Kirani James GRN

Date of birth: 1 September 92

Age: 28 years 120 days

Height: 185 cm

Weight: 74 kg

Club/team: Alabama

400m Olympic Champion 2012

400m World Champion 2011

400m Olympic Silver Medallist 2016

400m World Championships Bronze Medallist 2015

400m 5th at World Championships 2019

400m 6th at World Indoor Championships 2012

400m 7th at World Championships 2013

400m World Junior Champion 2010

200m World Youth Champion 2009

400m World Youth Champion 2009

400m World Junior Championships Silver Medallist 2008

400m World Youth Championships Silver Medallist 2007

400m NCAA Champion 2011

400m NCAA Champion 2010

200m World Indoor Alltime no. 99 20.58A Albuquerque NM 21 Jan 2011

400m World Indoor Alltime no. 4 44.80 Fayetteville AR 27 Feb 2011

200m World Alltime no. 553 20.41A El Paso TX 16 Apr 2011

400m World Alltime no. 11 43.74 Lausanne 3 Jul 2014

400m World Junior Alltime no. 5 44.36 Zürich 8 Sep 2011

200m World Junior Alltime no. 50 20.41A El Paso TX 16 Apr 2011

▲PROGRESSION

Personal bests in BOLD.

200m

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

2007 21.81w +3.0

3h1-16

Providenciales

8 Apr

2008 21.38w +2.0

1-16

Basseterre

24 Mar

2009 21.05w -0.9

1-17

Bressanone

12 Jul

2010 20.76w +0.8

1-19

George Town

5 Apr

2011 20.41Aw +1.1 NR NU20R

El Paso TX

16 Apr

2014 20.63w -1.2

Tokyo

11 May

Indoor Alltime Show/hide

2010 20.94iw NR NJR

2r6

College Station TX

13 Feb

2011 20.58Aiw NR NU20R

Albuquerque NM

21 Jan

400m

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

races under 45 seconds: 51
2007
Outdoor
48.58	1h2-16	CariftaG	Providenciales	7 Apr
47.86	1-16	CariftaG	Providenciales	7 Apr
47.38	1h4-17	WY	Ostrava	11 Jul
47.29	1s1-17	WY	Ostrava	12 Jul
46.96 NJR NYR	2-17	WY	Ostrava	13 Jul
2008
Outdoor
49.11	1h1-16	CariftaG	Basseterre	22 Mar
47.87	1-16	CariftaG	Basseterre	22 Mar
46.85	1		Tortola	21 Jun
46.53 NJR NYR	1h4-19	WJ	Bydgoszcz	8 Jul
46.55	1s1-19	WJ	Bydgoszcz	9 Jul
45.70 NJR NYR WYB15	2-19	WJ	Bydgoszcz	10 Jul
48.61	1h5-18	CYG	Pune	14 Oct
47.96	1s1-18	CYG	Pune	14 Oct
46.66	1-18	CYG	Pune	15 Oct
2009
Outdoor
47.68	1h1		St. Georges	1 Apr
45.3h NJR NYR	1		St. Georges	1 Apr
47.19	1h2-19	CariftaG	Vieux-Fort	10 Apr
45.45 NJR NYR	1-19	CariftaG	Vieux-Fort	11 Apr
48.25	1h2-17	WY	Bressanone	8 Jul
46.43	1s2-17	WY	Bressanone	9 Jul
45.24 NU18R NJR	1-17	WY	Bressanone	10 Jul
47.61	1h3-19	PanAmC	Port of Spain	31 Jul
45.43	1-19	PanAmC	Port of Spain	31 Jul
2010
Indoor
46.65	1h3	SEC	Fayetteville AR	27 Feb
45.24 AR AJR	1r1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	28 Feb
46.26	1h2	NCAA	Fayetteville AR	12 Mar
45.63	2r2	NCAA	Fayetteville AR	13 Mar

