{ "id": "ep7pj2d39n", "slug": "augustine-kiprono", "title": "Augustine Kiprono", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play" }, { "id": "play.individual", "label": "Individual sports and outdoor recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual" }, { "id": "play.individual.athletics", "label": "Athletics, gymnastics, and strength sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.athletics" }, { "id": "play.individual.athletics.athletics_people", "label": "Athletes of track and field and road running", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.athletics.athletics_people" }, { "id": "play.individual.athletics.athletics_people.middle-and-long-distance-track-runners", "label": "Middle and long-distance track runners", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.athletics.athletics_people.middle-and-long-distance-track-runners" }, { "id": "play.individual.athletics.athletics_people.middle-and-long-distance-track-runners.kenyan-middle-and-long-distance-runners", "label": "Kenyan middle and long-distance runners", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.athletics.athletics_people.middle-and-long-distance-track-runners.kenyan-middle-and-long-distance-runners" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.afr.t2001.play.individual.athletics", "label": "Sub-Saharan Africa · 2001 to 2020: Athletics, gymnastics, and strength sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.afr.t2001.play.individual.athletics", "path": [ { "id": "geo.afr", "label": "Sub-Saharan Africa", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.afr" }, { "id": "geo.afr.t2001", "label": "Sub-Saharan Africa · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.afr.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.afr.t2001.play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.afr.t2001.play" }, { "id": "geo.afr.t2001.play.individual", "label": "Individual sports and outdoor recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.afr.t2001.play.individual" }, { "id": "geo.afr.t2001.play.individual.athletics", "label": "Athletics, gymnastics, and strength sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.afr.t2001.play.individual.athletics" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan distance runner born 1987, 2006 Commonwealth 5000m champion, World Indoor 3000m silver and bronze medallist, 4x1500m relay world record anchor, 1500m best 3:29.47.", "snippet": "Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan distance runner born 1987, 2006 Commonwealth 5000m champion, World Indoor 3000m silver and bronze medallist, 4x1500m relay world record anchor, 1500m best 3:29.47.", "node": "play.individual.athletics.athletics_people.middle-and-long-distance-track-runners.kenyan-middle-and-long-distance-runners", "markdown": "# Augustine Kiprono\n\n**Augustine Kiprono Choge** (born 1987) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner who won the 5000 m at the 2006 [Commonwealth Games](https://www.edgepedia.org/commonwealth-games), took silver and bronze in the 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships of 2012 and 2016, and anchored a Kenyan team to a 4 × 1500 meters relay world record in 2009. His 1500 m best of 3:29.47, set in Berlin in 2009, was the fastest time in the world since 2006 at the moment he ran it.[1](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/augustine-kiprono-choge-14207679) • [2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Born | 1987 in Kabirisang, Nandi, Kenya; nickname Gus; 162 cm, 55 kg; club affiliation Kenya Police[3](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114620) |\n| Major titles | 2006 Commonwealth Games 5000 m gold (12:56.41); World Indoor 3000 m silver 2012, bronze 2016[3](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114620) |\n| Junior titles | World Youth 3000 m 2003; World Junior 5000 m 2004; World Junior Cross Country 2005[2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi) |\n| 1500 m | 3:29.47, Berlin, 14 June 2009, then the world's fastest since 2006[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) • [2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi) |\n| 5000 m | 12:53.66, Rome, 8 July 2005; at 17 in Berlin 2004 he became the youngest ever man to break 13 minutes[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) • [2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi) |\n| Relay world record | 4 × 1500 m, 14:36.23, Brussels, 4 September 2009, anchoring the Kenyan team[1](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/augustine-kiprono-choge-14207679) |\n\n## Early career and junior titles\n\nIn 2004 he took the 5000 m title at the World Junior Championships in Grosseto in 13:28.93, and that September in Berlin, aged 17, he ran 12:57.01 to become the youngest ever man to break 13 minutes for 5000 m.[5](https://www.istaf.de/wp-content/uploads/ISTAF-Results-2004.pdf) • [2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi) His coach during this period was Brother Colm O'Connell, the Irish-born coach long based at St. Patrick's in Iten, Kenya.[2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi)\n\nHis first senior global track appearance came at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.[6](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/augustine-choge-kiprono/18595)\n\n## Commonwealth gold and the Olympic cycle, 2006–2008\n\n**2006** was his breakthrough senior year. At the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne he won the 5000 m in 12:56.41, and at the World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka he was seventh in the short race and first in the team event.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114620) On the track he won 1500 m races in Berlin and Zürich, ran 3:33.37 for third in the 1500 m at the World Athletics Final in [Stuttgart](https://www.edgepedia.org/stuttgart), and set his 5000 m best of 12:53.66 in Rome.