Salah Hissou
Moroccan long-distance runner
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Men’s athletics | ||
Representing Morocco | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | 10,000 m | |
World Championships | ||
1999 Sevilla | 5000 m | |
1997 Athens | 10,000 m |
Salaheddine Hissou (Arabic: صلاح حيسو) (born January 16, 1972) is a long-distance runner from Morocco, who won the gold medal over 5000 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville. With 26:38.08 he also set a world record over 10,000 metres in Brussels in 1996 and won a bronze medal over 10,000 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]
Hissou was born in Ait Taghia, Kasba Tadla.
External links
- Salah Hissou at World Athletics
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Preceded by Haile Gebrselassie | Men's 10,000 m World Record Holder August 23, 1996 – August 4, 1997 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by | Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance 2002 | Succeeded by |
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World champions in men's 5000 metres
- 1983: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)
- 1987: Saïd Aouita (MAR)
- 1991: Yobes Ondieki (KEN)
- 1993: Ismael Kirui (KEN)
- 1995: Ismael Kirui (KEN)
- 1997: Daniel Komen (KEN)
- 1999: Salah Hissou (MAR)
- 2001: Richard Limo (KEN)
- 2003: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
- 2005: Benjamin Limo (KEN)
- 2007: Bernard Lagat (USA)
- 2009: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
- 2011: Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2013: Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2015: Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2017: Muktar Edris (ETH)
- 2019: Muktar Edris (ETH)
- 2022: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2023: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
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