Flavien Szot (born 6 September 2001) is a French middle-distance and cross country runner.
Biography From Castres, his running clubs have included Bordeaux Athle, and Racing Multi Athlon. The French U23 Cross Country champion in Carhaix in 2023, and that year won a silver medal with the French U23 men's team at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels.
Competing in Dresden, Germany, in the World Athletics Continental Tour on 1 June 2025, Szot ran a personal best time for the 1500 metres of 3:33.72. Later that month, Szot ran a new personal best 3:30.74 as he competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 Meeting de Paris. He ran 3:54.74 in the invitational mile the following month at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July. That month, Szot set a meeting record of 7:41.63 for the 3000 metres at the Meeting International de Marseille. In Oslo, in August, Szot was runner-up to Canadian Max Davies in 3:34.52 for the 1500 metres at the Sankthanshaugen 5,000 meeting. He placed fifth in the 1500 metres at the 2025 French Championships, running 3:34.29 in Talence.
In January 2026, he won in the mile at the Dr. Sander Invitational in New York. The following month, he was runner-up to Azeddine Habz over 3000 metres at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere.
In May 2026, he ran a season’s best 3:32.24 for the 1500 metres at the 2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2026 Diamond League. On 7 June, he had a top-ten finish in the 1500 m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm. Competing in the mile run at the World Athletics Road Running Championships on 19 September 2026, Szot set a national record of 3:53.44 to finish in fifth place overall.
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