Past Abebe Bikila Award Winners

Check the list out. 2 big names are missing - Paul Tergat, Haile Gebrselassie - but I'm sure their recognition is very soon forthcoming.

1978 - Ted Corbitt (USA)
1979 - Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
1980 - Lasse Viren (Finland)
1981 - Frank Shorter (USA)
1982 - Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia)
1983 - Grete Waitz (Norway)
1984 - Derek Clayton (Australia)
1985 - John A. Kelley (USA)
1986 - Joan Samuelson (USA)
1987 - Kee Chung Sohn (South Korea)
1988 - Alberto Salazar (USA)
1989 - Bill Rodgers (USA)
1990 - Waldemar Cierpinski (Germany)
1991 - Alain Mimoun (France)
1992 - Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway)
1993 - Rod Dixon (New Zealand)
1994 - Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania)
1995 - Fred Lebow (USA)
1996 - Orlando Pizzolato (Italy)
1997 - Lisa Ondieki (Australia)
1998 - Rosa Mota (Portugal)
1999 - Tegla Loroupe (Kenya)
2000 - Khalid Khannouchi (USA)
2001 - Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (USA)
2002 - Allison Roe (New Zealand)
2003 - Kathrine Switzer (USA)
2004 - Stefano Baldini (Italy)
2005 - Mizuki Noguchi (Japan)
2006 - Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain)