Ismail Ahmed Ismail

Ismail Ahmed Ismail (born 1 November 1984) is a Sudanese runner, who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Khartoum.

Ismail reached the final in that event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the silver medal in 800 m. He is the first Sudanese national to win an Olympic medal in history.

He won the gold medal at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.

Ismail is a member of the Fur people of Darfur. Although Ismail was born in Khartoum, where he grew up in the neighborhood of Hajj Youssef, his family was originally from western Darfur.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Sudan
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	21st (h)	800m	1:53.14
			—	1500m	DQ
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	26th (h)	1500 m	4:02.79
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	5th	800 m	1:47.20
	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	10th (h)	800 m	1:49.18
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	18th (h)	800 m	1:47.21
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	5th	800 m	1:47.29
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	1st	800 m	1:46.92
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo	3rd	800 m	1:45.87
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	8th	800 m	1:52.49
	Pan Arab Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	800 m	1:46.24
2005	Islamic Solidarity Games	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	3rd	800 m	1:47.20
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.81
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	2nd	800 m	1:46.65
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2nd	800 m	1:45.41
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.00
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	800 m	1:44.70
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	24th (sf)	800 m	DNF
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	800 m	1:46.90
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	39th (h)	800 m	1:52.33
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	2nd	800 m	1:46.60
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.47
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	17th (h)	800 m	1:50.72
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	–	800 m	DNF

Personal bests

• 800 metres – 1:43.82 min (2009)
• 1500 metres – 3:41.97 min (2005)