Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono (born 4 April 1987) is a Kenyan distance runner who competed primarily in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run 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 Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

and

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. He won both events at the

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, and is a former world record holder in the

4 × 1500 metres relay The 4 × 1500 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 1500 metres or 3.75 laps on a standard 400 metre track. While not a World Championship or Olympic event, World Athletics does ratify worl ...

Biography

At the

, Rono swept the 800 m and 1500 m titles, winning in times of 1:47.10 and 3:42.76 respectively. The following year, Rono placed 4th at the 1500 metres at the World Junior Championships. In 2008, Rono recorded his best finish a senior international championship with a 5th-place result at the African Championships in the 1500 m. In 2009, Rono was part of the Kenyan quartet that broke the

world record at the

Memorial van Damme The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the D ...

meet in

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with a time of 14:36.23, winning the

IAAF Golden League The IAAF Golden League was an annual series of outdoor track and field meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Athletes who won specific events at all of the series meetings were awarded a jackpot prize ...

title in the process. The prior record by a German team from 1977 was the oldest standing track record maintained by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rono, Geoffrey 1987 births Kenyan male middle-distance runners World record holders in athletics (track and field) IAAF Golden League winners African championships competitors Living people 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen