Augustine is pictured above during the heats of the mens 1500m at the 2009 World
Championships in Berlin. He went on to qualify for the final, finishing in a creditable
5th place in a time of 3.36.53. Three years earlier Choge won his first medal at a major
championship when winning 5000m gold at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne,
the results of which can also be seen below.
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Men's 5000m final
2006 Commonwealth Games
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| 1. Augustine Kiprono CHOGE |
|
KEN |
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12.56.41 |
| 2. Craig MOTTRAM |
|
AUS |
|
12.58.19 |
| 3. Benjamin LIMO |
|
KEN |
|
13.05.30 |
| 4. Joseph EBUYA |
|
KEN |
|
13.05.89 |
| 5. Fabian JOSEPH |
|
TAN |
|
13.12.76 |
| 6. Damian CHOPA |
|
TAN |
|
13.24.03 |
| 7. Moses KIPSIRO |
|
UGA |
|
13.25.06 |
| 8. Mkami Dickson MARWA |
|
TAN |
|
13.26.43 |
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|
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Men's 1500m Final
2009 World Athletics Championships
|
| 1. Yusuf Saad KAMEL |
|
BRN |
|
3: 35.93 |
| 2. Deresse MEKONNEN |
|
ETH |
|
3: 36.01 |
| 3. Bernard LAGAT |
|
USA |
|
3: 36.20 |
| 4. Asbel KIPROP |
|
KEN |
|
3: 36.47 |
| 5. Augustine Kiprono CHOGE |
|
KEN |
|
3: 36.53 |
| 6. Mohamed MOUSTAOUI |
|
MAR |
|
3: 36.57 |
| 7. Mehdi BAALA |
|
FRA |
|
3: 36.99 |
| 8. Lopez LOMONG |
|
USA |
|
3: 37.62 |
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He won world youth and junior titles on the track in 2003 and 2004, eventually going
on to set a world junior record for the 3000 metres in 2005. In his final year as a junior
he won the World Cross Country title.
Choge broke the long-standing 4×1500 metres relay world record with a Kenyan team
of runners in September 2009.
PERSONAL BEST TIMES.
800 Metres 1:44.86 Ostrava 17 JUN 2009
1500 Metres 3:29.47 Berlin 14 JUN 2009
One Mile 3:50.01 London 27 JUL 2013
3000 Metres 7:28.76 Doha 06 MAY 2011
5000 Metres 12:53.66 Roma 08 JUL 2005
10,000 Metres 29:06.5 Nairobi 17 JUN 2002
ANNUAL PROGRESS 1500m.
2014 3:35.5 Nairobi 17 MAY
2013 3:33.21 Rieti 08 SEP
2012 3:37.47 New York 09 JUN
2011 3:31.14 Berlin 11 SEP
2010 3:30.22 Monaco 22 JUL
2009 3:29.47 Berlin 14 JUN (PB)
2008 3:31.57 Berlin 01 JUN
2007 3:31.73 Doha 11 MAY
2006 3:32.48 Berlin 03 SEP
2005 3:33.99 Sevilla 04 JUN
2004 3:36.64 Heusden-Zolder 31 JUL
2003 3:37.48 Zürich 15 AUG
ANNUAL PROGRESS 5000m.
2014 13:06.12 Berlin 31 AUG
2013 13:05.31 Hengelo 08 JUN
2012 13:15.50 Shanghai 19 MAY
2011 13:21.24 Lausanne 30 JUN
2010 13:04.64 Stockholm 06 AUG
2009 13:00.79 Hengelo 01 JUN
2008 13:09.75 Ostrava 12 JUN
2006 12:56.41 Melbourne 20 MAR
2005 12:53.66 Roma 08 JUL
2004 12:57.01 Berlin 12 SEP
2003 13:20.08 Heusden-Zolder 02 AUG