Belayneh Densamo (born 1965) is a long distance track and road running athlete from Ethiopia. He held the world record in the marathon for 10 years (1988-1998). This was the third longest span without the record being broken since the event was first organized at the 1896 Olympics. The record was set when he ran 2:06:50 at the 1988 Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands. The record was eventually broken by Ronaldo da Costa at the Berlin Marathon in 1998 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Modern-day marathon runners For other senses of this word, see Marathon (disambiguation). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games Medal count Winter Olympic Games Medal count Olympic sports Medal counts Participating NOCs Olympic symbols Olympics WikiProject Olympics Portal Athens 2004 • Beijing 2008 Torino 2006 • Vancouver 2010 ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Rotterdam Marathon is an annual marathon arranged in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 1981. ... Ronaldo da Costa (born June 7, 1970 in Descoberto, Brazil) broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin. ... The Berlin Marathon is an annual marathon in Berlin, the capital of Germany. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Belayneh Densamo (r.) with Jim Rhoades, both members of Athletics East

List of Races Won and Other Notable Perfomances

• Marathon second place - Tokyo Marathon 1986
• Marathon winner - Moscow Marathon 1986
• Marathon winner - Rotterdam Marathon 1987
• Marathon winner - All-Africa Games 1987
• Marathon winner and world record holder - Rotterdam 1988
• Marathon winner - Rotterdam 1989
• Marathon winner - Rotterdam 1996
• Marathon winner - Fukuoka Marathon 1990

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Current Status

For a man who held the world marathon record for so long and held it until relatively recently, Densamo lives an unheralded, modest existence in the Cambridge, MA area. He occasionally competes in local road races and runs with a local track team, Athletics East. He is no longer active in international competition. Harvard Square, May 2000 Cambridge is a city in the greater Boston area in Massachusetts, United States. ...

See Also

Marathon world best progression External link interactive graph on mens and womens marathon times plus race descriptions ...

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