Mahrez Mebarek Explained

Mahrez Mebarek
Fullname:Mahrez Mebarek
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:11 February 1985
Birth Place:Aflou, Algeria
Height:1.830NaN0
Weight:900NaN0
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Mahrez Mebarek (Arabic: محرز مبارك; born February 11, 1985) is an Algerian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He is a multiple-time Algerian record holder in long-distance freestyle (400, 800, and 1500 m).

Mebarek made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he qualified for two swimming events. In the 400 m freestyle, he challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, where South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan was disqualified for a false start. Mebarek edged out Slovenia's Bojan Zdešar to take a fourth spot and dip under a 4-minute barrier by 0.90 of a second in 3:59.10.[2] [3] In his second event, 200 m freestyle, Mebarek shared a thirty-fifth place tie with Macedonia's Aleksandar Malenko in the preliminaries with a time of 1:53.00.[4] [5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Mebarek qualified for the second time in the men's 200 m freestyle by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:52.03 from the EDF Swimming Open in Paris, France.[6] [7] He challenged six other swimmers on the second heat, including four-time Olympian Andrei Zaharov of Moldova. He edged out Kazakhstan's Artur Dilman to take a third spot by 0.24 of a second, posting his lifetime best of 1:52.66. Mebarek failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first overall in the preliminaries.[8]

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  1. Mahrez Mebarek. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111505/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/mahrez-mebarek-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 22 December 2012.
  2. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 400 Freestyle Prelims: Hackett Edges Thorpe, Qualifies First for Final; Jensen and Keller Easily Through . https://archive.today/20130411213337/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7785.asp . dead . 11 April 2013 . . 14 August 2004 . 27 March 2013 .
  3. Web site: Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 3. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 4. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 13 March 2013.
  5. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 200 Freestyle Prelims: Thorpe Fastest in 1:47.22; Hoogie, Keller, Phelps and Hackett All in the Mix . . 15 August 2004 . 11 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228213735/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7808.asp . 28 December 2013 .
  6. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Freestyle. 15. Swimming World Magazine. 9 April 2013.
  7. News: Mahrez Mebarek qualifié aux JO de Pékin. Mahrez Mebarek qualified for Beijing Olympics. French. La Dépêche de Kabylie. 25 June 2008. 11 April 2013.
  8. Web site: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3 . . . 22 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032411/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM012900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .