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Michael Musyoki (born May 28, 1956) is a retired long-distance runner from Kenya. He won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Michael Musyoki
Personal information
Born (1956-05-28) May 28, 1956 (age 66)
Sport
Country Kenya
SportTrack, Long-distance running
Event(s)3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, Marathon
College teamUTEP
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000 metres: 7:46.4[1]
5000 metres: 13:24.89[1]
10,000 metres: 27:41.92[1]
Marathon: 2:10:30[1]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles10,000 m
All-Africa Games
1978 Algiers 5,000 metres
1978 Algiers 10,000 metres

Running career



Collegiate


Musyoki was recruited by University of Texas at El Paso, a school which was building a star-studded team of distance-runners in the late 1970s. Suleiman Nyambui and Musyoki were UTEP's two premier foreign distance-runner recruits at the time, and finished in first and second place respectively in the 10,000 metre race at the 1979 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships.[2]


Post-collegiate


At the 1978 Commonwealth Games Musyoki was the silver medalist behind compatriot Henry Rono. At the 1978 All-Africa Games, Musyoki was the silver medalist in both the 5000m and 10000m. In 1982 he broke the half marathon world record by running 61:36 in Philadelphia. He was also an active road racer and won "Road Racer of the Year" award in 1983 given by Running Times.

Musyoki won bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing third in an extremely close finish. Musyoki was only 0.24 seconds behind silver medalist Mike McLeod of Great Britain and just four-hundredths of a second in front of Salvatore Antibo of Italy.


References


  1. All-Athletics. "Profile of Michael Musyoki".
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) PDF: 1979 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships - May 29-June 2, 1979 - Page 18
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Herb Lindsay
Men's Half Marathon Best Year Performance
1982
Succeeded by
Paul Cummings
Preceded by
Mark Curp
Men's Half Marathon Best Year Performance
1986
Succeeded by
Matthew Temane



На других языках


- [en] Michael Musyoki

[fr] Mike Musyoki

Michael « Mike » Musyoki (né le 28 mai 1956) est un athlète kényan spécialiste du 10 000 mètres et du semi-marathon. Il fut détenteur du record du monde du semi-marathon avec 1 h 01 min 36 s.

[it] Michael Musyoki

Michael Musyoki (28 maggio 1956) è un ex maratoneta e mezzofondista keniota.

[ru] Мусиоки, Майкл

Майкл Мусиоки (англ. Michael Musyoki, род. 28 мая 1956 года) — кенийский бегун на длинные дистанции. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 1984 года в беге на 10 000 метров. Двукратный серебряный призёр Всеафриканских игр 1978 года на дистанциях 5000 и 10 000 метров.



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