About Bakir Benaïssa
Born 1931. Bakir Benaïssa is a Moroccan marathon runner.
Bakir Benaïssa (born 7 April 1931) is a Moroccan former long-distance runner who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, finishing 8th in the marathon in 2:21:21.4, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won the 10,000 meters and finished second at the 5,000 meters at the Pan-Arab Games in Beirut in 1957, and won the quadrennial Mediterranean Games marathons in 1959 and 1963. He was born in Rabat. The 1960 Rome marathon resulted in a world record for winner, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila, with Benaïssa's teammate, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, finishing a close second.
The 1960 Olympic marathon's lead pack, near the mark, Bikila (#11), following Bertie Messitt (#58), Benaïssa (wearing headband), Arthur Keily (#46), Aurèle Vandendriessche (#36), and ben Abdesselam (#185).
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Who is Bakir Benaïssa?
Moroccan long-distance runner (born 1931)
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Bakir Benaïssa was born on 7 April 1931 in Rabat.
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Bakir Benaïssa is a marathon runner.
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Bakir Benaïssa is Moroccan.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bakir Benaïssa. https://biography.guide/bakir-benaissa/
MLA: "Bakir Benaïssa." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bakir-benaissa/.
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