| Isaac Makwala BOT |
| Date of birth: 24 September 85 |
| Age: 35 years 98 days |
| Height: 183 cm |
| Weight: 79 kg |
| 4 x 400m 5th at Olympic Games 2016 |
| 400m 5th at World Championships 2015 |
| 200m 6th at World Championships 2017 |
| 400m All Africa Games Champion 2015 |
| 4 x 400m All Africa Games Champion 2007 |
| 4 x 400m All Africa Games Silver Medallist 2015 |
| 400m African Champion 2014 |
| 400m African Champion 2012 |
| 4 x 400m African Champion 2014 |
| 200m African Championships Silver Medallist 2014 |
| 400m African Championships Silver Medallist 2008 |
| 4 x 400m African Championships Silver Medallist 2010 |
| 2 National Titles |
| 200m World Alltime no. 21 19.77 Madrid 14 Jul 2017 |
| 400m World Alltime no. 10 43.72 La Chaux-de-Fonds 5 Jul 2015 |
| 100m World Alltime no. 804 10.20A Gaborone 3 May 2014 |
| 300m World Alltime no. 5 31.44 Ostrava 28 Jun 2017 |
Personal bests in BOLD.
| 100m | |||||||
| Outdoor Alltime Show/hide | |||||||
| 2013 10.40 +1.1 NR | 1h7 | Sundsvall | 28 Jul | ||||
| 2014 10.14Aw +2.2 | 1 | Gaborone | 19 Apr | ||||
| 2014 10.20A +0.8 NR | 1 | Gaborone | 3 May | ||||
| 2016 10.35A +1.2 | 1 | Potchefstroom | 15 Mar | ||||
| 2017 10.48A | 2 | Gaborone | 5 Feb | ||||
| 200m | |||||||
| Outdoor Alltime Show/hide | |||||||
| 2008 21.10 | 2 | Dakar | 12 Apr | ||||
| 2009 20.73 +0.1 | 1 | Bamako | 21 Apr | ||||
| 2010 20.96 +0.9 | Dakar | 4 Jul | |||||
| 2011 21.17 +1.2 | 3rB | Mona | 21 May | ||||
| 2012 20.87 -0.7 | 1rB | Rhede | 7 Jun | ||||
| 2013 20.21 +0.1 NR | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 7 Jul | ||||
| 2014 19.96 -0.4 NR | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 6 Jul | ||||
| 2015 20.44 | 2 | Molepolole | 22 Feb | ||||
| 2016 20.42A +1.0 | 1 | Potchefstroom | 15 Mar | ||||
| 2017 19.77 0.0 NR | 1 | Madrid | 14 Jul | ||||
| 2018 19.96 +0.9 | 1 | Osaka | 20 May | ||||
| 300m | |||||||
| Outdoor Alltime Show/hide | |||||||
| 2016 31.91 NR | 5 | Kingston | 11 Jun | ||||
| 2017 31.44 NR | 2 | Ostrava | 28 Jun | ||||
| 2018 31.77A | 1 | Pretoria | 8 Mar | ||||
| 400m | |||||||
| Outdoor Alltime Show/hide | |||||||
| 2007 46.48 | 2r6 | Eindhoven | 14 Jul | ||||
| 2008 45.64A | 2 | Addis Ababa | 2 May | ||||
| 2009 45.56 | 1 | Bamako | 21 Apr | ||||
| 2010 46.07 | 3 | Tomblaine | 25 Jun | ||||
| 2011 46.27 | 3s1 | Maputo | 12 Sep | ||||
| 2012 45.25 | 1 | Porto Novo | 28 Jun | ||||
| 2013 45.86 | 3 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 7 Jul | ||||
| 2014 44.01 AR | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 6 Jul | ||||
| 2015 43.72 AR | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 5 Jul | ||||
| 2016 44.85 | 3 | Roma | 2 Jun | ||||
| 2017 43.84 | 2 | Monaco | 21 Jul | ||||
| 2018 44.23 | 2 | Shanghai | 12 May | ||||
| 2019 45.74 | 4 | Bruxelles | 1 Sep | ||||
| 2020 46.14A | 2 | Gaborone | 14 Mar | ||||
| 4 x 400m | |||||||
| Outdoor Alltime Show/hide | |||||||
| 2007 3:03.16 | 1 | Alger | 22 Jul | ||||
| 2008 3:06.51A | 2h2 | Addis Ababa | 3 May | ||||
| 2010 3:04.65 | 5 | Delhi | 12 Oct | ||||
| 2011 3:04.39 | 3 | Heusden | 16 Jul | ||||
| 2012 3:03.89 | 2 | Roma | 31 May | ||||
| 2013 3:05.74 | 8h1 | Moskva | 15 Aug | ||||
| 2014 3:00.02 | 1 | Marrakech | 14 Sep | ||||
| 2015 2:59.95 NR | 5h2 | Beijing | 29 Aug | ||||
| 2016 2:59.06 NR | 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 20 Aug | ||||
| 2017 3:02.28 | 2 | Nassau | 23 Apr | ||||
| 2018 3:01.78 | 1 | Gold Coast | 14 Apr | ||||
| Outdoor | |||||||||
| 200m | |||||||||
| WC | 2013: | 5h1 | 20.84 | ||||||
| AfrC | 2014: | 2 | 20.51 | 2s2 | 20.34 | 1h1 | 20.79 | ||
| Cont Cup | 2014: | 6 | 20.49 | ||||||
| WC | 2017: | 6 | 20.44 | 2s1 | 20.14 | 1h8 | 20.20 | h5 | DNS |
| 400m | |||||||||
| AAG | 2007: | 7s3 | 47.02 | 4h5 | 47.24 | ||||
| AfrC | 2008: | 2 | 45.64A | 2s2 | 46.28A | 1h2 | 47.00A | ||
| WC | 2009: | 5h3 | 46.45 | ||||||
| AfrC | 2010: | 5s3 | 46.92A | 2h5 | 46.07A | ||||
| CWG | 2010: | 6s2 | 47.07 | 3h4 | 47.39 | ||||
| AAG | 2011: | 7 | 46.78 | 3s1 | 46.27 | 3h4 | 46.43 | ||
| AfrC | 2012: | 1 | 45.25 | 1s2 | 45.70 | 1h7 | 45.50 | ||
| OG | 2012: | 4h2 | 45.67 | ||||||
| AfrC | 2014: | 1 | 44.23 | 1s2 | 45.58 | 1h4 | 45.87 | ||
| Cont Cup | 2014: | 2 | 44.84 | ||||||
| CWG | 2014: | 3s3 | 45.57 | 1h6 | 45.33 | ||||
| AAG | 2015: | 1 | 44.35 | 1s1 | 44.87 | 1h4 | 45.63 | ||
| WC | 2015: | 5 | 44.63 | 1s2 | 44.11 | 3h2 | 44.19 | ||
| AfrC | 2016: | 4 | 46.58 | 2s3 | 45.96 | 1h1 | 46.14 | ||
| OG | 2016: | 8s3 | 46.60 | 3h5 | 45.91 | ||||
| WC | 2017: | 1s3 | 44.30 | 1h5 | 44.55 | DNS | |||
| CWG | 2018: | 1 | 44.35 | 1s1 | 45.00 | 1h2 | 46.01 | ||
| AAG | 2019: | 4s3 | 46.55 | 5h4 | 47.48 | ||||
| 4 x 400m | |||||||||
| AAG | 2007: | 1 | 3:03.16 | ||||||
| WC | 2007: | 7h2 | 3:05.96 | ||||||
| AfrC | 2008: | 4 | 3:06.54A | 2h2 | 3:06.51A | ||||
| AfrC | 2010: | 2 | 3:05.16A | 2h1 | 3:07.71A | ||||
| CWG | 2010: | 5 | 3:04.65 | 2h1 | 3:05.40 | ||||
| AfrC | 2012: | DQ | |||||||
| WC | 2013: | 8h1 | 3:05.74 | ||||||
| AfrC | 2014: | 1 | 3:01.89 | ||||||
| Cont Cup | 2014: | 1 | 3:00.02 | ||||||
| AAG | 2015: | 2 | 3:00.95 | 2h1 | 3:05.55 | ||||
| WC | 2015: | 5h2 | 2:59.95 | ||||||
| OG | 2016: | 5 | 2:59.06 | 3h1 | 2:59.35 | ||||
| CWG | 2018: | 1 | 3:01.78 | 1h1 | 3:05.01 | ||||
| Indoor | |||||||||
| 4 x 400m | |||||||||
| WC | 2010: | h2 | DQ | ||||||
| WC | 2012: | 5h1 | 3:13.21 | ||||||
note:click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.
