Mike Okot

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Michael “Mike” Okot (born 25 December 1958) is a retired Ugandan sprinter who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres.

Okot finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics, together with teammates John Goville, Moses Kyeswa and Peter Rwamuhanda, in a national record time of 3:02.09 minutes.[http://gbrathletics.com/cm99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)]

On the individual level he participated in 400 m at the 1984 Olympics and 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.[http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/fuloly.html Full Olympians] He won a bronze medal in the 400 m at the 1982 African Championships, and reached the quarterfinals at the 1983 World Championships.[http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_400m.html Helsinki 1983 Athletics World Championships] Based in Sweden, he won the Swedish indoor championships in 1988.[http://www.gbrolympics.com/nc/swei.htm Swedish Indoor Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928050908/http://www.gbrolympics.com/nc/swei.htm |date=2007-09-28 }}