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Ahmed Boughèra El
Ouafi (Arabic: أحمد بوقرة الوافي; 15
October 1898 – 18
October 1959) was a
French athlete who won the 1928
Olympic Marathon. Source:...
- 2:47:19.6
Clarence DeMar United
States 2:48:14.0 1928
Amsterdam details Boughera El
Ouafi France 2:32:57
Manuel Plaza Chile 2:33:23
Martti Marttelin Finland...
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still just 16
years of age at the time. Algerian-born
marathon runner Boughera El
Ouafi won a gold
medal for
France in the men's marathon.
Johnny Weissmuller...
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Secretary of State,
recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880)
October 18 –
Boughera El Ouafi,
Algerian athlete (b. 1898)
October 19 –
Ebrahim Hakimi, 29th...
- were parti****ting with France,
among the most famous, the gold
medalists Boughera El
Ouafi in 1928,
Alain Mimoun in 1956 and many others.
After independence...
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traditions of Algeria. The
first Algerian, Arab, and
African gold
medalist was
Boughera El
Ouafi in the
marathon at the 1928
Olympics of Amsterdam. The second...
- 2:47:19.6
Clarence DeMar United
States 2:48:14.0 1928
Amsterdam details Boughera El
Ouafi France 2:32:57
Manuel Plaza Chile 2:33:23
Martti Marttelin Finland...
- 1881) 1956 –
Yoshio Markino, ****anese
painter and
author (b. 1869) 1959 –
Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French
runner (b. 1898) 1961 –
Tsuru Aoki, ****anese-American...
- Marie-Pierre Kœnig,
French general,
politician (d. 1970)
October 15 –
Boughera El Ouafi,
Algerian athlete (d. 1959)
October 16 –
William O. Douglas, ****ociate...
- The
maximum number of
athletes per
nation was 6. The
event was won by
Boughera El
Ouafi of France, the nation's
first Olympic marathon victory since 1900...
