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    Saïd Aouita (Arabic: سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a...
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  • 5000 metres both outdoors and indoors. Komen was the second man, after Saïd Aouita, to break the 31⁄2-minute mark for the 1500 m, the 71⁄2-minute mark for...
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  • silver medal made him the ninth man to win two medals in the event. Saïd Aouita took bronze, Morocco's first medal in the men's 800 metres. The final...
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    boxing. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, Saïd Aouita, with one gold and one bronze, Hasna Benhassi, with one silver and one...
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  • pre-final favourites, such as Morocco's Saïd Aouita. Canario set the stage for this classic showdown between Aouita, Leitão and Switzerland's Markus Ryffel...
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    set at the Bislett Games in Oslo stood for three years until broken by Saïd Aouita (though it remained a British record until 2010 and a European record...
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  • Moorcroft (GBR) 1982-07-07 Oslo, Norway 13:00.40  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 1985-07-27 Oslo, Norway 12:58.39  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 1987-07-27 Rome, Italy 12:56.96  Haile...
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    Gateshead, England 7:32.1  Henry Rono (KEN) 1978-06-27 Oslo, Norway 7:29.45  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 1989-08-20 Cologne, West Germany 7:28.96  Moses Kiptanui (KEN)...
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    Padilla (USA) Oslo 1984 7:33.3  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Brussels 1985 7:32.94  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Brussels 1986 7:32.23  Saïd Aouita (MAR) Cologne 1987 7:40.25  Dieter...
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    the 1987 World Champion, withdrew due to a tibial stress fracture. Saïd Aouita of Morocco, who had set the world record in 1985, did compete. Andorra...
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