Michael Musyoki
Michael Musyoki medal table |
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Kenya | ||
Olympic Summer Games | ||
bronze | 1984 Los Angeles | 10,000 m |
Pan-African Games | ||
silver | 1978 Algiers | 5000 m |
silver | 1978 Algiers | 10,000 m |
Commonwealth Games | ||
silver | 1978 Edmonton | 5000 m |
silver | 1978 Edmonton | 10,000 m |
Michael Musyoki (also Mike Musyoki ; born May 28, 1956 ) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner .
Career
He won the silver medals in the 5000-meter run and the 10,000-meter run at the 1978 Pan-African Games in Algiers . He achieved the same result a short time later at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton . His most significant success on the track he achieved at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he won the bronze medal over 10,000 m behind the Italian Alberto Cova and the British Mike McLeod .
Musyoki was also successful in road running . On September 19, 1982, at the Philadelphia Half Marathon , he set a world record in the half marathon distance of 1:01:36 h , which lasted for a good year. In 1986 Musyoki won the Great North Run . His time of 1:00:43 h was twelve seconds below the world record at the time. However, the course of the run is not suitable for a record due to an impermissible gradient. That same year he finished fourth in the Chicago Marathon .
Michael Musyoki is 1.68 m tall and weighed 54 kg at competition times. He attended the University of Texas at El Paso from 1979 to 1983 .
Personal bests
- 3000 m : 7: 46.42 min, June 22nd 1977, Cologne
- 5000 m: 13: 24.89 min, August 16, 1978, Zurich
- 10,000 m: 27: 41.92 min, June 30, 1977, Helsinki
- 10 km road run : 27:29 min, April 1, 1984, New Orleans
- 15 km road run: 42:28 min, June 26, 1983, Portland (former world record)
- Marathon : 2:10:30 h, October 26, 1986, Chicago
Web links
- Michael Musyoki in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Michael Musyoki in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Running Times Magazine: Kenyans in College . December 2008
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Musyoki, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Musyoki, Mike |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1956 |