Muhammad Ahmed (swimmer)

Muhammad Ahmed
Personal information
Full name	Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed
National team	Iraq
Born	25 October 1976 (age 48); Baghdad, Iraq
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle

Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed (Arabic: محمد عبد الإله أحمد; born October 25, 1976, in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] Ahmed competed for Iraq in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 25.50.^[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including teenagers Khalid Al-Kulaibi of Oman (aged 14) and Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong of Laos (aged 17). Diving in with a 0.66-second deficit, he overhauled a 26-second barrier and came up with a spectacular swim to pick up a third seed in 25.84, 34-hundredths of a second below his entry standard. Ahmed failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fourth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Muhammad Ahmed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
^ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Muhammad Ahmed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[2] "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

[3] "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[4] "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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