Omer Khalifa (born 18 December 1956) is a
Sudan
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ese retired middle distance runner who set a national record of 3:33.28 minutes over
1500 meters in
Grosseto
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of 1986. Prior to this, he won silver medals in the 800 m and 1500 m races at the
Olympic Boycott Games in 1980. Khalifa won the 1500 m race at the World Cup 1985 in Canberra. He finished fifth in the 1500 m final at the
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.
Men's results
Track
1983 , 1987 ...
in Rome and eighth in the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in the same event. He also competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
, finishing 12th.
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Running career
Khalifa ran at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, both in the 800 meters and over 1500 meters, but different from each in the flow. In 1984 he reached at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles the finals over 1500 meters and finished second in 3:37.11 minutes eighth place, about 800 meters he missed his fifth semifinal in 1:44.87 minutes only just the final. In 1985 Khalifa won the 1500 meter race at the World Cup in Canberra. His best finish at a world championship took place at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, when he was in fifth over 1500 meters in a track separation. At the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
Khalifa reached the 1500 meters the finals again. In the course of the race he led a long time in the top, but fell in the final sprint to twelfth and last place.
Khalifa studied at Loughborough University during the same time when Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medal ...
and David Moorcroft
David Robert Moorcroft (born 10 April 1953) is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as ...
studied. During his career in competitive running he was 1.77 meters tall and weighed 64 kilograms.
In popular culture
Khalifa is the protagonist of the 1988 video game '' The Race Against Time''.
See also
* Sudan at the 1988 Summer Olympics
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
Sudanese male middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Sudan
World Athletics Championships athletes for Sudan