Nabil Nahri

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]

Nabil Nahri
Personal information
NationalitySyrian
Born (1958-06-10) 10 June 1958
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 place1979 Baghdad100 m
Silver medal – second place1979 Baghdad200 m
Silver medal – second place1979 Baghdad4×100 relay

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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.
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