Bakir Benaïssa (born 7 April 1931) is a Moroccan former long-distance runner who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, finishing 8th in the marathon in 2:21:21.4, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won the 10,000 meters and finished second at the 5,000 meters at the Pan-Arab Games in Beirut in 1957, and won the quadrennial Mediterranean Games marathons in 1959 and 1963. He was born in Rabat.El Guerrouj and Hammou win Moroccan 2003 Sports Awards, IAAF, February 13, 2003. Retrieved June 3, 2019. The 1960 Rome marathon resulted in a world record for winner, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila, with Benaïssa's teammate, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, finishing a close second.
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External links Légende du Sport Marocain: Feu Abdeslam Radi 1960 Olympic Marathon video at YouTube Profile at trackfield.brinkster.net