Mohammed Mourhit

Mohammed Mourhit

Personal information
Born	(1970-10-10) 10 October 1970 (age 54)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Belgium World Championships 1999 Seville 5000 m World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon 3000 m World Cross Country Championships 2000 Vilamoura Long Course 2001 Ostend Long Course

Mohammed Mourhit (Arabic: محمد مُرحيت; born 10 October 1970 in Khouribga, Morocco) is a Belgian top cross country, middle and long-distance runner who holds one European record, in the 3000 m. He is also a former European 10000 m record holder. He won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in the 5000 metres and a silver medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 3000 metres behind Hicham El Guerrouj. Mourhit was also a two-time winner of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the long course in 2000 and 2001. He also won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1997.^[1]

He earned the Belgian citizenship in 1997 by marriage. He competed in Lotto Cross Cup cross country meetings and won the domestic series in 1996–97 and 1997–98.^[2]

He was suspended for the use of EPO in 2002. He returned to competition in 2004, after seeing his ban reduced,^[3] and qualified for the World Championships in Helsinki 2005.^[4]

He holds the fastest non-winning time for the 3000 metres. In Monaco on 18 August 2000, he ran 7:26.62, coming second to Ali Saïdi-Sief. No other man has broken 7:27 and come second.

Personal bests

• 3000 m – 7:26.62 (7th all-time)
• 5000 m – 12:49.71 (15th all-time)
• 10000 m – 26:52.30 (32nd all-time)

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics

References

• Mohammed Mourhit at World Athletics

1. Lisbon Half Marathon winners
2. Palmares Archived 17 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Lotto Cross Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
3. Mohammed Mourhit
4. IAAF Athlete Profile

Records
Preceded by António Pinto	Men's 10,000 m European Record Holder 3 September 1999–3 June 2011	Succeeded by Mo Farah
Preceded by Dieter Baumann	Men's 5000 m European Record Holder 26 August 2000 – 10 June 2021	Succeeded by Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Preceded by Isaac Viciosa	Men's 3000 m European Record Holder 18 August 2000 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Sporting positions
Preceded by Worku Bikila	Men's Zevenheuvelenloop Winner (15 km) 1999	Succeeded by Felix Limo