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535:3000 metres
475:Late career
303:Los Angeles
287:3000 metres
72:1987 Warsaw
1329:Categories
566:References
436:in Italy.
356:, beating
309:in Paris.
277:Early life
157:1990 Split
134:Long race
115:Long race
96:Long race
77:Long race
1177:Gete Wami
1150:Gete Wami
1078:Zola Budd
966:Gete Wami
358:Liz Lynch
338:Stuttgart
324:. At the
32:athletics
787:Archived
719:Archived
527:mile run
416:held in
382:Auckland
364:(led by
283:Chambéry
281:Born in
163:10,000 m
30:Women's
529:to the
242:at the
230:at the
1310:2023:
1301:2019:
1292:2017:
1283:2015:
1274:2013:
1265:2011:
1256:2010:
1247:2009:
1238:2008:
1229:2007:
1211:2004:
1202:2003:
1184:2000:
1175:1999:
1166:1998:
1157:1997:
1148:1996:
1139:1995:
1130:1994:
1121:1993:
1103:1989:
1094:1988:
1085:1987:
1067:1984:
1058:1983:
1049:1982:
1022:1975:
991:2006:
982:2005:
964:2001:
955:2000:
946:1999:
937:1998:
272:Career
193:3000 m
48:France
45:
1314:(KEN)
1305:(KEN)
1296:(KEN)
1287:(KEN)
1278:(KEN)
1269:(KEN)
1260:(KEN)
1251:(KEN)
1242:(ETH)
1233:(NED)
1224:(ETH)
1215:(AUS)
1206:(ETH)
1197:(GBR)
1188:(ETH)
1179:(ETH)
1170:(IRL)
1161:(ETH)
1152:(ETH)
1143:(ETH)
1134:(KEN)
1125:(POR)
1116:(USA)
1107:(FRA)
1098:(NOR)
1089:(FRA)
1080:(GBR)
1071:(ROM)
1062:(NOR)
1053:(ROM)
1044:(NOR)
1035:(ESP)
1026:(USA)
1017:(ITA)
995:(ETH)
986:(ETH)
977:(KEN)
968:(ETH)
959:(ETH)
950:(KEN)
941:(IRL)
426:Split
674:IAAF
291:1500
264:and
221:1989
873:at
793:.
545:'s
424:in
380:in
336:in
301:in
1331::
853:.
822:.
694:^
672:.
656:^
647:.
613:^
598:^
404:.
344:.
268:.
913:e
906:t
899:v
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