Personal information | |
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Native name | ملك الناصر |
National team | Syria |
Born | January 19, 1954 |
Sport | |
Country | Syria |
Sport | Athletics |
Updated on 17 July 2017. |
Malak El-Nasser ( Arabic: ملك الناصر; born January 19, 1954) is a Syrian Olympic athlete. She represented Syria in 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. [1] She is the first Syrian woman ever to participate in the Olympics. [2] [3]
El-Nasser the youngest and the only female participant for Syria in that tournament aged 18 years and 225 days then. [4]
Athletics – Women's 800 metres – Round One El-Nasser failed to qualify the first round to semi-finals and finished last in her heat in round one. [5]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Nijolė Sabaitė | Soviet Union | 4 | 2:01.50 |
2 | Abby Hoffman | Canada | 5 | 2:01.57 |
3 | Maria Sykora | Austria | 7 | 2:01.82 |
4 | Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany | 1 | 2:01.92 |
5 | Maritta Politz | East Germany | 3 | 2:02.40 |
6 | Margaret Coomber | Great Britain | 2 | 2:02.99 |
7 | Emesia Chizunga | Malawi | 6 | 2:19.22 |
- | Malak El-Nasser | Syria | 8 | DNF |