Moulay Brahim Boutayeb ( ar, مولاي ابراهيم بوطيب; born 15 August 1967 in

Khemisset Khemisset (Amazigh language: Zemmur, ar, الخميسات) is an Amazigh town in northern Morocco with a population of 131,542 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is situated on the A2 motorway between Rabat (81 km) and Meknès (57 ...

) is a retired Moroccan

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athlete. He was the winner of the 10,000 m race at the

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Career

Boutayeb was born in

, Morocco. Although he had been considered more a 5000 m runner before 1988, he was quite unknown until the

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Olympics. The 10,000 m final at Seoul was started at a very fast pace, pushed along mostly by

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s, Kipkemboi Kimeli, and

Moses Tanui Moses Tanui (born 20 August 1965 in Sugoi Nandi District, Kenya) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. Biography At the 1993 World Championships in ...

. A small lead group reached the halfway mark at

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pace, at which point Boutayeb moved to lead. He continued the race at world record pace, but deliberately slowed after the bell to finish in a world's fourth fastest time of 27:21.46. After the

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, Boutayeb decided to concentrate again on shorter distances, running his personal bests in distances from 1500 m to 5000 m over the next couple of seasons. He placed second in the season rankings for the

1988 IAAF Grand Prix Final The 1988 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the fourth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 13 September at the Olympias ...

. He won a bronze medal in 5000 m at the 1991 World Championships held in

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. At the Barcelona Olympic Games, Boutayeb came fourth in 5000 m, only 0.75

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s behind the winner Dieter Baumann from

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. After being eliminated in his heat of the 5000 m at the 1993 World Championships in

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, Brahim Boutayeb retired from competitive athletics and preferred to concentrate on his new sporting interest as a rally driver.

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