Zakariah Barie (born 29 May 1953) is a retired

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

n long-distance runner who specialized in the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ra ...

. He won the silver medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, finished thirteenth at the

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. He also competed at the 1980 Olympic Games and the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final. He studied at the

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* 1953 births Living people Tanzanian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Tanzania Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Tanzania Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics World Athletics Championships athletes for Tanzania University of Texas at El Paso alumni UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{Tanzania-athletics-bio-stub