On Monday, 17 August, Kenenisa Bekele aims to become the seventh person to win at least four successive gold medals at the same individual event at the World Athletics Championships, when he participates in the 10000m. according to Infostrada Sports.
Sergey Bubka holds the record, winning the Pole Vault event in a record six successive World Athletics Championship editions.
Winning most successive gold medals per individual event at World Athletics Championships
# Name Nation Event First Last
6 Sergey Bubka UKR Pole Vault 1983 1997
4 Lars Riedel GER Discus Throw 1991 1997
4 Iván Pedroso CUB Long Jump 1995 2001
4 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 1500m 1997 2003
4 Michael Johnson USA 400m 1993 1999
4 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 10000m 1993 1999
3 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 10000m 2003 2007
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