Michael Musyoki

Michael Musyoki

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

Michael Musyoki (born May 28, 1956), also known by his nickname "Mike", is a retired long-distance runner from Kenya who won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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 both of them finished in first and second place respectively in the 10,000 metre race at the 1979 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships.

Post-collegiate

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games he was silver medalist behind his famous compatriot Henry Rono. At the 1978 All-Africa Games, Musyoki was also 5000 meters silver medalist. 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 by Running Times.

References

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