Hussein Ahmed Salah

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Hussein Ahmed Salah (Arabic: حسين أحمد صلاح, Somali: Xuseen Axmed Saalax) is a Djiboutian former long-distance runner, best known for winning a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also won silver medals in this event at the 1987 and 1991 World Championships. In addition, he won the 1985 IAAF World Marathon Cup. He also came second in the New York Marathon in 1985, and won the Paris Marathon in 1986.

His personal best time was 2:07:07, achieved in a 2nd-place finish in the Rotterdam Marathon in April 1988. He and race winner Belayneh Densamo both ran faster than Carlos Lopes' World Record of 2:07:12, set on the Rotterdam course in 1985. Salah's 2:07:07 is the current national record for Djibouti.[1] He also holds the national record in 10,000 metres with 28:17.4 minutes. He is the only Djiboutian athlete to win an Olympic medal.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Djibouti
1983World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland—MarathonDNF
1984African ChampionshipsRabat, Morocco2nd10,000 m28:17.40
Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States20thMarathon2:15:59
1985African ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt1stMarathon2:23:01
World CupHiroshima, Japan1stMarathon2:08:09
1987World ChampionshipsRome, Italy2ndMarathon2:12:30
1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea3rdMarathon2:10:59
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan2ndMarathon2:15:26
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain30thMarathon2:19:04
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden25thMarathon2:20:50
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States42ndMarathon2:20:33

Road races

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1985New York City MarathonNew York City, New York2ndMarathon2:12:27
1986Paris MarathonParis, France1stMarathon2:12:44
1988Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands2ndMarathon2:07:07
1996Reims MarathonReims, France1stMarathon2:10:22
Belgrade MarathonBelgrade, Yugoslavia1stMarathon2:14:15
1997Vienna MarathonVienna, Austria1stMarathon2:12:53
Monaco MarathonMonte Carlo, Monaco2ndMarathon2:12:44
1998Enschede MarathonEnschede, Netherlands1stMarathon2:13:25

References

  1. ↑"Djiboutian athletics records". Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.