| 100m | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 10.20A +0.8 NR | Gaborone | 3 May 2014 | |||||
| 200m | ||||||||
| races under 20.30 (legal): 6 | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 19.77 0.0 NR | Madrid | 14 Jul 2017 | |||||
| 300m | ||||||||
| Winstreak: 1 (finals) Show/hide | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 31.44 NR | Ostrava | 28 Jun 2017 | |||||
| 400m | ||||||||
| races under 45 seconds: 27 | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 43.72 AR | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 5 Jul 2015 | |||||
| 4 x 400m | ||||||||
| Winstreak: 1 (finals) Show/hide | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 3:00.02 | Marrakech | 14 Sep 2014 | |||||
| 2:59.06 | Rio de Janeiro | 20 Aug 2016 | ||||||
| Indoor | 3:13.21 NR | Istanbul | 10 Mar 2012 | |||||
| 400m, 10 best results (legal): | |||||||
| 43.72 | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 5 Jul 2015 | ||||
| 43.84 | 2 | Monaco | 21 Jul 2017 | ||||
| 43.92 | 1 | Madrid | 14 Jul 2017 | ||||
| 43.95 | 1 | Zürich | 24 Aug 2017 | ||||
| 44.01 | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 6 Jul 2014 | ||||
| 44.08 | 3 | Lausanne | 6 Jul 2017 | ||||
| 44.11 | 1s2 | Beijing | 24 Aug 2015 | ||||
| 44.19 | 3h2 | Beijing | 23 Aug 2015 | ||||
| 44.23 | 1 | Marrakech | 12 Aug 2014 | ||||
| 44.23 | 2 | Shanghai | 12 May 2018 | ||||
| Average: 44.028 | |||||||
| 200m, 10 best results (legal): | |||||||
| 19.77 0.0 | 1 | Madrid | 14 Jul 2017 | ||||
| 19.96 -0.4 | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 6 Jul 2014 | ||||
| 19.96 +0.9 | 1 | Osaka | 20 May 2018 | ||||
| 20.10 +1.0 | 1 | Gaborone | 29 Apr 2018 | ||||
| 20.20 +1.4 | 1h8 | London | 9 Aug 2017 | ||||
| 20.21 +0.1 | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 7 Jul 2013 | ||||
| 20.32 +0.4 | 1 | Velenje | 1 Jul 2014 | ||||
| 20.33A +1.1 | 1 | Gaborone | 19 Apr 2014 | ||||
| 20.34 -0.9 | 2s2 | Marrakech | 13 Aug 2014 | ||||
| 20.37A +1.6 | 1h | Gaborone | 4 May 2014 | ||||
| Average: 20.156 | |||||||
| 4 x 400m, 10 best results (legal): | |||||||
| 2:59.06 | 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 20 Aug 2016 | ||||
| 2:59.35 | 3h1 | Rio de Janeiro | 19 Aug 2016 | ||||
| 2:59.95 | 5h2 | Beijing | 29 Aug 2015 | ||||
| 3:00.02 | 1 | Marrakech | 14 Sep 2014 | ||||
| 3:00.95 | 2 | Brazzaville | 17 Sep 2015 | ||||
| 3:01.78 | 1 | Gold Coast | 14 Apr 2018 | ||||
| 3:01.89 | 1 | Marrakech | 14 Aug 2014 | ||||
| 3:02.28 | 2 | Nassau | 23 Apr 2017 | ||||
| 3:03.08 | 3h2 | Nassau | 2 May 2015 | ||||
| 3:03.09 | 1h3 | Nassau | 22 Apr 2017 | ||||
| Average: 3:01.145 | |||||||
| 100m: | 8 |
| 200m: | 44 |
| 300m: | 3 |
| 400m: | 157 |
| 4 x 400m: | 30 |
position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.
| Season | Ind/Out | Event | Pos | Result |
| 2008 | Outdoor | 400m | 60 | 45.64A |
| 2009 | Outdoor | 400m | 47 | 45.56 |
| 2012 | Outdoor | 400m | 40 | 45.25 |
| 2013 | Outdoor | 200m | 17 | 20.21 |
| 2013 | Outdoor | 400m | 97 | 45.86 |
| 2014 | Outdoor | 200m | 5 | 19.96 |
| 2014 | Outdoor | 400m | 3 | 44.01 |
| 2015 | Outdoor | 200m | 74 | 20.44 |
| 2015 | Outdoor | 400m | 3 | 43.72 |
| 2016 | Outdoor | 200m | 78 | 20.42A |
| 2016 | Outdoor | 300m | 5 | 31.91 |
| 2016 | Outdoor | 400m | 23 | 44.85 |
| 2017 | Outdoor | 200m | 1 | 19.77 |
| 2017 | Outdoor | 300m | 2 | 31.44 |
| 2017 | Outdoor | 400m | 3 | 43.84 |
| 2018 | Outdoor | 200m | 10 | 19.96 |
| 2018 | Outdoor | 300m | 1 | 31.77A |
| 2018 | Outdoor | 400m | 7 | 44.23 |
| 2019 | Outdoor | 400m | 98 | 45.74 |
| 2020 | Outdoor | 400m | 48 | 46.14A |