47.83	1h1-19	CariftaG	George Town	3 Apr
45.02 AJR	1-19	CariftaG	George Town	3 Apr
DQ		Owens	Columbus OH	1 May
46.22	1h1	SEC	Knoxville TN	15 May
45.01 AJR	1	SEC	Knoxville TN	16 May
45.72	1h4	East Regional	Greensboro NC	27 May
45.17	1q3	East Regional	Greensboro NC	28 May
45.44	1s1	NCAA	Eugene OR	9 Jun
45.05	1	NCAA	Eugene OR	11 Jun
47.12	1h5-19	WJ	Moncton	20 Jul
46.27	1s2-19	WJ	Moncton	21 Jul
45.89	1-19	WJ	Moncton	22 Jul

Oversized track
45.79 AJR	1	Meyo	Notre Dame IN	6 Feb
2011
Indoor
races under 45 seconds: 5
45.37	1h1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	26 Feb
44.80 AR WU20R	1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	27 Feb
46.25	1h4	NCAA	College Station TX	11 Mar
DNF	rB	NCAA	College Station TX	12 Mar

45.12	1	Ms Open	Oxford MS	23 Apr
45.92	1h1	SEC	Athens GA	14 May
44.86 AJR	1	SEC	Athens GA	15 May
46.31	1h2	East Prelim	Bloomington IN	26 May
45.68	1s2	East Prelim	Bloomington IN	27 May
45.51	2h3	NCAA	Des Moines IA	8 Jun
45.10	1	NCAA	Des Moines IA	10 Jun
44.61 AJR	1	Aviva	London	5 Aug
45.12	1h4	WC	Daegu	28 Aug
45.20	1s2	WC	Daegu	29 Aug
44.60 AJR	1	WC	Daegu	30 Aug
44.36 NR AU20R	1	WK	Zürich	8 Sep
45.33	1	ISTAF	Berlin	11 Sep

Oversized track
45.47	1	Meyo	Notre Dame IN	5 Feb
2012
Indoor
races under 45 seconds: 7
45.96	1	New Balance	Boston MA	4 Feb
45.19	1	Classic	Fayetteville AR	11 Feb
45.52	1	XL Galan	Stockholm/G	23 Feb
46.64	1h2	WC	Istanbul	9 Mar
46.04	2s3	WC	Istanbul	9 Mar
46.21	6	WC	Istanbul	10 Mar

44.72	1	Colorful	Daegu	16 May
DQ		Pre	Eugene OR	2 Jun
44.85	1	Aviva	London	14 Jul
44.76	2	Herc	Monaco	20 Jul
45.23	1h2	OG	London	4 Aug
44.59	1s2	OG	London	5 Aug
43.94 AR	1	OG	London	6 Aug
44.46	1	Gugl	Linz	20 Aug
44.37	1	Athletissima	Lausanne	23 Aug
2013
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 9
44.72	1	Brown	Nassau	13 Apr
44.02	1	Diamond	Shanghai	18 May
44.39	2	Pre	Eugene OR	1 Jun
44.49	1	GSpike	Ostrava	27 Jun
43.96	1	Areva	Saint-Denis	6 Jul
44.65	1	Sainsbury's	London	26 Jul
45.00	1h5	WC	Moskva	11 Aug
44.81	1s3	WC	Moskva	12 Aug
44.99	7	WC	Moskva	13 Aug
44.32	2	WK	Zürich	29 Aug
2014
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 5
44.60	2	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	25 Apr
43.97	1	Pre	Eugene OR	31 May
43.74 AR	1	Athletissima	Lausanne	3 Jul
45.52	1h3	CWG	Glasgow	28 Jul
45.14	1s2	CWG	Glasgow	29 Jul
44.24	1	CWG	Glasgow	30 Jul
44.59	1	Sainsbury's	Birmingham	24 Aug
2015
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 9
44.31	1	Sun Angel	Tempe AZ	11 Apr
44.22	1	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	24 Apr
44.66	1	Diamond	Shanghai	17 May
43.95	1	Pre	Eugene OR	30 May
45.15	1	Mohammed VI	Rabat	14 Jun
44.17	2	Areva	Saint-Denis	4 Jul
44.56	1h4	WC	Beijing	23 Aug
44.16	1s1	WC	Beijing	24 Aug
43.78	3	WC	Beijing	26 Aug
44.28	2	WK	Zürich	3 Sep
2016
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 9
44.36	1	Brown	Nassau	16 Apr
44.08	1	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	29 Apr
44.15	1		Baie-Mahault	14 May
44.22	1	Pre	Eugene OR	28 May
44.23	1	Diamond	Birmingham	5 Jun
44.60	1	Gyulai	Székesfehérvár	18 Jul
44.93	1h6	OG	Rio de Janeiro	12 Aug
44.02	1s1	OG	Rio de Janeiro	13 Aug
43.76	2	OG	Rio de Janeiro	14 Aug
2017
Outdoor
45.44	1		St. Georges	8 Apr
46.21	6	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	28 Apr
2018
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 3
44.35	1		Kingston	9 Jun
44.99	1	Pompey	Leonora	30 Jun
44.50	3	Müller	London	21 Jul
2019
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 4
44.47	1		Andújar	6 Sep
44.94	1h2	WC	Doha	1 Oct
44.23	2s2	WC	Doha	2 Oct
44.54	5	WC	Doha	4 Oct

