Japheth Kimutai is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in 800 metres. In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year he won the African Championships 800 metres in Dakar, Senegal. He finished fourth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup In 1999 he won gold at the All-Africa Games. In 2000 in Sydney for the Olympic Games Japheth failed to reach the final despite running the quickest time by a Kenyan in the games.

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  • Japheth Kimutai is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in 800 metres. In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year he won the African Championships 800 metres in Dakar, Senegal. He finished fourth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup In 1999 he won gold at the All-Africa Games. In 2000 in Sydney for the Olympic Games Japheth failed to reach the final despite running the quickest time by a Kenyan in the games. He had started his career brightly when in 1994 he won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships and then in 1997 when still a Junior set the World junior record in the 800 metres in a time of 1:43.64 in Zürich on August 13, 1997. The world junior record was beaten by Abubaker Kaki of Sudan in 2008 .
  • Nation: Fil:Flag of Kenya. svg Kenya Japheth Kimutai, född 20 december, 1978 i Lelmokwo, Nandidistriktet, är en kenyansk medeldistanslöpare med 800 meter som specialitet. 1998 vann han Samväldesspelen i Kuala Lumpur på tiden 1:43.82. Samma år segrade han på samma distans i de afrikanska mästerskapen i Dakar, Senegal. 1999 vann han guld vid de all-afrikanska spelen. Vid de Olympiska sommarspelen 2000 i Sydney misslyckades han med att kvalificera sig till finalen, trots att han hade den snabbaste tiden av alla kenyaner i mästerskapet. Karriären startade lysande då han vann silver vid junior-VM 1994 (som 15-åring) och 1997 satte han juniorvärldsrekord med tiden 1:43.64 i Zürich den 13 augusti. Detta rekord har sedermera blivit slaget av Abubaker Kaki från Sudan år 2008 .
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  • Japheth Kimutai is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in 800 metres. In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year he won the African Championships 800 metres in Dakar, Senegal. He finished fourth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup In 1999 he won gold at the All-Africa Games. In 2000 in Sydney for the Olympic Games Japheth failed to reach the final despite running the quickest time by a Kenyan in the games.
  • Nation: Fil:Flag of Kenya. svg Kenya Japheth Kimutai, född 20 december, 1978 i Lelmokwo, Nandidistriktet, är en kenyansk medeldistanslöpare med 800 meter som specialitet. 1998 vann han Samväldesspelen i Kuala Lumpur på tiden 1:43.82. Samma år segrade han på samma distans i de afrikanska mästerskapen i Dakar, Senegal. 1999 vann han guld vid de all-afrikanska spelen.
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