Abdullah Kanbar Sabt Ghulam (; born 2 January 1975) is an Emirati
hurdler
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1992 Summer Olympics
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.
Career
At the
1992 Summer Olympics
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, Ghulam was seeded in the first heat of the
400 metres hurdles
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On a ...
. He ran 56.20 seconds to place 7th, failing to advance.
Ghulam set his 400 m hurdles
personal best A personal record, or a personal best (abbreviated to PB), is an individual's best performance in a given sporting discipline. It is most commonly found in athletic sports, such as track and field, other forms of running, swimming and weightlifting ...
at a July 1997 meeting in
Beirut
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, Lebanon, running 51.22 seconds to win the event. Later that year at the Athens
1997 World Championships in Athletics
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Muscat, Oman
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. Entered in the 400 m hurdles, Ghulam ran 51.41 seconds for the silver medal behind
Mubarak Al-Nubi
Mubarak Sultan Faraj Al-Nubi (; born 30 December 1977) is a retired Qatari athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the brother of Olympic long jumper Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi.the 400 m hurdles at the
1998 Asian Games
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. In his semi-final heat, he ran 50.92 seconds to set a new personal best and qualify for the finals. He ran the final in 51.51 seconds, originally crossing the line in 7th.
On 20 December 1998, it was announced that Ghulam had tested positive for
ephedrine
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, a banned substance. He was later disqualified from the Asian Games for doping, nullifying both of his times.
At age 29, Ghulam won the 2004 Emirati Athletics Championships title in the 400 m hurdles in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...