Moulay Brahim Boutayeb (; born 15 August 1967) 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

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, 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

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. 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. 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

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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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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boutayeb, Brahim 1967 births Living people People from Khemisset Sportspeople from Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Moroccan male long-distance runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Morocco Olympic gold medalists for Morocco Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco World Athletics Championships medalists African Championships in Athletics winners Japan Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Moroccan sportsmen 21st-century Moroccan people Arab Athletics Championships winners