Zainab Bakkour
Personal information
Full nameZainab Bakkour
Nationality Syria
Born (1978-03-29) 29 March 1978
Damascus, Syria
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best5000 m: 17:03.60
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Syria
Pan Arab Games
Bronze medal – third place1999 AmmanHalf Marathon
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 Damascus5000 m
Gold medal – first place1998 Damascus10000 m
Gold medal – first place1998 DamascusHalf Marathon
Gold medal – first place1999 Beirut800 m
Gold medal – first place1999 Beirut1500 m
Gold medal – first place1999 Beirut5000 m
Gold medal – first place1999 Beirut10000 m
Gold medal – first place1999 BeirutHalf Marathon
Silver medal – second place1993 Latakia3000 m
Silver medal – second place2001 Damascus5000 m
Silver medal – second place2001 Damascus10000 m
Silver medal – second place2003 Amman10000 m
Silver medal – second place2003 AmmanHalf Marathon
Bronze medal – third place1993 Latakia1500 m

Zainab Bakkour (Arabic: زينب بكور; born March 29, 1978, in Damascus) is a retired Syrian long-distance runner.[1] She represented her nation Syria at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also ran her own personal best and a national record of 17:03.60 in the women's 5000 metres at the 2000 Syrian Athletics Championships in Damascus.[2] She was the best Syrian and Arab long-distance runner in 1990s.

Bakkour qualified as a lone female athlete for the Syrian squad in the women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by granting a tripartite invitation from the Syrian Olympic Committee and the IAAF.[3] She ran a seasonal best of 17:18.66 to obtain an eighteenth spot in a field of twenty registered athletes, but did not advance further in the final, trailing behind the leader Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia by a wide, two-minute gap.[4]

Personal bests

  • 800 m – 2:15.67 (Beirut 1999)
  • 1500 m – 4:45.10 (Beirut 1999)
  • 5000 m – 17:03.60 NR (Damascus 2000)
  • 10,000 – 36:11.94 NR (Bangkok 1998)[2]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Syria
1993 Arab Championships Latakia, Syria 3rd 1500 m 4:45.4
2nd 3000 m 10:54.7
1996 Arab Junior Championships Latakia, Syria 2nd 10,000 m 41:04.42
1998 Arab Championships Damascus, Syria 1st 5000 m 17:52.9
1st 10,000 m 37:21.1
1st Half Marathon 1:27:1
Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 9th 5000 m 17:56.63
7th 10,000 m 36:11.94
1999 Arab Championships Beirut, Lebanon 1st 800 m 2:15.67
1st 1500 m 4:45.1
1st 5000 m 17:37.85
1st 10,000 m 38:29.03
1st Half Marathon 1:31:46
Pan Arab Games Amman, Jordan 3rd Half Marathon 1:18:11
2001 Arab Championships Damascus, Syria 2nd 5000 m 17:21.9
2nd 10,000 m 36:23.88
2003 Arab Championships Amman, Jordan 2nd 10,000 m 36:39.2
2nd Half Marathon 1:24:58
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 39th (q) 5000 m 17:18.66

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zainab Bakkour". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Zainab Bakkour". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "مشاركة رمزية لسورية في أثينا" [Syria's symbolic participation in Athens] (in Arabic). Al-Hayat. 4 August 2004. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 5000m Round 1 – Heat 1". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
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