Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, qualification heat 4

Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (born 10 June 1986 in

Damietta Damietta ( arz, دمياط ' ; cop, ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ, Tamiati) is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt, a former bishopric and present multiple Catholic titular see. It is located at the Damietta branch, an easter ...

) is an Egyptian sprinter who specializes in

100 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

. His personal best times are 10.13 and 20.36 seconds in the 100 and 200 metres. He ranked sixth in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

at the 2006 African Championships. In the 200 metres he won the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, ...

, and competed at the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final round. He also competed in 60 metres at the World Indoor Championships in

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and

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. Seoud represented Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the

and placed fifth in his first round heat in a time of 20.75 seconds. His record was among the ten best losing times, which granted him a slot in the second round. He improved his time in the second round to 20.55 seconds, placing sixth. This performance was not enough to compete at the semi finals. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed in both the 100 and 200 metres, but did not qualify from the heats.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seoud, Amr Ibrahim Mostafa 1986 births Living people People from Damietta Egyptian male sprinters Olympic athletes of Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Egypt Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Universiade medalists for Egypt Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century Egyptian people