Juma Ikangaa (born 19 July 1957 in Dodoma) is a former marathon runner from Tanzania, who won the 1989 New York City Marathon in a course-record time of 2:08:01. Ikangaa was also a sentimental favorite in Boston Marathon after finishing second three years in a row at the Boston Marathon from 1988-1990. A great trainer, Ikangaa said "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."[1]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | Marathon | 2:21:05 | |
| Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 2nd | Marathon | 2:09:30 | ||
| 1983 | Helsinki, Finland | 15th | Marathon | 2:13:11 | ||
| 1984 | Los Angeles, United States | 6th | Marathon | 2:11:10 | ||
| 1985 | 1985 World Marathon Cup | Hiroshima, Japan | 10th | Marathon | 2:11:06 | |
| 1987 | Rome, Italy | 6th | Marathon | |||
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 7th | Marathon | |||
| 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 34th | Marathon | |||
| 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 21st | Marathon | 2:24:23 | ||
| 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 43rd | Marathon | |||
| 1983 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | Marathon | 2:10:54 | |
| Melbourne, Australia | 1st | Marathon | 2:13:50 | |||
| Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:08:55 | ||
| 1984 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:49 | |
| Melbourne, Australia | 1st | Marathon | 2:15:31 | |||
| 1986 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:10 | |
| Beijing Marathon | Beijing, China | 3rd | Marathon | 2:08:39 | ||
| Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:06 | |||
| 1987 | Beijing Marathon | Beijing, China | 1st | Marathon | 2:12:19 | |
| 1988 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 2:08:42 | |
| Boston, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:08:44 | |||
| 1989 | New York City, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:01 | ||
| Boston, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:09:56 | |||
| 1990 | Boston, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:09:52 | ||
| New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 4th | Marathon | 2:14:32 | ||
| 1992 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 4th | Marathon | 2:11:44 | |
| 1994 | Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 10th | Marathon | 2:13:57 |