Hicham El Guerrouj is a Moroccan former middle distance runner, born in 1974, who holds the current world record in the 1500 metres and previously held world records in the mile and 2000 metres. At the 2004 Athens Olympics he became the first man since Paavo Nurmi in 1924 to win gold medals in both the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games, having also won 1500 metre silver at the 2000 Sydney Games. He won four consecutive world championship titles in the 1500 metres, in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003, recorded six of the ten fastest 1500 metre performances in history, and was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Career HighlightFirst man since Paavo Nurmi to win gold in both the 1500 m and 5000 m at the same Olympic Games, 2004 1 Classification
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What happened to Hicham El Guerrouj at his first Olympic Games in 1996?
He fell with 400 metres to go in the 1996 Olympic 1500 metre final and finished twelfth.
At Atlanta in 1996 he was favoured to challenge the world champion Noureddine Morceli of Algeria and was primed for a world record attempt. In the 1500 metre final, however, he fell with 400 metres to go and finished twelfth. A month later he became the first runner to defeat Morceli over 1500 metres in four years.
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Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵍⴳⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner who is the current world record holder in the 1500 metres.
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Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵍⴳⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner
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Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵍⴳⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner
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Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵍⴳⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he became the first man since Paavo Nurmi to win gold medals in both the 1500 m and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games.
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Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵍⴳⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner who is the current world record holder in the 1500 metres.
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Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الݣروج; Berber languages: ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⵍⴳⵔⵔⵓⵊ, romanized: Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner who is the current world record holder in the 1500 metres.
Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he became the first man since Paavo Nurmi to win gold medals in both the 1500 m and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games.
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