Tom Elmer (born 1 April 1997) is a Swiss
middle-distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...
who competes for
On. He competed 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 ...
at the
2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...
, reaching the semi-finals. Between 2019 and 2023, Elmer became the Swiss national champion in the 1500 meters run outdoors every year and indoors in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
In 2022 he also won the
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 3000 m sho ...
at the indoor championships.
Personal bests
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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 ...
– 1:47.44 (Lausanne 2022)
**800 metres indoor – 1:48.11 (Erfurt 2023)
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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 ...
– 3:34.50 (Bern 2023)
**1500 metres indoor – 3:39.17 (Toruń 2023)
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Mile
The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a imperial unit, British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of Unit of length, le ...
– 3:59.06 (Lucerne 2020)
**Mile indoor – 4:02.13 (Boston 2024)
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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 3000 m sho ...
– 7:48.77 (Bellinzona 2022)
**3000 metres indoor – 8:04.59 (Magglingen 2022)
References
External links
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Swiss male middle-distance runners
1997 births
Living people
World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland
21st-century Swiss sportsmen
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