Ryuji Miura

Ryuji Miura
Ryuji Miura at the 2020 Olympics
Personal information
Born (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002
Hamada, Shimane, Japan
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
Achievements and titles
2020
3000 m SC, 7th
Personal bests3000m S'chase: 8:03.43 (Monaco, 2025) NR

Ryūji Miura (三浦龍司, Miura Ryūji, born 11 February 2002) is a Japanese long-distance runner and steeplechaser. He set a new a Japanese national record for the 3000 metres steeplechase in 2025 and represented Japan at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

A student at Juntendo University, in 2019 as a 17 year old at the Kinki Region High School Track and Field Championships broke the 30-year-old Japanese 3000m steeplechase high school record by 5 seconds to win in 8:39.49. He missed the 2020 national championship due to injury but prior to that beat Philemon Kiplagat to win the 3000m at the Hokuren Distance Challenge at Aoba Park Athletic Field, Chitose in 8:19:37, which was the world leading time, and ultimately was the 8th fastest time in the world in 2020, and the second best time ever by a Japanese runner over that distance.[2][3]

Miura won the 3000m steeplechase at the Ready Steady Go event at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo on the 9 May 2021. Miura's winning time of 8:17:46 took more than a second off the national record of 8:18.93 set by Yoshitaka Iwamizu at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. It was an Olympic qualifying mark, and well inside his 2020 personal best of 8:19.37. In running this time, he became the first man to break a national record at the new stadium in Tokyo.[4]

On 26 June 2021, Miura set a new national record of 8:15.99 at Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka. He later bested this national record at the 2020 Olympic Games with a time of 8:09.92.

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase, placing eighth in the final.[5]

In July 2025, he ran a new Japanese national record of 8:03.43 for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Herculis.[6] In September 2025, he competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, placing eighth overall.[7][8]

On 28 June 2026, he placed fifth overall in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2026 Meeting de Paris.[9] On 10 July, he placed second to Simon Koech in the 3000m steeplechase in 8:10.30 at the 2026 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco.[10]

Personal bests

Outdoor

References

  1. ↑ "Ryuji MIURA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "Miura Runs Steeplechase World Lead, Ishida Breaks 5000 m High School NR – Brett Larner – Japan Running News".
  3. ↑ "3000 Metres Steeplechase - men - senior - outdoor - 2020". www.worldathletics.org.
  4. ↑ "World champion Barshim shares high jump win with Tobe at Tokyo test event". www.insidethegames.biz. 9 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Meeting International d'Athlétisme Herculis EBS". World Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Kano, Shintaro (7 July 2025). "Japan name first athletes for World Athletics Championships; Kitaguchi Haruka eyes late August return at Diamond League Lausanne". Olympics.com. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Results - Paris Diamond League (Meeting de Paris) 2026". Watch Athletics. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Wanyonyi breaks world 1000m record with 2:11.83 in Monaco". World Athletics. 10 July 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
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