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Nabil Nahri

Nabil Nahri
Personal information
NationalitySyrian
Born (1958-06-10) 10 June 1958 (age 66)
Damascus, United Arab Republic
Sport
Country Syria
SportAthletics
Event(s)60 m, 100 m, 200 m
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Syria
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Baghdad 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 Baghdad 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 Baghdad 4×100 relay

Nabil Nahri (Arabic: نبيل نهري; born 10 June 1958) is a former athlete and best Syrian sprinter of all time. He competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

In the qualifying 100 m run, he took fifth place in his race (10.67 s), but did not advance to the further part of the competition (34th out of 65 sprinters).[2] It was similar in the 200 m race, Nahri achieved fifth result in the heat (22.14 s) and did not qualify for the next round (40th out of 57 runners).[3]

Two-time individual medalist at the 1979 Arab Athletics Championships, won gold in the 100 m and two silver in the 200 m and 4×100 m.[4][5] Participated at the 1985 World Indoor Championships but was eliminated in the 60 and 200 metres heats.[6]

Personal bests

Outdoor
  • 100 m – 10.4 wind (Baghdad 1980)
  • 100 m – 10.67 NR (Moscow 1980)[7]
  • 200 m – 21.45 NR (Baghdad 1979)
Indoor
  • 60 m indoor – 7.07 (Paris 1985)
  • 200 m indoor – 23.47 (Paris 1985)[8]
  • 400m – 48.8 (Damascus 1978)

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Syria
1979 Mediterranean Games Split, Yugoslavia 11th 100 m 10.82
6th 200 m 21.52
Arab Championships Baghdad, Iraq 1st 100 m 10.97
2nd 200 m 21.45
2nd 4×100 m relay 41.90
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 34th (q) 100 m 10.67
40th (q) 200 m 22.14
1982 Asian Games New Delhi, India 18th (q) 100 m 10.96
1985 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 27th (q) 60 m 7.07
20th (q) 200 m 23.47

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nabil Nahri Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Round One". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Round One". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Al Batal Al Arabi (N°:2)" (PDF) (in Arabic). arabathletics.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  5. ^ "PAN ARAB CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  6. ^ 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games Heats results (archived)
  7. ^ "IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, STATISTICS HANDBOOK, MOSCOW 2013" (PDF). worldathletics.org. pp. 559–561. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  8. ^ "NABIL NAHRI". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 25 September 2017.