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Elana Meyer
- Born
- Oct 10, 1966 (60 years old)
- Birthplace
- South Africa, South Africa
- Events
- 3000 m · 10 000 m
- Height
- 1.58 m
- Weight
- 55 kg
Elana Meyer, OIS, (born 10 October 1966) is a South African long-distance runner who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metres event. Meyer set the 15 kilometres road running African record of 46:57 minutes in November 1991 in Cape Town. The record was equalled by Ethiopia's Mestawet Tufa in 2008.
The record was beaten in 2009 by Tirunesh Dibaba, also from Ethiopia, who posted a new world record of 46:28 minutes. Meyer also held the half marathon African record (1:06:44 hours), set in January 1999 in Tokyo. The record was broken by Mary Keitany of Kenya at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by running the distance in 1:06:36 hours.
She was the gold medallist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and set world records in that event in 1991, 1997, 1998, and 1999. She also had several good placings in top level marathon races.
As of Nov 6, 2026: 3000 m 8:32.00 (#119 all-time), 10 000 m 30:52.51 (#135 all-time), 2004 season best 34:05 (Feb 29, 2004, San Juan (PUR)) · Olympic Games: 1 silver · National record (3000 m) · 60 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10Kilometr | 34:05 | – | Feb 29, 2004 | San Juan (PUR) |
| 2004 | Semi | 1:19:04 | – | Jan 18, 2004 | Cape Town (RSA) |
| 2003 | 5Kilometre | 16:18 | – | Sep 7, 2003 | Providence, RI (USA) |
| 2003 | 10Kilometr | 33:26 | – | Feb 23, 2003 | San Juan (PUR) |
| 2003 | 15Kilometr | 51:49 | – | Jul 5, 2003 | Cape Town (RSA) |
| 2003 | Semi | 1:14:28 | – | Jul 20, 2003 | Johannesburg (RSA) |
| 2002 | 10Kilometr | 32:23 | – | Feb 24, 2002 | Pinelands (RSA) |
| 2002 | 10000m | 32:36.15 | – | Jun 16, 2002 | Manchester (GBR) |