Djamel Sedjati

Djamel Sedjati
Sedjati during the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name
جمال سجاتي
NationalityAlgerian
Born (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999[1]
Tiaret, Algeria[1]
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
CountryAlgeria
SportAthletics
Events
600 meters
800 meters
1000 meters
Clubباشگاه فوتبال منچستر یونایتد
Coached byAmar Benida
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 600 m: 1:14.36 NR (Sasolburg 2023)
  • 800 m: 1:41.46 NR (Monaco 2024)
  • 1000 m: 2:13.97 (Potchefstroom 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Algeria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris800 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Eugene800 m
Silver medal – second place2025 Tokyo800 m
Diamond League
Second place2024800 m
Third place2023800 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first placeOran 2022800 m

Djamel Sedjati (also written Sejati, Arabic: جمال سجاتي, born 3 May 1999, in Tiaret) is an Algerian middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 meters. He is the fifth fastest man in history at the distance, behind Marco Arop, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Wilson Kipketer and world record holder David Rudisha.[2][3] Sedjati won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 800 metres event.

Career

2021: Early career

Previously unknown in Algeria, Sedjati came to prominence after achieving notable performances in several Algerian national meetings. On 26 March, at the Algerian Winter Championships in Algiers, he finished second to Mohamed Ali Gouaned in the 600 meters with a time of 1:17:40.[4] For 800 meters, he also ran 1:45.99 in a Batna meeting on 12 April, defeating Mohamed Ali Gouaned. The following month, Sedjati finished second behind Mohamed Belbachir in an Algiers meeting on 7 May, clocking a new personal best of 1:45.86.

Sedjati later ran in some French meetings, where he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 800 meters after running a personal best of 1:44.91 in Strasbourg, France, on 16 June.[5] He also ran as a pacemaker in subsequent meetings, helping compatriot Yassine Hethat qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the same event.[6]

Upon arriving in Tokyo to compete in the Olympic 800 meters, Sedjati and his compatriot Bilal Tabti both tested positive for COVID-19 on 24 July and were put into quarantine, forcing them to miss their Olympic event.[7]

2022–2023

At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Sedjati finished second in the 800m final, clocking 1:44.14 to win the silver medal.[8]

At the 2023 World Athletics Championshops, Sedjati made it into the 800m final, but was disqualified due to a lane violation.[9]

2024: Paris Olympics, breaking 1:42

On 7 July, Sedjati won the 800m at the Meeting de Paris, running 1:41.56 to become, at the time, the third fastest man at the distance, behind Wilson Kipketer who ran 1:41.11 in 1997, and David Rudisha, the current world record holder, who ran 1:40.91 at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[10][11] Sedjati set in the process a new Algerian national record, replacing the previous record by Taoufik Makhloufi since the 2016 Summer Olympics by more than a second.

Five days later, at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco, he won the 800 metres in a time of 1:41.46, thereby improving on his personal best from five days prior by a tenth of a second.[12]

Sedjati qualified for the 800 meter final, on 10 August at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, after missing the event in the previous Olympic cycle due to sickness. He reached the final after winning his race in both the heats and semi-final with times of 1:45:84 and 1:45.08, respectively.[13] Sedjati had remained undefeated in the 2024 season until the Olympic final, where he finished third winning a bronze medal with a time of 1:41.50, behind silver medalist Marco Arop, who finished in 1:41.20, and gold medalist Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who finished one hundredth of a second ahead of Arop in a time of 1:41.19.[14] This shifted Sedjati from the third fastest to the fifth fastest man at 800m.[11]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SEDJATI Djamel". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Djamel Sejati at WorldAthletics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "800 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 13 April 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Algeria winter championships". africathle.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Sejati qualifies for the 2020 Summer Olympics". world-track.org. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "L'Algérien Yassine Hethat qualifié sur 800 mètres" [Algerian Yassine Hethat qualifies in the 800 meters]. lesoirdalgerie.com (in French). 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "JO 2020 - Athlétisme : Djamel Sedjati et Bilal Tabti testés positifs à la Covid-19" [Algerian Yassine Hethat qualifies for the 800 meters. 2020 Olympics – Athletics: Djamel Sedjati and Bilal Tabti test positive for COVID-19]. radioalgerie.dz (in French). Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kenya's Emmanuel Korir adds world 800m title to Olympic crown". news9live.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "800 Metres Result | World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "2024 Paris Diamond League Results - Meeting De Paris Results". LetsRun.com. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  11. 1 2 "800 Metres - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 13 April 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Programme 2024". monaco.diamondleague.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "800 m semi-finals at 2024 Olympics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "800 m final at 2024 Olympics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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