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Rome 1960 Olympics
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Abebe Bikilla wins the gold medal in the marathon event setting a world record of 2:15:16.2 while running barefoot. It was the first ever marathon Gold medal for Africa. |
| Tokyo 1964 Olympics
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Abebe Bikilla becomes the first athlete in the world to win back-to-back Olympic marathon titles when he entered the finish line in 2 hours, 12 minutes and 11.2 . |
| Mexico City 1968 Olympics
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Mamo Wolde breaks the Olympics marathon record set by Abebe Bikilla clocking 2:20:26.4. |
| Moscow 1980 Olympics
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Miruts Yifter sets two new world records in the 5,000 and 10,000m competitions finishing in 13:20.91 and 27:42.69 respectively. |
| Boston Marathon 1989
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Abebe Mekonen sets a new world record in this event at 2:09:06. |
| Rotterdam marathon 1988
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Belayneh Densamo wins the event setting a new world record of 2:06:50. |
| Barcelona 1992 Olympics |
Derartu Tulu wins the women's 10,000 race, clocking 31:06.02 to become the first African women to win the 10,000m event. |
| Zurich 1995 |
Haile Gebreselassie sets the 5,000m world record. But when he did that, he had no idea he would break 17 indoor and outdoor world records, win two Olympic 10,000m gold medals and claim another four World 10,000m titles by 2004. |