2007 46.96w NJR NYR

2-17

Ostrava

13 Jul

2008 45.70w NJR NYR WYB15

2-19

Bydgoszcz

10 Jul

2009 45.24w NU18R NJR

1-17

Bressanone

10 Jul

2010 45.01w AJR

Knoxville TN

16 May

2011 44.36w NR AU20R

Zürich

8 Sep

2012 43.94w AR

London

6 Aug

2013 43.96w

Saint-Denis

6 Jul

2014 43.74w AR

Lausanne

3 Jul

2015 43.78w

Beijing

26 Aug

2016 43.76w

Rio de Janeiro

14 Aug

2017 45.44w

St. Georges

8 Apr

2018 44.35w

Kingston

9 Jun

2019 44.23w

2s2

Doha

2 Oct

Indoor Alltime Show/hide

races under 45 seconds: 51
2007
Outdoor
48.58	1h2-16	CariftaG	Providenciales	7 Apr
47.86	1-16	CariftaG	Providenciales	7 Apr
47.38	1h4-17	WY	Ostrava	11 Jul
47.29	1s1-17	WY	Ostrava	12 Jul
46.96 NJR NYR	2-17	WY	Ostrava	13 Jul
2008
Outdoor
49.11	1h1-16	CariftaG	Basseterre	22 Mar
47.87	1-16	CariftaG	Basseterre	22 Mar
46.85	1		Tortola	21 Jun
46.53 NJR NYR	1h4-19	WJ	Bydgoszcz	8 Jul
46.55	1s1-19	WJ	Bydgoszcz	9 Jul
45.70 NJR NYR WYB15	2-19	WJ	Bydgoszcz	10 Jul
48.61	1h5-18	CYG	Pune	14 Oct
47.96	1s1-18	CYG	Pune	14 Oct
46.66	1-18	CYG	Pune	15 Oct
2009
Outdoor
47.68	1h1		St. Georges	1 Apr
45.3h NJR NYR	1		St. Georges	1 Apr
47.19	1h2-19	CariftaG	Vieux-Fort	10 Apr
45.45 NJR NYR	1-19	CariftaG	Vieux-Fort	11 Apr
48.25	1h2-17	WY	Bressanone	8 Jul
46.43	1s2-17	WY	Bressanone	9 Jul
45.24 NU18R NJR	1-17	WY	Bressanone	10 Jul
47.61	1h3-19	PanAmC	Port of Spain	31 Jul
45.43	1-19	PanAmC	Port of Spain	31 Jul
2010
Indoor
46.65	1h3	SEC	Fayetteville AR	27 Feb
45.24 AR AJR	1r1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	28 Feb
46.26	1h2	NCAA	Fayetteville AR	12 Mar
45.63	2r2	NCAA	Fayetteville AR	13 Mar

