Omer Khalifa

Omer Khalifa (born 18 December 1956) is a former Sudanese athlete who belonged to the world-class in the 1500 meter race in the 1980s.

Khalifa ran in the World Championships 1983 in Helsinki, both in the 800 meters and over 1500 meters, but different from each in the flow. In 1984 he reached at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles the finals over 1500 meters and finished second in 3:37,11 minutes eighth place, about 800 meters he missed his fifth semifinal in 1:44,87 minutes only just the final. 1985 won Khalifa the 1500 meter race at the World Cup in Canberra.

His best finish at a world championship succeeded Khalifa at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, when he was in fifth over 1500 meters in a track separation. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Khalifa reached over 1500 meters the finals again, there was a long time in the top, but fell in the final sprint back to the twelfth and last place.

Omer Khalifa studied at Loughborough University, in those years, Sebastian Coe and David Moorcroft studied at the. He is 1.77 meters tall, his competition weight was 64 kilograms.

Personal Best

• 800 meters: 1:44,75 minutes, September 13, 1986, Catania
• 1500 meters: 3:33,28 minutes, August 10, 1986, Grosseto
• 3000 meters: 7:48,03 minutes, July 11, 1987, Formia

The times over 1500 and 3000 meters had a national record on December 31, 2007 Balance. The 800 - meter time was a Sudanese national record until it was undercut Ismail Ahmed Ismail of 2006.