Mahjoub Haïda (born 1 July 1970) is a retired
Moroccan middle distance runner
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who specialized in the
800 metres
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.
Biography
He finished fifth at the
1995 World Indoor Championships, third at the 1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final and won the silver medal at the
1997 World Indoor Championships.
He also competed at the
1992 Olympic Games,
the
1993 World Championships, the
1995 World Championships, the
1999 World Championships and the
2000 Olympic Games
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
without reaching the final.
[ On the regional level he won the bronze medal at the 1992 African Championships, the gold medal at the ]1993 Mediterranean Games
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, and the gold medal at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie.
His personal best times were 1:43.50 minutes in the 800 metres, achieved in July 1998 in Rome
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; and 2:14.69 minutes in the 1000 metres
The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions.
The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested.
All-time top 25
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, achieved in July 1995 in Nice
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. He was the world's best performer in the 1000 metres in both 1995 and 1998,[ and his 1000 metres time is also the current Moroccan record.
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Achievements
References
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1970 births
Living people
Moroccan male middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Morocco
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Morocco
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games