- Charles Asati
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Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for 
KenyaOlympic Games Gold 1972 Munich 4x400 m Relay Silver 1968 Mexico City 4x400 m Relay All-Africa Games Gold 1973 Lagos 400 m Charles Asati (born March 3, 1946) is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Charles Asati reached to the quarterfinal of 200 m and was a member of Kenyan 4x400 m relay team, which won the surprise silver medal, with a time of 2:59.6.
At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, Asati won a gold medal in 400 m and 4x400 m relay and was third in 200 m. He also won the 400 m and 4x400 m relay gold medals in 1973 All-African Games.
At the Munich Olympics, Asati was fourth in 400 m and won the gold medal as a member of the Kenyan 4x400 m relay team.
Asati won 400 metres gold medal at the 1973 All-Africa Games
Asati ended his running career in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, where he won again both golds in 400 m and 4x400 m relay
References
- IAAF profile for Charles Asati
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×400 m relay - 1908: United States (Hamilton, Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard)
- 1912: United States (Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath)
- 1920: Great Britain (Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davies, Butler)
- 1924: United States (Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson)
- 1928: United States (Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti)
- 1932: United States (Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr)
- 1936: Great Britain (Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown)
- 1948: United States (Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield)
- 1952: Jamaica (Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden)
- 1956: United States (Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney)
- 1960: United States (Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis)
- 1964: United States (Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr)
- 1968: United States (Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans)
- 1972: Kenya (Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang)
- 1976: United States (Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks)
- 1980: Soviet Union (Valiulis, Linge, Chernetsky, Markin)
- 1984: United States (Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay)
- 1988: United States (Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon)
- 1992: United States (Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins)
- 1996: United States (Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser)
- 2000: Vacant
- 2004: United States (Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie)
- 2008: United States (Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon)
Commonwealth Champions in Men's 400 m 1930 – 1966: 440 yards • 1970 – present: 400 metres 1930: Alex Wilson (CAN) • 1934: Godfrey Rampling (ENG) • 1938: Bill Roberts (ENG) • 1950: Edwin Carr (AUS) • 1954: Kevan Gosper (AUS) • 1958: Milkha Singh (IND) • 1962: George Kerr (JAM) • 1966: Wendell Mottley (TRI) • 1970: Charles Asati (KEN) • 1974: Charles Asati (KEN) • 1978: Rick Mitchell (AUS) • 1982: Bert Cameron (JAM) • 1986: Roger Black (ENG) • 1990: Darren Clark (AUS) • 1994: Charles Gitonga (KEN) • 1998: Iwan Thomas (WAL) • 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM) • 2006: John Steffensen (AUS) • 2010: Mark Mutai (KEN)
1965: Wilson Kiprugut (KEN) • 1973: Charles Asati (KEN) • 1978: Hassan El Kachief (SUD) • 1987: Innocent Egbunike (NGR) • 1991: Samson Kitur (KEN) • 1995: Samson Kitur (KEN) • 1999: Kennedy Ochieng (KEN) • 2003: Ezra Sambu (KEN) • 2007: California Molefe (BOT) • 2011: Rabah Yousif (SUD)
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