Oussama Nabil (born 18 February 1996) is a Moroccan runner who specializes 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 ...

event. In the 800 metres, he finished sixth at the 2013 World Youth Championships, won the gold medal at the

2017 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''8th Francophone Games''), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of ...

, the gold medal at the 2017 Arab Championships, finished fourth at the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

and won the bronze medal at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

. He also competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships (1500 m) without reaching the final, placed lowly at the 2015 World Cross Country Championships and was disqualified in the semi-final at the 2019 World Championships. At the

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, he competed in the men's 800 metres event. His personal best times are 1:45.42 minutes in the 800 metres, achieved at the 2019 African Games in

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; and 3:37.08 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in July 2017 in Bruay-la-Buissiere.

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* * * * 1996 births Living people Moroccan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games bronze medalists for Morocco World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Morocco 21st-century Moroccan people {{Morocco-athletics-bio-stub