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Juma Ikangaa

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Juma Ikangaa
Personal information
Born19 July 1957 (1957-07-19) (age 67)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Tanzania
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane Marathon

Juma Ikangaa (born 19 July 1957 in Dodoma) is a former marathon runner from Tanzania, who won the 1989 New York City Marathon in a course-record time of 2:08:01. Ikangaa was also a sentimental favorite in Boston Marathon after finishing second three years in a row at the Boston Marathon from 1988-1990. A great trainer, Ikangaa said "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."[1]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Tanzania
1982 African Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st Marathon 2:21:05
Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia 2nd Marathon 2:09:30
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 15th Marathon 2:13:11
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 6th Marathon 2:11:10
1985 1985 World Marathon Cup Hiroshima, Japan 10th Marathon 2:11:06
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 6th Marathon 2:13:43
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 7th Marathon 2:13:06
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 34th Marathon 2:19:34
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 21st Marathon 2:24:23
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 43rd Marathon 2:30:53

Road races

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1983 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 5th Marathon 2:10:54
Melbourne Marathon Melbourne, Australia 1st Marathon 2:13:50
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:08:55
1984 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1st Marathon 2:10:49
Melbourne Marathon Melbourne, Australia 1st Marathon 2:15:31
1986 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1st Marathon 2:08:10
Beijing Marathon Beijing, China 3rd Marathon 2:08:39
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 1st Marathon 2:10:06
1987 Beijing Marathon Beijing, China 1st Marathon 2:12:19
1988 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 2nd Marathon 2:08:42
Boston Marathon Boston, United States 2nd Marathon 2:08:44
1989 New York City Marathon New York City, United States 1st Marathon 2:08:01
Boston Marathon Boston, United States 2nd Marathon 2:09:56
1990 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 2nd Marathon 2:09:52
New York City Marathon New York City, United States 4th Marathon 2:14:32
1992 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 4th Marathon 2:11:44
1994 Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 10th Marathon 2:13:57

References

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  1. ^ Michael Sandrock, "Juma Ikangaa," in Running With the Legends, 403-420 (Human Kinetics 1996).
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  • Juma Ikangaa at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juma Ikangaa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.