Mohamed Issangar (born 12 December 1964) is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| World Cross Country Championships | ||
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1994 Budapest | Long race – Team |
He competed at the 1991 World Championships without reaching the final,[1] finished ninth at the 1992 Olympic Games,[2] and fourth in the 1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final.[1] He finished sixteenth at the 1994 World Cross Country Championships, and for this he won a silver medal with the Moroccan team in the team competition.[3] This was the first team medal claimed by Morocco in this event.[4]
On the regional level he won the bronze medal at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie, behind countryfellows Saïd Aouita and Khalid Skah. This was one of three all-Moroccan podiums in this event at the Jeux de la Francophonie (the other being 1994: Salah Hissou, Brahim Lahlafi, Brahim Jabbour and 2001: Mohamed Amine, Abderrahim Goumri, Mohamed Saïd El Wardi).[5] Issangar also won bronze medals at the 1988 and 1990 African Championships.[6]
His personal best times were 3.57.03 minutes in the mile run, achieved in August 1990 in Monaco;[7] 7.39.30 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in August 1993 in Köln;[8] 13.08.51 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 1990 in London;[9] and 1.02.18 hours in the half marathon, achieved in March 1992 in Aïn Sebaâ.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Mohamed Issangar at World Athletics
- ^ "Mohamed Issangar". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Budapest Kincsem Park Date: Saturday, March 26, 1994". Athchamps. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "World and World Student Cross Country Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "Francophone Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "African Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ World men's all-time best 1 mile (last updated 2001)
- ^ World men's all-time best 3000m (last updated 2001)
- ^ World men's all-time best 5000m (last updated 2001)
- ^ World men's all-time best half marathon (last updated 2001)
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