Isaac Makwala
![]() Makwala in 2015 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Botswana |
Born | Tutume, Botswana ![]() | 24 September 1985
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 200 metres, 400 metres |
Club | Francistown Athletics Club |
Medal record | |
Updated on 17 September 2015 |
Isaac Makwala (born 24 September 1985) is a Botswana sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
Career
[edit]He was the gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games in 2018. He has also won continental titles at the distance, winning at the 2015 African Games and twice at the African Championships in Athletics (2012, 2014). He has represented his country Botswana at the 2016 Summer Olympics, three times at the Commonwealth Games, and five times at the World Championships in Athletics (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017). With the Botswana 4 × 400 metres relay team he has won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a silver medal at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and medals at the African Games and Championships.
His personal best time of 43.72, set 5 July 2015 in La Chaux-de-Fonds was an African continental record and ranks him 13th on the all-time list. He is also a sub-20 200 metres runner.
On July 14, 2017, Isaac Makwala became the first man in history to run a 200 m within 20 seconds and a 400 m within 44 seconds on the same day by running 43.92 in the 400, then 19.77 (no wind) in the 200, 2 hours and 20 minutes later at the Meeting de Atletismo Madrid.[1][2]
He qualified for 400m final at the 2017 World Championships, before being withdrawn from the race, due to illness. He then qualified for the 200 m final, placing overall sixth.
He competed in the 400m at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 7th in the final.
Major competitions record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 17th (sf) | 400 m | 47.02 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.16 | |||
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.96 | |
2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 2nd | 400 m | 45.64 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.54 | |||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 34th (h) | 400 m | 46.45 |
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | – (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ |
African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 14th (sf) | 400 m | 46.92 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.16 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 20th (sf) | 400 m | 47.07 | |
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.65 | |||
2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 7th | 400 m | 46.78 |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 5th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.21 (NR) |
African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 1st | 400 m | 45.25 | |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |||
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 28th (h) | 200 m | 20.84 |
22nd (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.74 | |||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 9th (sf) | 400 m | 45.57 |
African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 2nd | 200 m | 20.51 | |
1st | 400 m | 44.23 | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.89 | |||
2015 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 8th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.73 |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 400 m | 44.63 | |
9th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.95 | |||
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | 400 m | 44.35 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.95 | |||
2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 4th | 400 m | 46.58 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 22nd (sf) | 400 m | 46.60 | |
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.06 | |||
2017 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.28 |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 6th | 200 m | 20.44 | |
4th (sf) | 400 m | 44.301 | |||
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 1st | 400 m | 44.35 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.78 | |||
2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 8th (sf) | 400 m | 46.55 |
2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.77 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | 400 m | 44.94 | |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:57.27 | |||
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 21st (sf) | 400 m | 46.04 |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.14 |
1Did not start in the final
Personal bests
[edit]- 200 metres - 19.77 secs, Madrid, Spain, 14 July 2017
- 400 metres - 43.72 secs (#2 African all time), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 5 July 2015. As of August 2024, this is still the track record.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Isaac Makwala at World Athletics
- Isaac Makwala at Olympics.com
- Isaac Makwala at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Central District (Botswana)
- Botswana male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Botswana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- African Games gold medalists for Botswana
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Botswana
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Botswana
- Diamond League winners
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists for Botswana
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games