Philemon Hanneck
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Philemon Hanneck is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...

, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

) is a long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

. He originally represented Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

 as Philemon Harineki, but he changed nationality in 1999 to the United States
United States
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 and a misspelling in his documentation left him registered with an incorrect surname. He won a silver medal
Silver medal
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 at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
1994 Commonwealth Games
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 in Victoria, and finished tenth in at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics
1995 World Championships in Athletics
The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations....

 in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
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. His personal best time was 13:14.50 minutes, achieved in June 1994 in Rome
Rome
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He is the course record holder at the Manchester Road Race
Manchester Road Race
The Manchester Road Race is a 4.748 mile race held annually on Thanksgiving Day in Manchester, Connecticut. Race proceeds are donated each year to Muscular Dystrophy research and about 18 other local charities. Beginning promptly at 10:00am every Thanksgiving Morning, the race attracts athletes of...

, in Manchester, CT. He won the race in 1994 and 1995, setting the course record in 1995 with a time of 21:19 on the 4.748 mile (7.641 km) course. He also holds the course records for the BOclassic
BOclassic
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 10K race in Bolzano, Italy, having won with a time of 28:02.1 in 1991, and the Marin Marin Memorial Day Races 10k, held in Kentfield California, USA, with a time of 28:45 in 1994. Hanneck was the 1993 winner of the Emsley Carr Mile
Emsley Carr Mile
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Achievements

Representing
1992 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Barcelona
Barcelona
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, Spain
10th (semis) 1500 m
1993 World Championships
1993 World Championships in Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations....

Stuttgart
Stuttgart
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, Germany
8th (heats) 5000 m
1994 Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
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, Canada
2nd 5000 m
1995 World Championships
1995 World Championships in Athletics
The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations....

Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden
10th 5000 m
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