- El
Ouafi (Arabic: أحمد بوقرة الوافي; 15
October 1898 – 18
October 1959) was a
French Algerian athlete who won the 1928
Olympic Marathon. El
Ouafi was...
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Clarence DeMar United
States 2:48:14.0 1928
Amsterdam details Boughera El
Ouafi France 2:32:57
Manuel Plaza Chile 2:33:23
Martti Marttelin Finland 2:35:02...
- 16
years of age at the time. Algerian-born
marathon runner Boughera El
Ouafi won a gold
medal for
France in the men's marathon.
Johnny Weissmuller, who...
- Algeria. The
first Algerian, Arab, and
African gold
medalist was
Boughera El
Ouafi in the
marathon at the 1928
Olympics of Amsterdam. The
second Algerian medalist...
- parti****ting with France,
among the most famous, the gold
medalists Boughera El
Ouafi in 1928,
Alain Mimoun in 1956 and many others.
After independence in 1962...
-
Kouera el-
Ouafi led this attack. The
planes shot
holes through the fuselage,
killing some p****engers.
During the attack,
Major Kouera el-
Ouafi plane's was...
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Clarence DeMar United
States 2:48:14.0 1928
Amsterdam details Boughera El
Ouafi France 2:32:57
Manuel Plaza Chile 2:33:23
Martti Marttelin Finland 2:35:02...
-
recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880)
October 18 –
Boughera El
Ouafi,
Algerian athlete (b. 1898)
October 19 –
Ebrahim Hakimi, 29th
Prime Minister...
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maximum number of
athletes per
nation was 6. The
event was won by
Boughera El
Ouafi of France, the nation's
first Olympic marathon victory since 1900 (and second...
- Marie-Pierre Kœnig,
French general,
politician (d. 1970)
October 15 –
Boughera El
Ouafi,
Algerian athlete (d. 1959)
October 16 –
William O. Douglas, ****ociate Justice...
