Nadjim Manseur ( ar, نجيم منصر; born June 8, 1988, in
Béjaïa
Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is ...
) is an Algerian middle distance runner, who specialized 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 ...
. In 2008, he set his personal best time of 1:44.75, by finishing fourth at the sixth meet of AF Golden League in
Rome, Italy
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Manseur represented
Algeria
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, where he competed for the
men's 800 metres, along with his compatriot
Nabil Madi
Nabil Madi (born 9 June 1981) is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.
He finished fourth at the 2006 African Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2007 World Championships without rea ...
. He finished eighth in the final round of this event by more than a second behind Madi, outside his personal best of 1:47.19.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Algerian male middle-distance runners
Living people
Olympic athletes for Algeria
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Béjaïa
1988 births
21st-century Algerian people
20th-century Algerian people
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