Bedan Karoki Muchiri at the 2018 London Marathon (with 40,000 runners), where he finished 5th
Bedan Karoki Muchiri , also Bitan Karoki Muchiri , (born August 21, 1990 in Nyahururu , Laikipia County ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner . His preferred routes are 10,000 meters (track and road), half marathons , marathons and cross-country runs .
Karoki took part in two Olympic Games and finished 5th in London over 10,000 meters in 2012 and 7th in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 . The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2016 in Welsh Cardiff was Karoki Muchiri runner-up behind compatriot Geoffrey Kipsang and took the team to the world title. In 2015 he was runner-up in cross-country skiing in Guiyang , China .
Over 10,000 meters he reached 6th place at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow. He finished fourth at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.
He won the Ra's al-Khaimah half marathon in 2017 and 2018, here with the fifth fastest time ever of 58:42 minutes.
In April 2017, Bedan Karoki Muchiri took 1st place in the current world rankings for road running.
Personal bests
route
time
year
1500 m
3: 42.1 min
(2016)
3000 m
7: 37.68 min
(2013)
5000 m
13: 15.25 min
(2014)
10,000 m track
26: 52.12 min
2017 - 36th place in the all-time world rankings (as of March 16, 2020)
10 km road run
27:28 min
(2016)
half marathon
58:42 min
2018 - 6th place in the all-time world rankings (as of March 16, 2020)
Marathon run
2:05:53 min
Chicago Marathon 2019
Success at international championships
10,000m final at the 2012 London Olympics
Half marathon - world best list (excerpt)
(As of March 3, 2020)
58:01 min, Geoffrey Kamworor , Copenhagen , September 15, 2019Kenya
58:23 min, Zersenay Tadese , Lisbon , March 21, 2010Eritrea
58:33 min, Samuel Kamau Wanjiru , The Hague , March 17, 2007Kenya
58:33 min, Jemal Yimer , Valencia , October 28, 2018Ethiopia
58:40 min, Abraham Cheroben , Copenhagen , September 17, 2017Bahrain
58:42 min, Bedan Karoki , Ra's al-Khaimah , February 9, 2018Kenya
58:42 min, Eric Kiptanui , Berlin , April 8, 2018Kenya
58:42 min, Stephen Kiprop , Ra's al-Khaimah , February 8, 2019Kenya
58:44 min, Abadi Hadis , Valencia , October 28, 2018Ethiopia
58:46 min, Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio , Philadelphia , September 18, 2011Kenya
National titles
year
competition
route
2009:
Japanese Champion (Open Japanese Championships)
5000 m
2011:
Japanese Champion (Open Japanese Championships)
5000 m
2012:
Japanese Company Champion (Open Japanese Championships)
5000 m
2012:
Kenyan cross-country champion
Cross (12 km)
2013:
Kenyan World Championship Trials winner
10,000 m
2014:
Kenyan cross-country champion
Cross (12 km)
2015:
Kenyan cross-country champion
Cross (12 km)
2016:
Kenyan cross-country champion
Cross (10 km) (Eldoret Discovery Cross Country Championships)
2017:
Kenyan cross-country champion
Cross (10 km) (Eldoret Discovery Cross Country Championships)
Races won
Personal annual bests
10,000 meter final in London 2012:
Kenenisa Bekele , Bedan Karoki Muchiri (fifth, here pos. 6),
Galen Rupp (silver, here pos. 5),
Moses Ndiema Masai (4),
Mo Farah (gold, here pos. 3),
Tariku Bekele (bronze),
Gebregziabher Gebremariam
5000 m (train)
10,000 m (train)
year
Time (min)
Competition location
2017:
26: 52.12
London
2016:
27: 22.93
Rio de Janeiro
2015:
27: 04.77
Beijing
2014:
26: 52.36
Eugene (USA)
2013:
27: 13.12
Eugene
2012:
27: 05.50
Eugene
2011:
27: 13.67
Palo Alto
2010:
27: 23.62
Kumagaya
10 km (road)
15 km (road)
year
Time (min)
Competition location
2016:
41:41
Cardiff (meanwhile)
2015:
42:05
Copenhagen (meanwhile)
2014:
42:56
Gifu (Japan) (interim)
20 km (road)
year
Time (min)
Competition location
2017:
56:10
Ra's al-Khaimah (Interim)
2016:
56:13
Cardiff (meanwhile)
2015:
56:10
Copenhagen (meanwhile)
2014:
56:46
Lisbon (meanwhile)
London Marathon 2017 - 3rd place in marathon debut
Half marathon (21.0975 km) (road)
year
Time (min)
Competition location
2019:
59:05
Buenos Aires
2018:
58:42
Ras al-Khaimah
2017:
59:10
Ras al-Khaimah
2016:
59:32
Copenhagen half marathon
2015:
59:14
Copenhagen half marathon
2014:
59:23
Philadelphia
Marathon (42.2 km)
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Thomas Bauer (HDsports): Crazy race in Ras Al Khaimah: But half marathon world record holds. Retrieved on February 9, 2018 (German).
↑ Bitan Karoki , from: all-athletics.com, taken on: September 6, 2016.
↑ a b Personal best times, iaaf.org.
↑ Video of the BBC from the World Championship run 2016 in Cardiff (1:44 h) , from: youtube.com. (English)
↑ 25th Discovery cross-country, Eldoret (Kenya) 31/01/2016 Report on the Kenyan cross-country championships 2016 , from: africathle.com
↑ iaaf Bedan Karoki Muchiri - Athlete Profile - Personal Bests. April 3, 2018, accessed on April 3, 2018 (English, list of personal bests.).
↑ Kenya: Kiprop, Masai and Karoki Book London Ticket. June 2, 2012, accessed on September 9, 2016 (report on the Olympic qualification at the Trials in Eugene.).
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