Aïssa Djabir Saïd-Guerni ( ar, عيسى جبير سعيد قرني, born 29 March 1977 in

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) is a retired

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n athlete who predominantly competed 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 th ...

. Saïd-Guerni competed at the

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in the 800 metres, and was also the flag bearer for Algeria at both these games. He announced his retirement on 6 May 2007, following injury problems. His personal best time was 1:43.09 minutes, achieved in September 1999 in

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* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Algiers Algerian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Algeria Olympic bronze medalists for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Algeria World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games World Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century Algerian people {{Algeria-Olympic-medalist-stub