Mark Mutai

{{short description|Kenyan sprinter}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{KEN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Delhi | 400 m }}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Delhi | 4x400 m relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | All-Africa Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Maputo | 4x400 m }}

{{MedalBronze | 2011 Maputo | 400 m }}

{{MedalCompetition | African Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Nairobi | 4x400 m relay }}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Porto Novo| 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Marrakech| 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition | Continental Cup }}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Split | 4x400 m relay }}

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Mark Kiprotich Mutai (born 23 March 1978), also spelled Muttai, is a runner from Kenya, who specializes in 400 metres. He is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist.

He competed at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, Germany, but did not advance from the heats.

In 2010 he was part of the Kenyan 4x400 metres relay team that won gold at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics. In the individual event he was fourth, despite recording the same time as bronze medallist Gary Kikaya of DR Congo.dbresults.net: [http://www.dbresults.net/sitof/risultati/at/2010/Nairobi2807201001/at/asm/005/004/cgcgr3atasm005v004001.html 2010 African Championships in Athletics – 400 m Men – Final] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723085316/http://www.dbresults.net/sitof/risultati/at/2010/Nairobi2807201001/at/asm/005/004/cgcgr3atasm005v004001.html |date=2011-07-23 }}

Mutai was part of the African 4x400 metres relay team that finished third at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup.

He won 400 metres gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

He is affiliated to Kenyan Armed Forces.IAAF, 29 June 2009: [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=51373.html 10,000m dominated by Police squad – Kenyan Champs, Day 3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119004836/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D51373.html |date=2010-11-19 }}

Competition record

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colspan="6" | Representing {{KEN}}
2009

| World Championships

| Berlin, Germany

| 43rd (h)

| 400 m

| 47.04

rowspan=5 | 2010

| rowspan=2 | African Championships

| rowspan=2 | Nairobi, Kenya

| 4th

| 400 m

| 45.28

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:02.96

Continental Cup

| Split, Croatia

| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:02.62 Representing Africa

rowspan=2 | Commonwealth Games

| rowspan=2 | New Delhi, India

| bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| 400 m

| 45.44

bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:03.84

rowspan=3 | 2011

| World Championships

| Daegu, South Korea

| 6th

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:01.15

rowspan=2 | All-Africa Games

| rowspan=2 | Maputo, Mozambique

| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

| 400 m

| 46.52

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:03.10

rowspan=2 | 2012

| rowspan=2 | African Championships

| rowspan=2 | Porto Novo, Benin

| 15th (sf)

| 400 m

| 47.35

bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:04.12

rowspan=5 | 2014

| IAAF World Relays

| Nassau, Bahamas

| 15th (h)

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:04.69

rowspan=2 | Commonwealth Games

| rowspan=2 | Glasgow, United Kingdom

| 31st (h)

| 400 m

| 47.60

| 4 × 400 m relay

| DQ

rowspan=2 | African Championships

| rowspan=2 | Marrakech, Morocco

| 9th (sf)

| 400 m

| 46.77

bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

| 4 × 400 m relay

| 3:07.35

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