Isaac Makwala
Makwala in 2015
Personal information
NationalityBotswana
Born (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985
Tutume, BotswanaBotswana
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)200 metres, 400 metres
ClubFrancistown Athletics Club
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Botswana
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo4×400 m relay
IAAF World Relays
Silver medal – second place2017 Nassau4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chorzów 4×400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold Coast400 m
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold Coast4x400 m relay
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Porto Novo400 m
Gold medal – first place2014 Marrakesh400 m
Gold medal – first place2014 Marrakesh4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2008 Addis Ababa400 m
Silver medal – second place2010 Nairobi4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2014 Marrakesh200 m
African Games
Gold medal – first place2007 Algiers4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2015 Brazzaville400 m
Silver medal – second place2015 Brazzaville4x400 m relay
Representing Africa
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 Marrakech400m
Gold medal – first place2014 Marrakech4×400m relay
Updated on 17 September 2015.

Isaac Makwala (born 24 September 1985) is a Botswana sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

Career

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 number 8 on the all-time list, the second fastest non-American. 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 (+0.0) 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

Representing  Botswana
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

References

  1. ↑ http://resultados.rfea.es/2017/resultados/airelibre/al_madrid.pdf Archived 8 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Makwala achieves historic 200m-400m double in Madrid | REPORT | World Athletics".
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