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1988 Boston Marathon
The 1988 Boston Marathon was the 92nd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 18. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Ibrahim Hussein in a time of 2:08:43 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:24:30. In the wheelchair race, Mustapha Badid of France won the men's race in 1:43:19 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:10:44. A total of 5261 runners finished the race, 4472 men and 789 women. Results Men Women Wheelchair men Wheelchair women References Results Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-07-16.Boston Marathon Historical Results Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-16.1988 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-16. External links Boston Athletic Association website {{1988 in athletics 1988 Boston Boston Marathon Marathon Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Jones (runner)
Stephen Henry Jones (born 4 August 1955) is a Welsh athlete and set the former world record in the marathon, in his first completed race at that distance at the Chicago Marathon in 1984 with 2:08:05. Biography Jones grew up in Ebbw Vale, Wales and ran his first race at the age of 15 as a member of the Air Training Corps. Dissatisfied with working in a factory as a sewing-machine mechanic, he became an aircraft technician for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1974, and joined the RAF's running team in 1976. After receiving an invitation to the 1983 Chicago Marathon Jones began training for that distance; he previously had specialized in the 5,000 and 10,000 m, and on 6 Aug 1984, he ran the 1984 Olympic 10,000 m event. He finished 8th with a time of 28:28.08. On 21 Oct 1984, a year after he had dropped out of the Chicago Marathon because of injury, Jones won the event—his first completed marathon—with a time of 2:08:05, breaking the world record of Australian Robert de Castella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Soler
Roger Soler (born 20 September 1960) is a Peruvian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Soler finished eighth in the 10000 metres at the 1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c .... References 1960 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Peruvian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Peru Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Peru Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Peruvian people {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Ekblom
Tommy Uolevi Ekblom (born 20 September 1959 in Porvoo) sports-reference.com is a retired from Finland. He twice competed for his native country at the (1980 and 1984) in the men's 3000 metres . Ek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burra
John Burra (born November 20, 1965) is a retired long-distance runner from Tanzania, who won the 1987 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:12:40 on May 10, 1987. He twice represented his native country in the Olympic men's marathon, in 1988 and 1992. At his last Olympic Games appearance in Barcelona, Spain he didn't finish the race. He won the City-Pier-City Loop The CPC Loop Den Haag (abbreviated for ''City-Pier-City Loop'') is an annual half marathon competition held in the Hague, Netherlands, every mid-March. The inaugural edition was held in 1975 and featured a 14.5 km course. This was extended to ... half marathon in the Hague in 1991 and also won the Madrid Marathon. Achievements References External links * * 1965 births Living people Tanzanian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Tanzania Place of birth missing (living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Yves Madelon
Jean-Yves is a French masculine given name. Notable persons with that name include: * Jean-Yves André (born 1977), Mauritian footballer * Jean-Yves Anis (born 1980), French footballer * Yves Jean-Bart (born 1947), Haitian football executive * Jean-Yves Berteloot (born 1958), French actor * Jean-Yves Besselat (1943–2012), French politician * Jean-Yves Béziau (born 1965), Swiss professor, mathematician, and researcher * Jean-Yves Bigras (1919–1966), Canadian film director and film editor * Jean-Yves de Blasiis (born 1973), French footballer * Jean-Yves Blondeau (born 1970), French designer * Jean-Yves Bony (born 1955), French politician * Jean-Yves Bosseur (born 1947), French composer and writer * Jean-Yves Bouguet, scientist * Jean-Yves Calvez (1927–2010), French Jesuit priest and philosopher * Jean-Yves Camus (born 1958), French political scientist * Jean-Yves Cartier (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Jean-Yves Chay (born 1948), French football manager and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Smith (runner)
Geoffrey Smith may refer to: *Geoffrey C. Smith (politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 1999–2006 *Geoffrey C. Smith (sculptor) (born 1961), American sculptor and photographer * Geoffrey Johnson-Smith (1924–2010), Conservative politician in the United Kingdom *Geoffrey L. Smith (born 1955), scientist specialising in vaccinia virus poxvirus research *Geoffrey Smith (admiral) (born 1950), Australian Deputy Chief of Navy, 1999–2000 *Geoffrey Smith (filmmaker), maker of documentaries including '' The English Surgeon'' and ''Presumed Guilty'' * Geoffrey Smith (gardener) (1928–2009), English gardener, author, broadcaster *Geoffrey Smith (radio presenter) (born 1943), British based American radio presenter and writer *Geoffrey Smith (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Great Britain and for York *Geoffrey Smith (bishop), Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide from 2017 *Geoffrey Stuart Smith, Anglican bishop in North Kerala See also *Geoff Smith (dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesa Kähkölä
VESA (), formally known as Video Electronics Standards Association, is an American technical standards organization for computer display standards. The organization was incorporated in California in July 1989To retrieve the information, search for Entity Number C1645094. and has its office in San Jose. It claims a membership of over 300 companies. In November 1988, NEC Home Electronics announced its creation of the association to develop and promote a Super VGA computer display standard as a successor to IBM's proprietary Video Graphics Array (VGA) display standard. Super VGA enabled graphics display resolutions up to 800×600 pixels, compared to VGA's maximum resolution of 640×480 pixels—a 56% increase. The organization has since issued several additional standards related to computer video displays. Widely used VESA standards include DisplayHDR, DisplayPort, and Flat Display Mounting Interface. Standards * Feature connector (VFC), obsolete connector tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Charbonnel
Jean-Michel Charbonnel (born 25 April 1952) is a French long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1952 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics French male long-distance runners French male marathon runners Olympic athletes of France Athletes from Paris 20th-century French people {{France-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Altun
Ahmet Altun (born 25 January 1958) is a Turkish long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1958 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Turkish male long-distance runners Turkish male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Turkey Sportspeople from Ankara Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael O'Reilly (runner) , U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner
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Michael O'Reilly may refer to: *Michael O'Reilly (hunger striker), Irish revolutionary and one of the longest hunger strikers in history *Michael O'Reilly (boxer) (born 1993), Irish boxer * Michael O'Reilly (prelate) (died 1758), Irish bishop of Derry * Michael O'Reilly (runner), English long-distance runner and winner of the 1992 Japan Marathon Championships * Michael O'Reilly (voice actor), Canadian voice actor in ''Young Robin Hood'' and other animated series *Michael O'Rielly Michael O'Rielly is a former commissioner of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent agency of the United States government. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in August 2013 and was confirmed on October 29, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kipsang
Joseph Kipsang (born 25 September 1962) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... He is a four-time All-American representing The Cyclones, Iowa State University's athletic teams. Kipsang was an alternate for Kenya in the 10,000 meters at the Los Angeles Olympic Games of 1984.Even after half a dozen U.S. colleges expressed interest, Kipsang's parents wanted him to attend Nairobi University, where he was accepted. When Kipsang was 18, after twice winning the national championship at 5,000 meters, U.S. coaches were more than interested. Idaho made a strong pitch. Iowa State coach Bill Bergen made daily phone calls. Finally, Kipsang chose to go to Iowa State, thinking it was Ida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
