Omer Khalifa

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Omer Khalifa in 1986

Personal information

Born

12 December 1937

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

64 kg (141 lb)

Sport

Middle-distance running

Medal record

Competitor for Sudan
African Championships
Silver	1979 Dakar	800 m
Bronze	1984 Rabat	800 m
Silver	1984 Rabat	1500 m

Omer Khalifa (born 18 December 1956) is a former Sudanese middle distance runner who set a national record of 3:33.28 minutes over 1500 metres in Grossetto in 1986. Prior to this, he won silver medals in the 800 m and 1500 m races at the Olympic Boycott Games in 1980. Khalifa won the 1500 m race at the World Cup 1985 in Canberra. He finished fifth in the 1500 m final at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome and eighth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in the same event. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing 12th.^[1]

References

↑ Omer Khalifa. sports-reference.com

External links

Omer Khalifa profile at IAAF

v t e IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's 1500 m

1977: Steve Ovett (GBR) 1979: Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 1981: Steve Ovett (GBR) 1985: Omer Khalifa (SUD) 1989: Abdi Bile (SOM) 1992: Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) 1994: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 1998: Laban Rotich (KEN) 2002: Bernard Lagat (KEN) 2006: Alex Kipchirchir (KEN) 2010: Amine Laâlou (MAR)

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Name	Khalifa, Omer
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Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	18 December 1956
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