Career
Kiptanui was also the first man ever to run 3000 m steeplechase in under eight minutes. Kiptanui emerged in 1991 as a relatively unknown athlete. He was known as a highly confident and somewhat cocky athlete, who was self-coached and driven by his own self belief.
His victory at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo therefore came as no surprise.
To the great disappointment of many observers he was not included in the Kenyan team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Kiptanui had failed to qualify at the Kenyan trials in Nairobi.
However, shortly after the Olympics he set a new world record over 3000 m in Cologne with a time of 7:28.96 minister Only three days later he also broke the 3000 m steeplechase world record in 8:02.08 in Zurich.
In 1995 he broke the 5000 m world record in Rome in a time of 12:55.30 minimum (June 8).
After collecting his third World Championship gold medal in Gothenburg he also set the new 3000 m steeplechase record in Zurich in a time of 7:59.18 minimum (August 16), the first man in history to ever dip under eight minutes for the 3000 m steeplechase. A year later, he missed out on an Olympic gold medal again when he came second in the final in Atlanta. He was defeated by fellow Kenyan Joseph Keter.
He was still active in 2001 sighting the 2002 Commonwealth Games, but did not compete there.
After retirement, he has been a running coach. In 2008 he coached the 2004 Olympic gold medalist, Ezekiel Kemboi.
He has also been the chairman of the Marakwet District branch of Athletics Kenya. The Shoe4Africa Moses Kiptanui School was opened in 2012 at Kamoi district, Marakwet and has eight primary classes with 320 students.
1990
1990 African Championships in Athletics - Cairo, Egypt.
1500 m gold medal
1990 IAAF World Junior Championships - Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 1500 m gold medal
1991
1991 World Championships in Athletics - Tokyo, Japan. 3000 m steeplechase gold medal
1991 All-Africa Games - Cairo, Egypt.
3000 m steeplechase gold medal
1993
1993 World Championships in Athletics - Stuttgart, Germany.
3000 m steeplechase gold medal
1994
1994 Goodwill Games - Saint St. Petersburg, Russia. 5000 m gold medal
1995
1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden.
3000 m steeplechase gold medal
1996
1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States of America. 3000 m steeplechase silver medal
1997
1997 World Championships in Athletics - Athens, Greece.
3000 m steeplechase silver medal.
