Abel Kipsang

Nationality: Kenya Date of birth: 22/11/1996

Most recent result

5th - Kip Keino Classic Nairobi 800m (1:45.57) - 20 Apr 2024


Personal records

DisciplineResultYearRemarks
800m - Outdoor1:44.62023
1500m - Outdoor3:29.112023All-Time Kenya no. 9
Mile - Outdoor3:50.872022
2000m - Outdoor4:50.642023All-Time World no. 13; All-Time Kenya no. 4
3000m - Outdoor7:42.212021
1500m - Indoor3:34.972022All-Time Kenya no. 7
2000m - Indoor4:57.212022All-Time World no. 18; All-Time Kenya no. 5

Career highlights

2024

Outdoors:
5th – Nairobi 800m (1:45.57)
3rd – All Africa Games Accra 1500m Final (3:39.45)

2023

Outdoors:
2nd – Diamond League Chorzow 1500m (3:29.11)
4th – World Champs Budapest 1500m Final (3:29.89)
3rd – Diamond League Zurich 1500m (3:30.85)
11th – Diamond League Oslo 1500m (3:31.36)
1st – Nairobi 1500m (3:32.70)
2nd – World Champs Budapest 1500m Semi-Final (3:32.72)
1st – World Champs Budapest 1500m Heat (3:34.24)
2nd – Kenyan World Champs Trials Nairobi 1500m Final (3:34.30)
5th – Diamond League Rabat 1500m (3:34.46)
1st – Kenyan Police Champs Nairobi 1500m (3:36.84)
13th – Diamond League Eugene Mile (3:53.50)
7th – Diamond League Brussels 2000m (4:50.64)
1st – Gaborone 800m (1:44.6)
World Rank as of 20-Sep (by time): 1500m – 5th; Mile – 17th

2022

Outdoors:
2nd – Diamond League Lausanne 1500m (3:29.93)
4th – Commonwealth Games Birmingham 1500m Final (3:30.82)
1st – Nairobi 1500m (3:31.01)
7th – World Champs Eugene 1500m Final (3:31.21)
4th – Diamond League Zurich 1500m (3:31.36)
1st – World Champs Eugene 1500m Semi-Final (3:33.68)
1st – Kenyan WC Trials Nairobi 1500m (3:34.55)
1st – Diamond League Birmingham 1500m (3:35.15)
1st – Diamond League Doha 1500m (3:35.70)
1st – Nairobi 1500m (3:36.17)
1st – African Champs Port Louis 1500m (3:36.57)
3rd – World Champs Eugene 1500m Heat (3:39.21)
3rd – Commonwealth Games Birmingham 1500m Heat (3:48.63)
4th – Diamond League Eugene Mile (3:50.87)
1st – Nairobi 800m (1:45.84)
End-of-Season World Rank (by time): 1500m – 4th; Mile – 5th

Indoors:
3rd – World Champs Beograd 1500m Final (3:33.36)
1st – Birmingham Indoors 1500m (3:34.97)
1st – Metz Indoors 1500m (3:36.23)
1st – World Champs Beograd 1500m Heat (3:37.67)
2nd – Lievin Indoors 2000m (4:57.21)
End-of-Season World Rank (by time): 1500m – 4th; 2000m – 2nd

2021

4th – Olympic Games Tokyo 1500m Final (3:29.56)
1st – Olympic Games Tokyo 1500m Semi-Final (3:31.65)
1st – Marseille 1500m (3:32.68)
3rd – Kenyan OT Nairobi 1500m Final (3:33.12)
1st – Heusden 1500m (3:33.96)
1st – Montreuil 1500m (3:33.99)
4th – Diamond League Brussels 1500m (3:34.08)
2nd – Hengelo 1500m (3:35.63)
1st – Rehlingen 1500m (3:36.62)
1st – Olympic Games Tokyo 1500m Heat (3:40.68)
7th – Diamond League Eugene Mile (3:52.20)
3rd – Tomblaine 800m (1:45.14)
8th – Diamond League Lausanne 3000m (7:42.21)
1st – Liege 3000m (7:50.02)
End-of-Season World Rank (by time): 1500m – 6th; Mile – 11th

2020

3rd – Nairobi 1500m (3:35.43)
1st – Nairobi 1500m (3:38.7)

2019

4th – Rabat 800m (1:45.43)
3rd – National Champs Nairobi 800m Final (1:45.70)