47.83	1h1-19	CariftaG	George Town	3 Apr
45.02 AJR	1-19	CariftaG	George Town	3 Apr
DQ		Owens	Columbus OH	1 May
46.22	1h1	SEC	Knoxville TN	15 May
45.01 AJR	1	SEC	Knoxville TN	16 May
45.72	1h4	East Regional	Greensboro NC	27 May
45.17	1q3	East Regional	Greensboro NC	28 May
45.44	1s1	NCAA	Eugene OR	9 Jun
45.05	1	NCAA	Eugene OR	11 Jun
47.12	1h5-19	WJ	Moncton	20 Jul
46.27	1s2-19	WJ	Moncton	21 Jul
45.89	1-19	WJ	Moncton	22 Jul

Oversized track
45.79 AJR	1	Meyo	Notre Dame IN	6 Feb
2011
Indoor
races under 45 seconds: 5
45.37	1h1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	26 Feb
44.80 AR WU20R	1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	27 Feb
46.25	1h4	NCAA	College Station TX	11 Mar
DNF	rB	NCAA	College Station TX	12 Mar

45.12	1	Ms Open	Oxford MS	23 Apr
45.92	1h1	SEC	Athens GA	14 May
44.86 AJR	1	SEC	Athens GA	15 May
46.31	1h2	East Prelim	Bloomington IN	26 May
45.68	1s2	East Prelim	Bloomington IN	27 May
45.51	2h3	NCAA	Des Moines IA	8 Jun
45.10	1	NCAA	Des Moines IA	10 Jun
44.61 AJR	1	Aviva	London	5 Aug
45.12	1h4	WC	Daegu	28 Aug
45.20	1s2	WC	Daegu	29 Aug
44.60 AJR	1	WC	Daegu	30 Aug
44.36 NR AU20R	1	WK	Zürich	8 Sep
45.33	1	ISTAF	Berlin	11 Sep

Oversized track
45.47	1	Meyo	Notre Dame IN	5 Feb
2012
Indoor
races under 45 seconds: 7
45.96	1	New Balance	Boston MA	4 Feb
45.19	1	Classic	Fayetteville AR	11 Feb
45.52	1	XL Galan	Stockholm/G	23 Feb
46.64	1h2	WC	Istanbul	9 Mar
46.04	2s3	WC	Istanbul	9 Mar
46.21	6	WC	Istanbul	10 Mar

