Christophe Impens (born 9 December 1969 in
Ghent
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) is a retired
Belgian
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athlete who competed in
middle-distance events.
He represented his country at the
1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships. His biggest success is the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the
1996 European Indoor Championships.
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
– 3:34.13 (Brussels 1996)
NR
*
One Mile
The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance running, middle-distance foot race.
The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived trac ...
– 3:55.75 (Brussels 1993)
Indoor
*
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
– 3:38.01 (Ghent 1997)
*
One Mile
The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance running, middle-distance foot race.
The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived trac ...
– 3:54.13 (Ghent 1997) NR
*
3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
– 7:49.43 (Ghent 1996)
References
1969 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ghent
Belgian male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Belgium
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium
20th-century Belgian people
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