Mohammed bin Naseeb Al-Habsi (; born August 21, 1991) is an Omani swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. At age sixteen, Al-Habsi became one of the youngest swimmers to mark their official debut at the

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, competing in the men's 100 m breaststroke. Swimming against Qatar's Osama Mohammed Ye Alarag and the Cook Islands' Petero Okotai in the opening heat, Al-Habsi touched with a lifetime best of 1:12.28 to take the runner-up position by less than two seconds behind the Qatari swimmer Ye Alarag. Al-Habsi, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed sixty-second in the overall rankings.

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1991 births Living people Omani male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Oman Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from Muscat, Oman Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade {{Oman-swimming-bio-stub