Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria (born Abdelhaq El Gourch on 20 July 1974) is a retired Moroccan-

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runner. He switched nationality from his birth country of

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Personal bests

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

- 7:40.16 min (1998) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

- 13:18.19 min (2003) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

- 28:07.9 min (1999) * Half marathon - 1:01:24 hrs (2006) *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

- 2:11:49 hrs (2006)

References

* 1974 births Living people Bahraini male long-distance runners Moroccan male long-distance runners Moroccan male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain Asian Games bronze medalists for Bahrain Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Bahrain-athletics-bio-stub