44.72	1	Colorful	Daegu	16 May
DQ		Pre	Eugene OR	2 Jun
44.85	1	Aviva	London	14 Jul
44.76	2	Herc	Monaco	20 Jul
45.23	1h2	OG	London	4 Aug
44.59	1s2	OG	London	5 Aug
43.94 AR	1	OG	London	6 Aug
44.46	1	Gugl	Linz	20 Aug
44.37	1	Athletissima	Lausanne	23 Aug
2013
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 9
44.72	1	Brown	Nassau	13 Apr
44.02	1	Diamond	Shanghai	18 May
44.39	2	Pre	Eugene OR	1 Jun
44.49	1	GSpike	Ostrava	27 Jun
43.96	1	Areva	Saint-Denis	6 Jul
44.65	1	Sainsbury's	London	26 Jul
45.00	1h5	WC	Moskva	11 Aug
44.81	1s3	WC	Moskva	12 Aug
44.99	7	WC	Moskva	13 Aug
44.32	2	WK	Zürich	29 Aug
2014
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 5
44.60	2	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	25 Apr
43.97	1	Pre	Eugene OR	31 May
43.74 AR	1	Athletissima	Lausanne	3 Jul
45.52	1h3	CWG	Glasgow	28 Jul
45.14	1s2	CWG	Glasgow	29 Jul
44.24	1	CWG	Glasgow	30 Jul
44.59	1	Sainsbury's	Birmingham	24 Aug
2015
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 9
44.31	1	Sun Angel	Tempe AZ	11 Apr
44.22	1	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	24 Apr
44.66	1	Diamond	Shanghai	17 May
43.95	1	Pre	Eugene OR	30 May
45.15	1	Mohammed VI	Rabat	14 Jun
44.17	2	Areva	Saint-Denis	4 Jul
44.56	1h4	WC	Beijing	23 Aug
44.16	1s1	WC	Beijing	24 Aug
43.78	3	WC	Beijing	26 Aug
44.28	2	WK	Zürich	3 Sep
2016
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 9
44.36	1	Brown	Nassau	16 Apr
44.08	1	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	29 Apr
44.15	1		Baie-Mahault	14 May
44.22	1	Pre	Eugene OR	28 May
44.23	1	Diamond	Birmingham	5 Jun
44.60	1	Gyulai	Székesfehérvár	18 Jul
44.93	1h6	OG	Rio de Janeiro	12 Aug
44.02	1s1	OG	Rio de Janeiro	13 Aug
43.76	2	OG	Rio de Janeiro	14 Aug
2017
Outdoor
45.44	1		St. Georges	8 Apr
46.21	6	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	28 Apr
2018
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 3
44.35	1		Kingston	9 Jun
44.99	1	Pompey	Leonora	30 Jun
44.50	3	Müller	London	21 Jul
2019
Outdoor
races under 45 seconds: 4
44.47	1		Andújar	6 Sep
44.94	1h2	WC	Doha	1 Oct
44.23	2s2	WC	Doha	2 Oct
44.54	5	WC	Doha	4 Oct

2010 45.24iw AR AJR

1r1

Fayetteville AR

28 Feb

2011 44.80iw AR WU20R

Fayetteville AR

27 Feb

2012 45.19iw

Fayetteville AR

11 Feb

4 x 100m

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

2010 39.64w

Knoxville TN

16 May

4 x 400m

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

2009 3:11.91w NU20R

5-19

Port of Spain

2 Aug

2010 3:05.65w

2h2

Greensboro NC

29 May

2011 3:04.27w NR

Mayagüez

17 Jul

2012 3:08.85w

Philadelphia PA

28 Apr

2013 3:04.81w

Philadelphia PA

27 Apr

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS


Outdoor
200m
WY	2009:	1-17	21.05	1s3-17	21.23	1h9-17	21.18
400m
WY	2007:	2-17	46.96	1s1-17	47.29	1h4-17	47.38
WJ	2008:	2-19	45.70	1s1-19	46.55	1h4-19	46.53
WY	2009:	1-17	45.24	1s2-17	46.43	1h2-17	48.25
WJ	2010:	1-19	45.89	1s2-19	46.27	1h5-19	47.12
WC	2011:	1	44.60	1s2	45.20	1h4	45.12
OG	2012:	1	43.94	1s2	44.59	1h2	45.23
WC	2013:	7	44.99	1s3	44.81	1h5	45.00
CWG	2014:	1	44.24	1s2	45.14	1h3	45.52
WC	2015:	3	43.78	1s1	44.16	1h4	44.56
OG	2016:	2	43.76	1s1	44.02	1h6	44.93
WC	2019:	5	44.54	2s2	44.23	1h2	44.94
4 x 400m
CAC	2011:	5	3:04.27

Indoor
400m
WC	2012:	6	46.21	2s3	46.04	1h2	46.64

▲PERSONAL BESTS

note:click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.

