Complex sentence: Ahmed Salah finished the qualification for this event in 2:07:07, breaking the previous world record of 2:07:12, which was also broken by Carlos Lopes who finished ahead of Salah with a time of 2:06:49 setting a new world record.
Split into simpler sentences: Ahmed Salah finished the qualification for this event in 2:07:07, breaking the previous world record of 2:07:12. The record was also broken by Carlos Lopes who finished ahead of Salah with a time of 2:06:49 setting a new world record.