian [[Long-distance track event|long-distance]] [[Running|runner]].

Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd [[Boston Marathon]] in 1989.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/18/sports/an-inspired-ethiopian-and-kristiansen-are-winners-in-the-boston-marathon.html "An Inspired Ethiopian and Kristiansen Are Winners in the Boston Marathon"]</ref>  He also competed for Ethiopia in the [[Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]] and [[Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics|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.<ref>[https://www.arrs.run/NB_Mara.htm untitled<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by [[Bill Rodgers (athletics)|Bill Rodgers]].<ref>[http://www.boston.com/marathon/stories/notes041899.htm Boston.com / 1999 Boston Marathon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988 [[Beijing Marathon]], which is still course record.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-

!colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}}
|-
|1984
|[[Athletics at the Friendship Games|Friendship Games]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
|bgcolor="silver"  | 2nd
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the Friendship Games – Men's marathon|2:11:30]]
|-
|rowspan=3|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
|-
|rowspan=3|1986
|[[Tokyo International Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo]], Japan
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|Marathon
|2:08:39
|-
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|[[Rotterdam, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|2:09:08
|-
|[[Marathon Oasis de Montreal]]
|[[Montréal, Canada]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|Marathon
|2:10:31
|-
|-
|rowspan=4|1987
|[[Tokyo International Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo]], Japan
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|Marathon
|2:11:54
|-
|[[Paris Marathon]] 
|[[Paris, France]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:11:09
|-
|[[1987 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|[[Nairobi, Kenya]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|10,000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games|28:58.70]]
|-
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Rome, Italy]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|DNF]] 
|-
|rowspan=3|1988
|[[Tokyo International Marathon|Tokyo Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|2:08:33
|-
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|[[Rotterdam, Netherlands]]
|4th
|Marathon
|2:09:33 	
|-
|[[Beijing Marathon]]
|[[Beijing]], [[PR China]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|'''2:07:35'''
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
|[[Boston Marathon]] 
|[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, United States]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:09:06
|-
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka]], Japan
|7th
|Marathon
|2:14:29
|-
|1990
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|[[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|Marathon
|2:11:52
|-
|rowspan=4|1991
|[[Tokyo International Marathon|Tokyo Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|2:10:26
|-
|[[Boston Marathon]]
|[[Boston]], [[United States]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|Marathon
|2:11:22
|-
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|DNF]]
|-
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka]], Japan
|4th
|Marathon
|2:11:39
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
|[[Boston Marathon]]
|[[Boston]], [[United States]]
|8th
|Marathon
|2:13:09
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|DNF]] 
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|[[Tokyo International Marathon|Tokyo Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|2:12:00
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1994
|[[Tokyo International Marathon]]
|[[Tokyo]], Japan
|5th
|Marathon
|2:12:13
|-
|[[London Marathon]]
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|Marathon
|2:09:17
|-
|[[Beijing Marathon]]
|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|Marathon
|2:11:33
|-
|1995
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|47th
|Marathon
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|2:32:35]] 
|-
|rowspan=4|1996
|[[Lake Biwa Marathon]]
|[[Ōtsu, Shiga|Ōtsu, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|Marathon
|2:11:55
|-
|[[Boston Marathon]]
|[[Boston]], [[United States]]
|6th
|Marathon
|2:10:21
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta, United States]]
|81st
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2:29:45]] 
|-
|[[Beijing Marathon]]
|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
|7th
|Marathon
|2:13:21
|-
|rowspan=3|1997
|[[Seoul International Marathon]]
|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|Marathon
|2:12:45
|-
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|[[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
|5th
|Marathon
|2:08:46
|-
|[[Chuncheon Marathon]]
|[[Chuncheon]], [[South Korea]]
|4th
|Marathon
|2:10:27
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|[[Tiberias Marathon]]
|[[Sea of Gallilee]], [[Israel]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|Marathon
|2:14:09
|-
|[[London Marathon]]
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|5th
|Marathon
|2:09:52
|-
|[[Berlin Marathon]]
|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
|8th
|Marathon
|2:12:13
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of winners of the Boston Marathon]]

== References ==
<References/>

== External links ==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|abebe-mekonnen}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|me/abebe-mekonnen-2}}

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Boston Marathon male winners]]
[[Category:Paris Marathon male winners]]
[[Category:Ethiopian male marathon runners]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games athletes for Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:Friendship Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:20th-century Ethiopian sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century Ethiopian people]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia]]


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