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Douglas Wakiihuri (born
September 26, 1963, in Mombasa) is a
former Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the gold
medal in the
marathon at the 1987 World...
- men's
marathon and
first medal in the
event since 1924.
Kenya (Douglas
Wakiihuri's silver) and
Djibouti (Hussein
Ahmed Salah's bronze) each won
their first...
- runners. With 5 km (3.1 mi) remaining, only
three runners remained: Bordin,
Wakiihuri, the
Kenyan and the Djiboutan, Salah. With 3 km (1.9 mi) to go, Salah...
- a
runner of
African descent in the event.
Three years later,
Douglas Wakiihuri won the race that
begins in
Staten Island and goes
through Queens, Brooklyn...
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Grete Waitz won her
ninth and last NYC
Marathon in 2:28:07.
Douglas Wakiihuri of
Kenya won this year's
event in 2:12:39, the second-slowest time since...
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Britain 2:09:58 1988
Seoul details Gelindo Bordin Italy 2:10:32
Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya 2:10:47
Ahmed Salah Djibouti 2:10:59 1992
Barcelona details Hwang...
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champions in men's
marathon 1983:
Robert de
Castella (AUS) 1987:
Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991:
Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark
Plaatjes (USA) 1995: Martín...
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champions in men's
marathon 1983:
Robert de
Castella (AUS) 1987:
Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991:
Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark
Plaatjes (USA) 1995: Martín...
- (KEN) 1988:
Steve Jones (GBR) 1989: Juma
Ikangaa (TAN) 1990:
Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991:
Salvador García (MEX) 1992:
Willie Mtolo (RSA) 1993: Andrés...
- Robert de Castella (AUS) 1986: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1990: Douglas
Wakiihuri (KEN) 1994: Steve Moneghetti (AUS) 1998: Thabiso Moqhali (LES) 2002:...
