Juma Mnyampanda
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| Nationality | Tanzanian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 5000 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juma Mnyampanda (born 17 November 1967) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
Mnyampanda achieved his first international podium at the 1985 African Cross Country Championships, placing as the 14th scorer in the senior 12 km race to help Tanzania win the bronze medal.[2]
The following year at the inaugural World Athletics U20 Championships, Mnyampanda won silver medals in both the 10,000 m and since-discontinued 20 km run, along with a fifth-place finish in the 5000 m.[3] He qualified for his first senior global championship at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, where he placed 12th in his 5000 m heat and did not advance.[4]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Mnyampanda was seeded in the 3rd 5000 m heat. He ran 14:05.09 to finish 15th and did not qualify for the finals.[5]
In August 1989, Mnyampanda finished runner-up at the Stockholmsloppet half-marathon.[6][7]
He participated in the 1989 and 1990 East and Central African Championships, winning bronze in the 1989 5000 m, silver in the 1990 5000 m, and gold in the 1990 10,000 m.[2]
Mnyampanda won three Tanzanian Athletics Championships national titles, including the 10,000 m title in 1988 and the 5000 m and 10,000 m titles in 1990.[2]
In March 1991, Mnyampanda won the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon in a time of 1:02:34.[7]
Mnaympanda qualified for both the 1991 and 1992 World Cross Country Championships senior races, finishing 124th and 148th respectively. The Tanzanian team didn't have enough members to score as a team in 1991, and due to Andrew Sambu's did-not-finish result in 1992 the Tazanian team also could not be scored.[3]
The 1992 Boston Marathon served as the Olympic qualifying race for Tanzanian athletes, and Mnyampanda was considered a top contender along with three other athletes.[8][9][10] Mnyampanda finished as the 2nd Tanzanian behind Juma Ikangaa, however his time and place of 2:16:49 for 18th was not fast enough to make the 1992 Tanzanian Olympic team.[11][12]
At the 1994 Stockholm Marathon, Mnyampanda was in runner-up position on the homestretch, but he was out-run by Anders Szalkai before the finish and ultimately placed 3rd, winning US$4,200 of prize money.[13][7]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juma Mnyampanda Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Juma Mnyampanda at Athletics Podium
- ^ a b Juma Mnyampanda at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
- ^ Juma Mnyampanda at World Athletics
- ^ Juma Mnyampanda at Olympedia
- ^ "Swede captures all-women's race". The Sioux City Journal. 28 August 1989. p. 11. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Juma Mnyampanda at ARRS
- ^ "Boston Marathon Runners Listed". Rutland Daily Herald. 8 April 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Out of Africa... They took advantage of climate and terrain to lead the world". The Boston Globe. 17 April 1992. p. 82. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Boston competitors making run at Olympics". The State. 19 April 1992. p. 7. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Espinosa's third is an unqualified success". The Boston Globe. 21 April 1992. p. 68. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ Tom Derderian. "Boston Marathon: Year-by-Year Stories of the World's Premier Running Event". ISBN 9781510724297.
- ^ "Running: Marathon slow". Dayton Daily News. 5 June 1994. p. 45. Retrieved 15 April 2025.