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    marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Shambel Abebe Bikila (Amharic: ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian...
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  • The Abebe Bikila Award is an annual prize given by the New York Road Runners club (NYRR) to honour individuals who have made a significant contribution...
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  • Abebe Bikila Stadium (Amharic: አበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲያም) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on...
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  • Bikila (Amharic: ቢቂላ) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: Abebe Bikila (1932–1973), Ethiopian marathon runner and two-time Olympic champion...
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  • 1960 Abebe Bikila (1932–1973), Ethiopian marathon runner and two-time Olympic champion Abebe Dinkesa (born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner Abebe Fekadu...
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    IAAF, ARRS The ARRS notes Popov's extended time as 2:15:17.6 2:15:16.2 Abebe Bikila  Ethiopia September 10, 1960 Rome Olympics, Italy IAAF, ARRS World record...
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  • May 2024 (2024-05) --:-- UTC+3 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 15 May 2024 (2024-05) --:-- UTC+3 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)...
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  • five boroughs and across the country. The club gives out the annual Abebe Bikila Award in recognition of individuals who have contributed to the sport...
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    Olympics: in 1908, 1920, and then at successive Olympics by Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964. Abebe Bikila, Waldemar Cierpinski, and Eliud Kipchoge are the only...
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    keep long-distance runners from developing blisters. Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila started wearing Onitsuka Tiger shoes in 1957, the first time in his running...
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    marathon included defending champion Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia and ninth-place finisher Osvaldo Suárez of Argentina. Bikila was favored to repeat. Significant...
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    to successfully defend their gold medal in the men's marathon, after Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964, and Waldemar Cierpinski in 1976 and 1980. He was the...
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  • 13 July 2023 (2023-07-13) 15:30 UTC+3 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa 16 July 2023 (2023-07-16) 15:30 UTC+3 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa Ethiopia won...
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    moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 October 2019. "Athletics – Abebe Bikila (ETH)"...
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    athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Abebe Bikila, who ran the race barefoot, finished in world record time and became...
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  • 3 October 2022 (2022-10-03) 16:00 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi) 6 October 2022 (2022-10-06) 16:00 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa...
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    Historian Yadesa Bojia – Graphic Designer and Artist Abebe Bikila – Athlete Abebe Dinkesa Abebe Wakgira Abera Kuma Almaz Ayana – Athlete Asha Gigi Aselefech...
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    time was faster than the old men's world best mark of her compatriot Abebe Bikila, who in 1960, running barefoot, became the first black African to win...
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  • when he finished second in the Olympic marathon (defending champion Abebe Bikila broke Heatley's world record on winning his second gold medal). The 1964...
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  • underwent an emergency appendectomy six days before the Olympic Trials. Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the marathon barefooted to become the first black African...
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    the Bikila family's attorney stated that "Vibram has never asked the Bikila Family for permission, nor compensated them for using Abebe Bikila’s personality...
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     Finland 1960 Rome details Abebe Bikila  Ethiopia Rhadi Ben Abdesselam  Morocco Barry Magee  New Zealand 1964 Tokyo details Abebe Bikila  Ethiopia Basil Heatley...
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    respectively. Addis Ababa is home to Addis Ababa Stadium, Abebe Bikila Stadium, named after Shambel Abebe Bikila, and Nyala Stadium. The 2008 African Championships...
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  • 15:00 UTC+1 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo 15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) 15:30 UTC+3 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa Ethiopia won 5–2 on aggregate. 7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)...
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    result in an eventual world record for the barefoot winner, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila. After they dispatched the rest of the field by 25 kilometers, the leading...
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    Pete Ravald  United Kingdom 18 June 1966 Freckleton IAAF, ARRS 1:04:28 Abebe Bikila  Ethiopia 21 October 1964 Tokyo IAAF 1:03:22 Derek Clayton  Australia...
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  • Today. "Abebe Bikila – Biography". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2012. Late in 1969, Bikila was...
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    Ethiopian distance-runners include Derartu Tulu, Abebe Bikila, Mamo Wolde, Miruts Yifter, Addis Abebe, Sileshi Sihine, Gebregziabher Gebremariam, Belayneh...
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  • 22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 15:00 UTC+3 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 15:30 UTC+3 Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa 2–2...
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    single scull event. Don Schollander won four gold medals in swimming. Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) became the first person to win the Olympic marathon twice...
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