Juma Ikangaa

Juma Ikangaa

Personal information
Born	19 July 1957 (1957-07-19) (age 67)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Tanzania Commonwealth Games 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."

International competitions

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

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

External links

• Juma Ikangaa at World Athletics
• 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.