Mehdi Hamama ( ar, مهدي حمامة; born May 7, 1985) is an Algerian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, placing himself among the top 50 swimmers in the men's 200 m individual medley. Hamama competed for

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in the men's 200 m individual medley at the

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. Two months before the Games, he eclipsed a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:05.54 at the Mare Nostrum Barcelona Meet in

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. Rallying from fifth on the breaststroke leg in heat one, Hamama put up a tremendous effort to improve his lifetime best and smash a sub-2:05 barrier for the fourth spot in 2:04.91. Hamama failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-first overall in the prelims.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1985 births Living people Algerian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Algeria Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Male medley swimmers Sportspeople from Algiers 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-swimming-bio-stub