Supriyati Sutono
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Indonesia
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| Asian Games | ||
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1998 Bangkok | 5000 m |
| Asian Championships | ||
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2000 Jakarta | 10,000 m |
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2000 Jakarta | 5000 m |
Supriyati Sutono (also known as Supriati Sutono; born 24 June 1972) is an Indonesian former track and field athlete who competed in long-distance running track events. She set a number of Indonesian national records and remains the 3000 metres record holder (the others being beaten by Triyaningsih). She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She became Indonesia's first female athletics gold medallist at the 1998 Asian Games, winning the 5000 m, and was her country's first ever winner Asian Athletics Championships in 2000, taking the 10,000 m gold. She was also successful at the Southeast Asian Games, earning three individual medals in 1997, a career total of eight golds, and having four straight wins in the 5000 m from 1997 to 2003.
Born in Indonesia's Cilacap Regency, Sutono came to prominence at regional level at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, when she won an unprecedented three gold medals in the 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She won each event with a games record time. Her 1500 m run of 4:21.50 minutes proved to be a lifetime best. The 5000 m made its debut on the 1998 Asian Games programme, replacing the 3000 m, and Sutono won the inaugural race with a time of 15:54.45 minutes. She defeated a high-profile field including Olympic fourth-placer Michiko Shimizu and double Asian medallist Sunita Rani. This achievement made her Indonesia's first ever female gold medallist in the athletics competition, and only the country's second winner after Mohammed Sarengat's 1962 men's sprint/hurdles double. She also entered the 10,000 m a finished fifth. She set lifetime bests over both distances, timing 15:54.45 minutes and 32:52.45 minutes, respectively.
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