Abebe Mekonnen (born 16 October 1964) is an Ethiopian

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. Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd

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in 1989. He also competed for Ethiopia in the 1992 Olympics and

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in the

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. He did not finish in the 1992 games and finished 81st with a time of 2:29:45 in the

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. Mekonnen has the most sub 2:15 marathons of anyone: 32 in all. When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by Bill Rodgers.Boston.com / 1999 Boston Marathon
/ref> His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988

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, which is still course record.

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* * * 1964 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Boston Marathon male winners Paris Marathon male winners Ethiopian male marathon runners African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Friendship Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub

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