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World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022

Leonard BARSOTON

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    Kenya Kenya
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    21 OCT 1994     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14479181
Leonard Barsoton en route to the senior men's silver medal at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 (Jiro Mochizuki)

Current World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Score
Men's Overall Ranking 1252 1166
Men's Road Running 69 1166

Highest Ever World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Duration
Men's Overall Ranking 819 for 2 weeks
Men's Road Running 42 for 2 weeks
Highest ever World Rankings position is considered from 1/1/2019

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
3000 Metres 7:52.33 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 27 MAY 2017 1101
5000 Metres 13:16.25 Hiroshima (JPN) 18 APR 2015 1151
10,000 Metres 27:20.74 Yamaguchi (JPN) 10 OCT 2014 1193
10 Kilometres 27:42 San Juan (PUR) 28 FEB 2016 1169
Half Marathon 59:09 Valencia (ESP) 27 OCT 2019 1228
25 Kilometres 1:13:05 Kolkata (IND) 15 DEC 2019 1165

Legend

* Not legal.

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
Half Marathon 59:34 Gdynia (POL) 17 OCT 2020 1211

Outdoor

3000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2017 7:52.33 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 27 MAY 2017
2011 8:07.1h Nairobi (KEN) 08 JUN 2011

Outdoor

5000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2017 13:17.38 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 27 MAY 2017
2016 13:24.46 Nobeoka (JPN) 07 MAY 2016
2015 13:16.25 Hiroshima (JPN) 18 APR 2015
2014 13:21.44 Nobeoka (JPN) 10 MAY 2014
2013 13:19.04 Yokohama (JPN) 17 NOV 2013
2012 13:26.84 Yokohama (JPN) 23 SEP 2012

Outdoor

10,000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2017 27:47.4h Nairobi (KEN) 24 JUN 2017
2016 27:31.86 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 27 MAY 2016
2015 27:27.55 Brazzaville (CGO) 14 SEP 2015
2014 27:20.74 Yamaguchi (JPN) 10 OCT 2014
2013 27:33.13 Fukagawa (JPN) 29 JUN 2013

Outdoor

10 Kilometres

Performance Place Date
2019 29:36 Okpekpe (NGR) 25 MAY 2019
2017 28:00 Cape Elizabeth, ME (USA) 05 AUG 2017
2016 27:42 San Juan (PUR) 28 FEB 2016

Outdoor

Half Marathon

Performance Place Date
2020 59:34 Gdynia (POL) 17 OCT 2020
2019 59:09 Valencia (ESP) 27 OCT 2019
2018 1:01:14 Valencia (ESP) 24 MAR 2018
2017 59:28 København (DEN) 17 SEP 2017

Outdoor

25 Kilometres

Performance Place Date
2019 1:13:05 Kolkata (IND) 15 DEC 2019

Honours - World Half Marathon Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
6. Half Marathon 59:34 Gdynia (POL) 17 OCT 2020
12. Half Marathon 1:01:14 Valencia (ESP) 24 MAR 2018

Honours - World Cross Country Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. Senior Race 28:36 Kololo, Kampala (UGA) 26 MAR 2017
2. U20 Race 21:08 Myslecinek Park, Bydgoszcz (POL) 24 MAR 2013
5. Senior Race 35:24 Qingzhen, Guiyang (CHN) 28 MAR 2015

Honours - All-African Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. 10,000 Metres 27:27.55 Brazzaville (CGO) 14 SEP 2015
Results in:

Half Marathon

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
21 FEB 2020 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, Ras Al Khaimah UAEUAE A F 6. 1:00:02
17 OCT 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, Gdynia POLPOL GW F 6. 59:34

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