caption event weight height nationality pb sport birth_date image article_title
khalifa in 1986 800 meters , 1500 meters , mile 64 kg lb on 1.74 m ftin on sudanese '' ' 1500 metres '' ' : 3:33.28 '' ` mile ' '' ' : 3:53.28 800 metres '' ' : 1:44.75 '' track 12 december 1937 omer khalifa 1986.jpg omer khalifa

omer khalifa

omer khalifa -lrb- born 18 december 1956 -rrb- is a sudanese retired middle distance runner who set a national record of 3:33.28 minutes over 1500 metres in grossetto in 1986 .
prior to this , he won silver medals in the 800 m and 1500 m races at the olympic boycott games in 1980 .
khalifa won the 1500 m race at the world cup 1985 in canberra .
he finished fifth in the 1500 m final at the 1987 world championships in athletics in rome and eighth in the 1984 summer olympics in the same event .
he also competed at the 1988 summer olympics , finishing 12th .
