Abderrahmane Morceli ( ar, عبد الرحمان مرسلي; born 1 January 1957) is a retired
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middle-distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...
who specialized in the
1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
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He is a brother of
Noureddine Morceli
Noureddine Morceli ( ar, نور الدين مرسلي, ''Nūr ud-Dīn Mursilī''; born February 28, 1970) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. He was the winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won three straight gold me ...
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At the
1979 Mediterranean Games
The 1979 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VIII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Split 1979, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes (2,00 ...
he won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres and a silver medal in the
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
. He also won the bronze medal at the
1977 Summer Universiade
The 1977 Summer Universiade, also known as the IX Summer Universiade or World University Games, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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, and the silver medal at the
1979 African Championships. He became Algerian champion in 1978, 1983 and 1985. He competed at the
1980
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and
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
without reaching the final,
[ and also at the 1983 World Championships.
His personal best time in the 1500 metres was 3:39.77 minutes, achieved in August 1977 in ]Tunis
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. He also had 1:45.7 minutes in the 800 metres, achieved in June 1978 in Ostrava
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; 2:17.4 minutes in the 1000 metres, achieved in August 1978 in Nice
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; and 3:54.63 minutes in the mile run
The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race.
The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...
, achieved in September 1983 in Rome
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.World men's all-time best 1 mile
(last updated 2001) Adberrahmane now coaches middle distance at Riverside City College in Riverside, CA (the same school his brother attended).
Achievements
References
1957 births
Living people
Algerian male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Algeria
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Universiade bronze medalists for Algeria
Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade
21st-century Algerian people
20th-century Algerian people
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