Yassine Hethat (born 30 July 1991) is an Algerian middle-distance runner. He competed in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. He qualified to the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro. He reached the semi-finals in the 800m with a personal best of 1:44.81 without being able to make it to the final alongside the other Algerian

Taoufik Makhloufi Taoufik Makhloufi ( ar, توفيق مخلوفي; born 29 April 1988) is an Algerian athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He became the 1500 metres Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. In 2016, Makhloufi ...

. In 2021, he qualified again for the

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after running a new personal best of 1:44.25 in Castellón (Spain) on 29 June 2021.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

–1:44.06 (Strasbourg 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 ...

– 2:16.59 (Székesfehérvár 2018) *

– 3:35.68 (Oordegem-Lede 2014) Indoor *

– 1:46.83 (Algiers, 1 February 2022)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hethat, Yassine 1991 births Living people Algerian male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games African Games competitors for Algeria Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Algerian people Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics