| Elzan Bibić | |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Karajukića Bunari, Sjenica, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality: | Serbian |
| Height: | 1.97 m[1] |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Country: | Serbia |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 1500 m – 5000 m |
| Pb: | 1500 m |
| Coach: | Rifat Zilkić |
Elzan Bibić (; born 8 January 1999) is a Serbian middle- and long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships.
Bibić was the 3000 metres 2016 European youth champion and won a bronze for the men's junior race at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships. He earned several Serbian national titles both out and indoors (1500 m and 3000 m).
Bibić won the bronze medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
Bibić initially played soccer before training as a distance runner.[3] He won the boys' 3000-meter race at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival with a time of 8:50.10.[3]
On July 7, 2017, he won a 3000-meter race at a track meet in Zenica, after which he felt knee pain. Shortly afterwards he was diagnosed with damaged ligaments in his knee, his first serious injury.[4]
On September 4, 2018, Bibić ran his then personal best of 3:37.79 (and still reigning Serbian U20 national record[5]) in the men's 1500 meters at the Hanžeković Memorial meet in Zagreb, finishing in last place among a deep international field led by first place finisher Elijah Manangoi.[6]
In the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade he finished 6th in the Heat 2 of 3000 meter race with the time of 7:52.78 and did not progress to the finals.[7]
Bibić was born in Karajukića Bunari, known as the "Siberia" of Serbia due to extremely cold temperatures which are frequently recorded there.[4] Karajukića Bunari is above 1,000 meters in altitude, as it is located on a plateau called Pešter. Bibić went to a medical trade school in his hometown, Novi Pazar.[3] His parents were athletes growing up. His father Murat played soccer and his mother Fatima played volleyball.[3]
| 2015 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Tbilisi, Georgia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:01.62 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 8:50.10 | |||
| 2016 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 8:16.72 |
| European Youth Championships | Tbilisi, Georgia | 8th | 800 m | 1:56.12 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 8:09.06 | |||
| World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11th | 1500 m | 3:51.58 | ||
| 8th | 5000 m | 13:51.40 | ||||
| 2017 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 8:06.98 |
| 2018 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 8:08.34 |
| Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | – | 1500 m | DNF | ||
| 13th | 5000 m | 14:32.05 | ||||
| World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 6th | 1500 m | 3:44.65 | ||
| 8th | 5000 m | 14:15.37 | ||||
| Balkan Championships | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 3:43.36 | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 8:15.06 | |||
| European Cross Country Championships | Tilburg, Netherlands | 3rd | U20 race | 18:11 | ||
| 2019 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 3:43.13 |
| European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 13th (h) | 1500 m | 3:47.94 | ||
| European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 3rd | 1500 m | 3:50.90 | ||
| 8th | 5000 m | 14:26.40 | ||||
| 2020 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 3:50.18 |
| 2021 | Balkan Championships | Smederevo, Serbia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 3:52.23 |
| European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 4th | 1500 m | 3:40.91 | ||
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 13th (h) | 3000 m | 7:52.78 | |
| Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 10th | 1500 m | 3:45.42 | ||
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 18th | 5000 m | 13:39.60 | ||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 3rd | 3000 m | 7:44.03 | |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 31st (h) | 1500 m | 3:37.45 | ||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 8th (h) | 1500 m | 3:39.98 | |
| European Championships | Rome, Italy | 6th | 5000 m | 13:24.54 | ||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 32nd (h) | 5000 m | 14:14.46 |