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{{short description|Moroccan long-distance runner}}
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{MAR}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1991 Mediterranean Games|1991 Athens]]|[[Athletics at the 1991 Mediterranean Games|5000 m]]}}
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'''Moulay Brahim Boutayeb''' ({{langx|ar|مولاي ابراهيم بوطيب}}; born 15 August 1967) is a retired [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[track and field]] athlete. He was the winner of the 10,000 m race at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].

==Career==
Boutayeb was born in [[Khemisset]], Morocco. Although he had been considered more a 5000 m runner before 1988, he was quite unknown until the [[Seoul]] Olympics.

The 10,000 m final at Seoul was started at a very fast pace, pushed along mostly by [[Kenyan]]s, [[Kipkemboi Kimeli]], and [[Moses Tanui]]. A small lead group reached the halfway mark at [[world record]] pace, at which point Boutayeb moved to lead. He continued the race at world record pace, but deliberately slowed after the bell to finish in a world's fourth fastest time of 27:21.46.

After the [[Olympic Games]],  Boutayeb decided to concentrate again on shorter distances, running his personal bests in distances from 1500 m to 5000 m over the next couple of seasons. He placed second in the season rankings for the [[1988 IAAF Grand Prix Final]]. He won a bronze medal in 5000 m at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 World Championships]] held in [[Tokyo]]. At the [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona Olympic Games]], Boutayeb came fourth in 5000 m, only 0.75 [[second]]s behind the winner [[Dieter Baumann]] from [[Germany]].

After being eliminated in his heat of the 5000 m at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 World Championships]] in [[Stuttgart]], Brahim Boutayeb retired from competitive athletics and preferred to concentrate on his new sporting interest as a rally driver.

==References==
* {{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/biographies?athcode=318 |title=Brahim Boutayeb |publisher=[[World Athletics]]}}

== External links ==
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* {{Olympics.com|moulay-brahim-boutayeb|Moulay Brahim Boutayeb|org_archive=20201217010947}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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