Oscar Chelimo (born 12 December 2001) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal for the 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
His older brother, Jacob Kiplimo is also an elite long-distance runner.
Career In 2018, Oscar Chelimo finished in seventh place in the men's 5000 metres event at the World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland. He also competed in the boys' 3000 metres at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina and won the bronze medal.
He represented Uganda at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, running in the men's 5000 m event to finish in fifth place. That same year, he also competed in the men's 5000 m event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar, though he did not qualify to compete in the final.
In 2020, he won the men's 5 kilometres road race at the BOclassic held in Bolzano, Italy.
On 12 May 2021, Chelimo raced the 5000 m in Bergamo, Italy, finishing third in 13:06.79, an Olympic qualifying time. Next he raced at the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike in the 3000 m, where he placed third in 7:43.00. He finished 16th in the 5000 m at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August.
Chelimo won the bronze medal for the 5000 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon in July, and took his second victory at the BOclassic on the New Year's Eve that year (10 km).
In April 2023 Chelimo signed a contract with On Running.
Achievements International competitions 2017World U18 ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya5th3000 m8:17.572018World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland7th5000 m14:00.68African Youth GamesAlgiers, Algeria2nd3000 m8:00.72Youth Olympic GamesBuenos Aires, Argentina3rd3000 m4 pts2019World Cross Country ChampionshipsAarhus, Denmark3rdU20 race23:552ndU20 team32 ptsAfrican U20 ChampionshipsAbidjan, Ivory Coast6th5000 m13:54.88African GamesRabat, Morocco5th5000 m13:32.96World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar28th (h)5000 m13:42.942021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan16th5000 m13:44.452022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States3rd5000 m13:10.202023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5th (h)5000 m13:33.4012024Olympic GamesParis, France20th5000 m13:31.562025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan18th10,000 m29:26.662026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom12th10,000 m28:10.49 1Did not finish in the final
Personal bests 1500 metres – 3:47.48 (Milan 2019) 3000 metres – 7:33.93 (Budapest 2025) 5000 metres – 13:00.42 (Brussels 2022) Road 5 kilometres – 13:17 (Bolzano 2020) 10 kilometres – 28:06 (Arezzo 2021)
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