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

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Running career

Collegiate

Musyoki was recruited by

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

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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

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Musyoki was the silver medalist behind compatriot Henry Rono. 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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. He was also an active road racer and won "Road Racer of the Year" award in 1983 given by ''

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''. 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 Salvatore Antibo 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 Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games