Wanyonyi (most right) at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the 800 metres final
Personal information
Nationality
Kenyan
Born
(2004-08-01) August 1, 2004 (age 19)
Sport
Country
Kenya
Sport
Athletics
Event
Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (800m, 2023) [1]
Personal best
800 m: NU18R 1:42.80 (2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Kenya
World Championships
2023 Budapest
800 m
Diamond League
2023
800 m
World U20 Championships
2021 Nairobi
800 m
World Cross Country Championships
2023 Bathurst
Mixed relay
Emmanuel Wanyonyi (born 1 August 2004)[2] is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. At the age of 18, he placed fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[3] Wanyonyi won the gold medal at the 2021 World Under-20 Championships, setting a championship record in the process.[4][5]
Wanyonyi broke the world road mile record with a time of 3:54.56 at the adizero Road to Records event in Herzogenaurach, Germany, on April 27, 2024.[6]
EmmanuelWanyonyi (born 1 August 2004) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. At the age of 18, he placed fourth at the...
60 DLR Michael Norman United States 28 May 2022 [3] 800 m 1:42.80 EmmanuelWanyonyi Kenya 17 September 2023 1000 m 2:13.62 Abubaker Kaki Khamis Sudan...
United States 44.37 PB 800 metres details Marco Arop Canada 1:44.24 EmmanuelWanyonyi Kenya 1:44.53 Ben Pattison Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1:44...
m 44.38 Kirani James Grenada 2 September 2023 2023 800 m 1:43.20 EmmanuelWanyonyi Kenya 2 September 2023 2023 5000 m 12:58.96 Lamecha Girma Ethiopia...
Men's 800m Place Athlete Country Time EmmanuelWanyonyi Kenya 1:42.80 Marco Arop Canada 1:42.85 Djamel Sedjati Algeria 1:43.06 4 Yanis Meziane France...
Nairobi second after EmmanuelWanyonyi setting another Algerian junior record in 800 with a time of 1:44.45. The three medalists Wanyonyi, Gouaned, and Kibet...
narrowly second to Kenyan EmmanuelWanyonyi. In the season-ending 2023 Diamond League Prefontaine Classic he finished second to Wanyonyi again, while setting...
Welteji". worldathletics.org. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023. "Wanyonyi runs world road mile record in Herzogenaurach". World Athletics. 27 April...
21 August 2021 2021 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 800 m 1:43.76 A EmmanuelWanyonyi Kenya 22 August 2021 2021 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 1500 m 3:35...
championship records: (Anthony Pesela BOT in the men's 400m - 44.58; EmmanuelWanyonyi KEN in the men's 800m – 1:43.76; Tadese Worku ETH in the men's 3000m...
Men's 800m Place Athlete Country Time Points EmmanuelWanyonyi Kenya 1:43.20 8 Marco Arop Canada 1:43.24 7 Benjamin Robert France 1:43.88 6 4 Wyclife...
Hoppel United States 1:43.95 3 7 Yanis Meziane France 1:44.30 2 8 EmmanuelWanyonyi Kenya 1:44.35 1 9 Joseph Deng Australia 1:44.93 10 Clayton Murphy...
Keino Classic in Kenya, only finishing behind a world-leading run by EmmanuelWanyonyi. In doing so, Cheminingwa lowered his personal best to 1:44:10.He...
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