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Dejene is pictured above during the 5000m heats at the 2004 Olympics
in Athens. He finished in fifth place in the final in a time of 13:
16.92. Shortly after the Olympic Games, on 26th September, he became the
first Ethiopian to win the famous Great North Run, clocking a new
course record of 59mins 37secs in the process.
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Men's 5000m. Final.
Olympic Games 2004.
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| 1. Hicham El Guerrouj |
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MOR |
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13: 14.39 |
| 2. Kenenisa Bekele |
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ETH |
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13: 14.59 |
| 3. Eliud Kipchoge |
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KEN |
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13: 15.10 |
| 4. Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam |
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ETH |
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13: 15.35 |
| 5. Dejene Berhanu |
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ETH |
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13: 16.92 |
| 6. John Kibowen |
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KEN |
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13: 18.24 |
| 7. Zersenay Tadesse |
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ERI |
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13: 24.31 |
| 8. Craig Mottram |
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AUS |
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13: 25.70 |
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PERSONAL BEST PERFORMANCES.
3000 Metres 8:06.56 Sheffield 30 JUN 2002
5000 Metres 12:54.15 Roma 02 JUL 2004
10,000 Metres 27:12.22 Palo Alto, CA 29 MAY 2005
25 Kilometres 1:15:12 Chicago 22 OCT 2006
30 Kilometres 1:30:03 Rotterdam 09 APR 2006
Marathon 2:08:46 Rotterdam 09 APR 2006
5 Kilometres 13:41 Syracuse, NY 06 OCT 2002
ANNUAL PROGRESS 5,000 metres.
2005 12:56.24 Roma 08 JUL
2004 12:54.15 Roma 02 JUL
2003 13:14.05 San Sebastián 10 AUG
2002 13:26.74 Oslo 28 JUN
2000 13:36.58 Kassel 07 JUN