Mohamed Ali Gouaned (محمد علي قواند) (5 July 2002,

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) is an Algerian

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specializing in the

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and

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. He holds the Junior World best in 600 meters with a time of 1:14:79 set in Algiers on 26 March 2021 breaking the record held by

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since 1 September 1999 with a time of 1:14:94. Gouaned won a silver medal in the 800m Youth race at the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics held in

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) behind Abdo Razack Hassan from Djibouti setting in the process an Algerian Youth record in 800m with a time of 1:47:88. Gouaned also won a silver medal in the 800m at the

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held in

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) behind Tasew Yada of

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. Gouaned also holds the Algerian Youth record in 400m with 46:76 established in Ninove meeting Belgium in 2019. He also set a national junior record (NJR) in 800m race with a time of 1:46:35 in Batna Meeting (Algeria) after finishing second to

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. Later in May 2021, Gouaned won 800m race B at the

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meeting improving the NJR to 1:45.47 Gouaned won a gold medal at the

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held in

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) in the 800 m race with a time 1:46.67 ahead of Moroccan

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, and won a silver medal in the 400 m race at the same championships setting in the process a personal best of 46.72 sec behind

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from Iraq. On 29 June 2021, he ran another personal best on the 400 m with a time of 46.21 at the SATO stadium (Algiers). On August 22, 2021, Gouaned finished second at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in

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second after Emmanuel Wanyonyi setting another Algerian junior record in 800 with a time of 1:44.45. The three medalists Wanyonyi, Gouaned, and Kibet all achieved faster times in the final than the Olympic champion

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earlier in Tokyo.

Personal bests

Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 21.64 (

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, 13 July 2019) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 46.21 (

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

, 29 June 2021) *

600 metres The 600 metres is a rarely run middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It is most often run at high school indoor track and field competitions. All-time top 25 *i = indoor performance *A = affected by altitude *h = ha ...

– 1:14.79 (

, 26 March 2021) *

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 ...

– 1:44.43 (NJR) (

, 19 June 2022) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:20.24 (

, 27 March 2021)

References

2002 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Algerian male middle-distance runners 21st-century Algerian people Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Algeria Algerian male sprinters {{Algeria-athletics-bio-stub