Davis Kamoga (born July 17, 1968) is a

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competing in

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. He won the bronze medal at the

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. In 1997 he won the first Ugandan medal at the World Championships, a silver medal in the 1997 World Championships in

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in a personal best time of 44.37 seconds. This is the national record, and ranks him fourth in Africa, behind

Innocent Egbunike Innocent Ejima Egbunike (born 30 November 1961) is a former sprinter from Nigeria. He studied at Azusa Pacific University, where he still holds the school record at 400 metres and the automatically timed NAIA meet record at 200 metres. M ...

Samson Kitur Samson Kitur (February 25, 1966 — April 25, 2003) was a Kenyan athlete, and an Olympic medalist in 1992. Biography Unlike most of his compatriots, who run in distances 800 metres and up, Kitur specialised in the 400 metres. He won t ...

and

Charles Gitonga Charles Gitonga (born 5 October 1971) is a retired athlete from Kenya who specialized in the 400 metres. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria. His personal best time was 44.20 seconds, achieved ...

.Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)
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* * 1968 births Living people Ugandan male sprinters Olympic athletes of Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Uganda World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Ugandan people 21st-century Ugandan people {{Africa-Olympic-medalist-stub