Asbel Kiprop – #5 All-time 1500m Athlete

Personal Stats

D.O.B: 06.30.89
N.O.C: Kenya
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Final Year of Competition: 2017
Years Top 10: 9

Personal Bests

Mile: 3:48.50 (United States 2009)
600m: 1:18.0 (Kenya 2012)
800m: 1:43.15 (Monaco 2011)
1,000m: 2:14.23 (Switzerland 2016)
1,500m: 3:26.69 (Monaco 2015)
3,000m: 7:42.32 (Italy 2007)
5,000m: 13:48.43 (Kenya 2016)
4×1,500m Relay: 14:22.22 (Bahamas 2014)

Given KIPROP’s doping ban for EPO in 2019, his high ranking will understandably rankle amongst many

Given KIPROP’s doping ban for EPO in 2019, his high ranking will understandably rankle amongst many. For the record, we are very strongly anti-doping, however, our HBM Rankings are about absolute performance and achievement throughout History via official and ratified records to achieve a fair ranking for athletes across the generations – to that end, we specifically use IOC & World Athletics-approved marks that already strip the record books accordingly to inform our assessments.
Against this backdrop, KIPROP’s achievements in the 1500m are to a level very few can match – his medal haul and elite longevity are bettered by only two athletes and he remains the third fastest man in History.