Abderrahmane Morceli (; born 1 January 1957) is a retired

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middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

who specialized in the

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. He is a brother of

Noureddine Morceli Noureddine Morceli (, ''Nūr ud-Dīn Mursilī''; born February 28, 1970) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. The winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Morceli won three straight gold medals at that distance at the Wor ...

. At the

1979 Mediterranean Games The 1979 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VIII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Split 1979, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Croatia, Split, SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September ...

he won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres and a silver medal in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, 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 a ...

. He also won the bronze medal at the

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, and the silver medal at the 1979 African Championships. He became Algerian champion in 1978, 1983 and 1985. He competed at the

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and

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without reaching the final, and also at the 1983 World Championships. His personal best time in the 1500 metres was 3:39.77 minutes, achieved in August 1977 in

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. He also had 1:45.7 minutes in the 800 metres, achieved in June 1978 in

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; 2:17.4 minutes in the 1000 metres, achieved in August 1978 in

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, achieved in September 1983 in

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.World men's all-time best 1 mile
(last updated 2001) Adberrahmane now coaches middle distance at Riverside City College in Riverside, CA (the same school his brother attended).

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1957 births Living people Algerian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Algeria Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 20th-century Algerian sportsmen World Athletics Championships athletes for Algeria Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games {{Algeria-athletics-bio-stub