Johan Tobias Cronje (born 13 April 1982 in Bloemfontein) is a South African track and field athlete who specializes in the 1500 metres event. With a personal best of 3:31.93 he is the current South African record holder in the 1500 metres.
Competition record Representing 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th1500 m3:46.452000Commonwealth Youth GamesEdinburgh, United Kingdom1st800 m1:51.322nd1500 m4:00.32World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile5th1500 m3:42.522001African Junior ChampionshipsRéduit, Mauritius5th800 m1:51.964th1500 m3:44.091st4 × 400 m relay3:14.14UniversiadeBeijing, China6th1500 m3:45.322nd (h)4 × 400 m relay3:07.262004African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo5th1500 m3:41.83Olympic GamesAthens, Greece21st (sf)1500 m3:44.412005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland22nd (sf)1500 m3:42.77Universiadeİzmir, Turkey4th1500 m3:52.162006African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius6th1500 m3:48.082007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria14th (h)1500 m3:46.672009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany41st (h)1500 m3:46.452010African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya9th1500 m3:40.252012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin5th1500 m3:38.272013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia3rd1500 m3:36.832014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom4th1500 m3:39.65African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco7th1500 m3:44.402015World Championships Beijing, China8th (sf)1500 m3:36.592016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa9th1500 m3:45.26
Personal bests Outdoor 800 m – 1:45.64 (Berlin 2013) 1000 m – 2:18.56 (Dubnica nad Váhom 2010) 1500 m – 3:31.93 (Rieti 2013) NR One mile – 3:50.70 (Eugene 2014) NR 3000 m – 8:02.14 (Torino 2004) 5000 m – 13:59.52 (Germiston 2009)
Indoor 1000 m – 2:18.48 (Stockholm 2008) 1500 m – 3:37.49 (Karlsruhe 2014)
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