Benson Seurei

{{short description|Bahraini middle-distance runner}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|27|df=yes}}

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| sport = Track and field

| event = 1500 metres

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Doha|1500 m}}

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Benson Kiplagat Seurei (born 27 March 1984) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres.{{World Athletics}}[https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000211463/kenyans-turn-against-kenyans-level-ground-for-all-to-deliver-for-new-home-countries KENYANS TURN AGAINST KENYANS: Level ground for all to deliver for new home countries]. Kenya Standard (10 August 2016). Retrieved on 2017-02-05. He represented his country in the 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Marathon Men − Final − Results|publisher=IAAF|date=5 October 2019|accessdate=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627234043/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=27 June 2020}} He did not finish his race.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{BHR}}
2013

|Arab Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|3:40.07

rowspan=2|2014

|Asian Games

|Incheon, South Korea

|4th

|1500 m

|3:44.20

Continental Cup

|Marrakech, Morocco

|5th

|1500 m

|3:49.911

rowspan=2|2015

|World Championships

|Beijing, China

|36th (h)

|1500 m

|3:45.70

Military World Games

|Mungyeong, South Korea

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|3:44.98

rowspan=2|2016

|Asian Indoor Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|3:37.08

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|13th (sf)

|1500 m

|3:40.53

rowspan=2|2017

|Islamic Solidarity Games

|Baku, Azerbaijan

|4th

|1500 m

|3:39.99

World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|19th (sf)

|1500 m

|3:40.96

2018

|West Asian Championships

|Amman, Jordan

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|30:34.79

2019

|World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

| –

|Marathon

|DNF

1Representing Asia-Pacific

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References