Michael Musyoki

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
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
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles10,000 m
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 1978 Algiers 5,000 metres
Silver medal – second place 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


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