200m

Winstreak: 1 (finals) Show/hide

Outdoor

20.41A +1.1 NR NU20R

El Paso TX

16 Apr 2011

Indoor

20.58A NR NU20R

Albuquerque NM

21 Jan 2011

400m

races under 45 seconds: 51

Outdoor

43.74 AR

Lausanne

3 Jul 2014

Indoor

44.80 AR WU20R

Fayetteville AR

27 Feb 2011

4 x 400m

Outdoor

3:04.27 NR

Mayagüez

17 Jul 2011

3:04.81

Philadelphia PA

27 Apr 2013

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

400m, 10 best results (legal):
43.74	1	Lausanne	3 Jul 2014
43.76	2	Rio de Janeiro	14 Aug 2016
43.78	3	Beijing	26 Aug 2015
43.94	1	London	6 Aug 2012
43.95	1	Eugene OR	30 May 2015
43.96	1	Saint-Denis	6 Jul 2013
43.97	1	Eugene OR	31 May 2014
44.02	1	Shanghai	18 May 2013
44.02	1s1	Rio de Janeiro	13 Aug 2016
44.08	1	Des Moines IA	29 Apr 2016

Average: 43.922

200m, 10 best results (legal):
20.41A +1.1	1	El Paso TX	16 Apr 2011
20.58Ai	1	Albuquerque NM	21 Jan 2011
20.63 -1.2	1	Tokyo	11 May 2014
20.64A -2.7	6	El Paso TX	12 Apr 2014
20.76 +0.8	1-19	George Town	5 Apr 2010
20.94i	2r6	College Station TX	13 Feb 2010
21.05 -0.9	1-17	Bressanone	12 Jul 2009
21.10 +1.0	1h2-19	George Town	4 Apr 2010
21.18 +0.4	1h9-17	Bressanone	10 Jul 2009
21.23 +1.4	1s3-17	Bressanone	11 Jul 2009

Average: 20.852

4 x 400m, 10 best results (legal):
3:04.27	5	Mayagüez	17 Jul 2011
3:04.69	3	Philadelphia PA	30 Apr 2011
3:04.81	6	Philadelphia PA	27 Apr 2013
3:05.65	2h2	Greensboro NC	29 May 2010
3:06.49	5	Knoxville TN	16 May 2010
3:06.68	6h1	Bloomington IN	28 May 2011
3:07.22	3h1	Eugene OR	10 Jun 2010
3:07.87	3	Athens GA	15 May 2011
3:08.85	6	Philadelphia PA	28 Apr 2012
3:11.91	5-19	Port of Spain	2 Aug 2009

Average: 3:06.844

Total results in db: 151

By event:

200m:	19
400m:	118
4 x 100m:	4
4 x 400m:	10

▲IN 2020

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.

No results during 2020. Last results for this athlete are from 2019.

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

Season	Ind/Out	Event	Pos	Result
2008	Outdoor	400m	73	45.70
2009	Outdoor	400m	27	45.24
2010	Outdoor	400m	20	45.01
2010	Indoor	200m	22	20.94
2010	Indoor	400m	2	45.24
2011	Outdoor	200m	31	20.41A
2011	Outdoor	400m	2	44.36
2011	Indoor	200m	4	20.58A
2011	Indoor	400m	1	44.80
2012	Outdoor	400m	1	43.94
2012	Indoor	400m	2	45.19
2013	Outdoor	400m	2	43.96
2014	Outdoor	400m	1	43.74
2015	Outdoor	400m	4	43.78
2016	Outdoor	400m	2	43.76
2017	Outdoor	400m	69	45.44
2018	Outdoor	400m	10	44.35
2019	Outdoor	400m	5	44.23

▲WINSTREAKS

Significant winstreaks 400m
(at least 5 finals):

Winstreak 1: 6 (finals) 16 Apr 2016 -> 18 Jul 2016 Show/hide

Winstreak 2: 9 (finals) 31 May 2014 -> 14 Jun 2015 Show/hide

Winstreak 3: 5 (finals) 6 Aug 2012 -> 18 May 2013 Show/hide

Winstreak 4: 8 (finals) 10 Jun 2011 -> 23 Feb 2012 Show/hide

Winstreak 5: 7 (finals) 15 Oct 2008 -> 28 Feb 2010 Show/hide

TILASTOPAJA

▲PROGRESSION

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS

▲PERSONAL BESTS

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

Total results in db: 151

By event:

▲IN 2020

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

▲WINSTREAKS