1956
Ahmed Salah Hussein, Djibouti, long-distance runner. When Ahmed Salah took third place in the 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games marathon (2:10:59), his bronze medal was the first Olympic medal won by a Djiboutian in any sport. Salah had already had success as a marathoner, placing second in the 1987 (Rome) World Championships marathon (2:12:30), and having run an impressive 2:07:07 in the 1988 Rotterdam Marathon. Later Salah won a silver medal in the 1991 (Tokyo) World Championships marathon (2:15:26).
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