Dionicio Cerón Pizarro (born October 9, 1965 in Toluca) is a former marathon runner from Mexico, whose personal best in the classic distance was 2:08:30. He represented his native country two times at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. He also won the London Marathon three consecutive times between 1994 and 1996, the only man to have ever achieved this feat. Eliud Kipchoge, António Pinto and Martin Lel are the only other men to have won it three times or more, however not in consecutive years. In 1990 he won the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, and is to date the only Mexican, male or female, to have won this prestigious 10K run.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Mexico
1990Chicago MarathonChicago, United States9thMarathon2:12:18
Central American and Caribbean GamesMexico City, Mexico1st10,000 m29:46.09
Peachtree Road RaceAtlanta, Georgia1st10 K28:23
1991Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands2ndMarathon2:10:02
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain—MarathonDNF
Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu-Ōita, Japan1stMarathon2:08:36
Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan4thMarathon2:10:42
1993Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands1stMarathon2:11:06
Central American and Caribbean GamesPonce, Puerto Rico1st10,000 m28:58.11
Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan1stMarathon2:08:51
1994London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom1stMarathon2:08:53
Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan16thMarathon2:15:23
1995London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom1stMarathon2:08:30
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden2ndMarathon2:12:13
1996London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom1stMarathon2:10:00
1997Boston MarathonBoston, United States3rdMarathon2:10:59
New York City MarathonNew York City, United States8thMarathon2:13:01
2000Hokkaido MarathonSapporo, Japan1stMarathon2:17:14

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Records
Preceded byUnited States Mark CurpMen's Half Marathon World Record Holder 16 September 1990 – 3 April 1993Succeeded byKenya Moses Tanui