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Biography: Bob KENNEDY ()
 
 
Sex Weight Height Date of birth Place of birth
M 66 1.83 18 08 1970 BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA (USA)
 
     
     
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North American record holder at 3000 and 5000. Won 1500m at Pan American Junior 1989. He is the first white man to run 5000m under 13:00

PERSONAL BEST
  Performance   Wind  Place Date
1500 Metres 3:38.32      Hengelo 25 06 1991
One Mile 3:56.21      Eugene, OR 04 06 1994
2000 Metres 4:59.9      Monaco 10 08 1996
3000 Metres 7:30.84      Monaco 08 08 1998
Two Miles 8:11.59      Hechtel 19 07 1997
5000 Metres 12:58.21      Zürich 14 08 1996
10,000 Metres 27:37.45      Palo Alto, CA 30 04 2004


PROGRESSION
  Season Performance   Wind  Place Date
1500 Metres
 1995 3:50.44      Gateshead 02 07 1995
 
 1991 3:38.32      Hengelo 25 06 1991
One Mile
 1997 3:56.59      Sheffield 29 06 1997
 
 1994 3:56.21      Eugene, OR 04 06 1994
 
 1993 4:00.08      New York, NY 22 05 1993
2000 Metres
 1996 4:59.9      Monaco 10 08 1996
 
 1994 5:02.60        1994
3000 Metres
 2003 7:54.81      Gateshead 13 07 2003
 
 2001 7:40.64      Palo Alto, CA 09 06 2001
 
 1999 7:32.55      Monaco 04 08 1999
 
 1998 7:30.84      Monaco 08 08 1998
 
 1997 7:31.77      Oslo 04 07 1997
 
 1996 7:31.69      Bruxelles 23 08 1996
 
 1995 7:36.15      Monaco 25 07 1995
 
 1994 7:35.33      Nice 18 07 1994
 
 1993 7:38.45      Köln 01 08 1993
Two Miles
 1998 8:23.34      Sydney 28 02 1998
 
 1997 8:11.59      Hechtel 19 07 1997
5000 Metres
 2004 13:27.61      Walnut, CA 17 04 2004
 
 2003 13:21.85      Heusden-Zolder 02 08 2003
 
 2001 13:17.51      Oslo 13 07 2001
 
 1999 13:05.54      Zürich 11 08 1999
 
 1998 13:03.57      Berlin 01 09 1998
 
 1997 13:06.62      Stockholm 07 07 1997
 
 1996 12:58.21      Zürich 14 08 1996
 
 1995 13:03.37      Zürich 16 08 1995
 
 1994 13:02.93      Oslo 22 07 1994
 
 1993 13:14.91      Oslo 10 07 1993
 
 1992 13:28.18      London 10 07 1992
 
 1991 13:22.17      Oslo 06 07 1991
 
 1990 13:42.80        16 06 1990
10,000 Metres
 2004 27:37.45      Palo Alto, CA 30 04 2004
 
 2003 27:51.06      Bruxelles 05 09 2003
 
 1999 27:38.37      Stanford 07 05 1999

HONOURS
  Rank Performance   Wind  Place Date
3000 Metres  
IAAF Golden League/Grand Prix Final 7   f 7:52.89      Moskva 05 09 1998
4th IAAF World Indoor Championships 4   f 7:51.27      Toronto 14 03 1993
5000 Metres  
7th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 9   f 13:23.52      Sevilla 28 08 1999
6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics 6   f 13:19.45      Athína 10 08 1997
5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 7   f 13:32.10      Göteborg 13 08 1995
10th IAAF/Mobil Grand Prix Final 7   f 13:16.93      Paris 03 09 1994
9th IAAF/Mobil Grand Prix Final 7   f 13:32.06      London 10 09 1993
4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 5   h 13:42.17      Stuttgart 14 08 1993
3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics 12   f 13:54.47      Tokyo 01 09 1991
Long Race  
32nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships 44     38:28      Bruxelles 21 03 2004
IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12     40:43      Oostende 25 03 2001
IAAF World Cross Country Championships 16     35:18      Marrakech 22 03 1998