Rachid El Basir
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| silver | 1996 Barcelona | 1500 meter run |
Rachid El Basir Arabic رشيد البصير; (Born October 4, 1968 ) is a former Moroccan athlete whose special route was the 1,500 meter run .
At the World Athletics Championships in 1991 he reached the semi-finals.
He celebrated his greatest success the following year when he unexpectedly won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona , when he had to admit defeat only to local Fermín Cacho (3: 40.12 min) in 3: 40.62 minutes . The race was delayed in the first few laps, so that it came to a pure sprint final.
He also reached the finals at the next two World Championships: in 1993 in Stuttgart he was seventh, in 1995 he was fourth in Gothenburg .
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he was eliminated from the preliminary stages.
Rachid El Basir is 1.80 m tall and weighed 61 kg at competition times.
Personal bests
- 1500 m: 3: 33.82 min, 7 July 1995, London
- Hall: 3: 42.99 min, March 12, 1993, Toronto
- 1 mile : 3: 55.25 min, July 10, 1993, Oslo
- 2000 m : July 3, 1995, Paris
Web links
- Rachid El Basir in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Rachid El Basir in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | El Basir, Rachid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1968 |