Michael Musyoki (born May 28, 1956) is a retired

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from

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. He won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

Running career

Collegiate

Musyoki was recruited by

University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public university, public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, it is the third oldest academic component of the Univers ...

, a school which was building a star-studded team of distance-runners in the late 1970s.

Suleiman Nyambui Suleiman Nyambui (born February 13, 1953) is a former track athlete from Tanzania who specialized in various long-distance disciplines. Nyambui won the bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games, the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summe ...

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. PDF: 1979 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships - May 29-June 2, 1979 - Page 18

Post-collegiate

At the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...

Musyoki was the silver medalist behind compatriot

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. At the

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, Musyoki was the silver medalist in both the 5000m and 10000m. In 1982 he broke the

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world record by running 61:36 in

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and broke it again four years later with 1:00:43 at the 1986

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. 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

, finishing third in an extremely close finish. Musyoki was only 0.24 seconds behind silver medalist Mike McLeod of

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and just four-hundredths of a second in front of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Musyoki, Michael 1956 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games World record setters in athletics (track and field) University of Texas at El Paso alumni UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics