Douglas Wakiihuri (born September 26, 1963) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. No other male Kenyan runner has ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games. The following year, Wakiihuri won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, finishing behind Gelindo Bordin. Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... Athletics Medal Winners at the 1988 Seoul Olympics Ben Johnson led the 100m race at 9. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6. ... The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... Gelindo Bordin (April 2, 1959) is a former Italian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ...

In 1989 Wakiihuri won the London Marathon. In 1990 he won the New York Marathon. Competitors at the London Marathon 2003 Crowds turn out on the Victoria Embankment to watch the London Marathon 2005 Fun runners surge out of the Blackfriars Bridge underpass onto the Victoria Embankment; four hours down and two miles to go The London Marathon is a marathon race that has been... The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run through the five boroughs of New York City. ...