Muhammad Ahmed (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Olympic swimmer
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Place of Birth: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
About Muhammad Ahmed (swimmer)
- For others named Muhammad Ahmed, see the Muhammad Ahmed navigation pageMuhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed (Arabic: ???? ??? ????? ?????; born October 25, 1976 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
- 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.
- 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.
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