Mehdi Hamama
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Algeria |
| Born | 7 May 1985 |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
Mehdi Hamama (Arabic: مهدي حمامة; born May 7, 1985) is an Algerian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] Hamama qualified for the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:05.54 from the Mare Nostrum Barcelona Meet in Spain.[2][3] He challenged six other swimmers on the first heat, including two-time Olympians Omar Pinzón of Colombia and Andrejs Dūda of Latvia. Hamama cruised to fourth place by less than 0.27 of a second behind Duda in his lifetime best of 2:04.91. Hamama failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-first overall in the preliminaries.[4]
References
- ↑ "Mehdi Hamama". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 40. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Mare Nostrum Barcelona". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 December 2012.