[7](https://worldathletics.org/download/competition?filename=AT-1500-M-F--1--.RS1.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C3487%5C&updatedOn=11%2F09%2F2012+12%3A59%3A24&urlslug=1500-metres-Official+Results) • [4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/)\n\nAt the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing he finished ninth in the 1500 m final in 3:35.50, having run the event with a stress fracture.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114620) • [2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi)\n\n## 2009: the 3:29.47 season and a relay world record\n\nChoge's 2009 season produced his fastest marks. He ran 1:44.86 for 800 m in Ostrava and set his 1500 m best of 3:29.47 winning the Berlin Golden League meeting on 14 June, a time the meeting's own biography notes was the world's fastest since 2006.[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) • [2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi) He also won the 1500 m at the Zürich Golden League meeting and took third in the Golden League mile in Oslo.[2](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi)\n\nAt the World Championships in Berlin that August he finished fifth in the 1500 m final in 3:36.53.[8](https://olympiandatabase.com/en/athletes-augustine-kiprono-choge) Three days later, on 4 September, he anchored the Kenyan team at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels to 14:36.23 in the 4 × 1500 meters relay, breaking the long-standing world record for the event.[1](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/augustine-kiprono-choge-14207679)\n\n## World Indoor medals and later track career\n\nChoge's championship medals came indoors. At the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul he took 3000 m silver in 7:41.77, and at the 2016 edition in Portland he won bronze in 7:57.43.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114620) • [6](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/augustine-choge-kiprono/18595)\n\nOn the circuit he remained a regular winner into his thirties, with five [Diamond League](https://www.edgepedia.org/diamond-league) meeting wins to his name.[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) In 2016 he won the 3000 m at both the International Hallen Meeting in [Karlsruhe](https://www.edgepedia.org/karlsruhe) and the ISTAF meeting in Berlin.[9](https://www.the-sports.org/augustine-kiprono-choge-athletics-spf4618.html) His 2013 mile best of 3:50.01 came at the London Olympic Stadium, and he ran 28:22.8h for 10,000 m in Nairobi in 2016.[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/)\n\n## Move to the roads\n\nChoge's personal bests show the progression of his career from track to road.\n\n| Event | Personal best | Venue and date |\n|---|---|---|\n| 800 m | 1:44.86 | Ostrava, 17 June 2009[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) |\n| 1500 m | 3:29.47 | Berlin, 14 June 2009[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) |\n| Mile | 3:50.01 | London, 27 July 2013[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) |\n| 3000 m (short track) | 7:28.00 | Stuttgart, 5 February 2011[1](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/augustine-kiprono-choge-14207679) |\n| 5000 m | 12:53.66 | Rome, 8 July 2005[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) |\n| 10,000 m | 28:22.8h | Nairobi, 22 April 2016[4](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/) |\n\n[World Athletics](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-athletics) lists his 3000 m best as 7:28.00, set on 5 February 2011; a Japanese-language results compilation gives 7:28.76 for the outdoor 3000 m in Doha in 2011 alongside the 7:28.00 indoor mark.[1](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/augustine-kiprono-choge-14207679)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Augustine Kiprono CHOGE, Profile, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/augustine-kiprono-choge-14207679)\n2. [IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009, Men's 1500 m biographical summaries, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=956878da-8e1a-44d9-83f6-0a828c9eb639.pdf&urlSlug=mens-athlete-biographies-world-athletics-fi)\n3. [Augustine Choge, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114620)\n4. [Augustine Kiprono CHOGE, Wanda Diamond League](https://www.diamondleague.com/athlete/14207679/)\n5. [ISTAF Results 2004, ISTAF Berlin](https://www.istaf.de/wp-content/uploads/ISTAF-Results-2004.pdf)\n6. [Augustine Choge Kiprono, athlétisme, L'Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/augustine-choge-kiprono/18595)\n7. [4th IAAF World Athletics Final 2006, 1500 m official results, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/download/competition?filename=AT-1500-M-F--1--.RS1.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C3487%5C&updatedOn=11%2F09%2F2012+12%3A59%3A24&urlslug=1500-metres-Official+Results)\n8. [Augustine Kiprono Choge, Medals, Results & Biography, Sportsencyclo](https://olympiandatabase.com/en/athletes-augustine-kiprono-choge)\n9. [Augustine Kiprono Choge (Athletics): Prize list and results, The-Sports.org](https://www.the-sports.org/augustine-kiprono-choge-athletics-spf4618.html)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Sports, games, and recreation › Individual sports and outdoor recreation › Athletics, gymnastics, and strength sports › Athletes of track and field and road running › Middle and long-distance track runners › Kenyan middle and long-distance runners*\n\n*Initially written Oct 21, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/augustine-kiprono", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/augustine-kiprono.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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