Mohamed Abdul Hamid Explained

Mohamed Abdul Hamid
Fullname:	Mohamed Abdul Hamid
Strokes:	Freestyle
Birth Date:	24 December 1980
Birth Place:	Khartoum, Sudan
Height:	1.750NaN0
Weight:	550NaN0
Show-Medals:	yes

Mohamed Abdul Hamid (Arabic: محمد عبد الحميد; born December 24, 1980) is a Sudanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] Hamid competed for Sudan in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, without meeting an entry time.^[2] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 16-year-olds Wael Ghassan of Qatar and Hassan Mubah of the Maldives. Before the start of his heat, Hamid immediately jumped into the pool first, and was cast out of the race for breaching a no false-start rule in the prelims.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Mohamed Abdul Hamid. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/mohamed-abdul-hamid-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 14 June 2013.
2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 1 . . . 103 . 28 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
4. Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle). https://archive.today/20130615204434/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 7 July 2013.