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{{Short description|Tunisian racewalker (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image           = Hatem Ghoula 2013.jpg
| caption         = Hatem Ghoula in 2013
| birth_name      = Hatem Ghoula
| native_name     = حاتم غولة
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|06|07}} 
| birth_place     = [[Paris]], [[France]] 
| residence       = [[Tunis]], [[Tunisia]] 
| height          = 
| weight          = 
| medaltemplates  =
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{TUN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]] | 20 km walk}}
}}

'''Hatem Ghoula''' ({{langx|ar|حاتم غولة}}; born 7 June 1973) is a [[Tunisia]]n [[race walking|race walker]]. He won four consecutive [[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] in the [[20 kilometres walk]] from 1996 to 2002. His foremost medal was a 20&nbsp;km walk bronze at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]]. He is also a two-time [[gold medal]]list at the [[Athletics at the All-Africa Games|All-African Games]], having won in 2003 and 2007 (the latter in a [[List of All-Africa Games records in athletics|Games record]] time).

Ghoula was born in [[Paris, France]]. He has represented Tunisia at four [[Olympic Games]] (1996 to 2008), with his best performance of eleventh place coming in 2004. He competed at the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics]] for eight straight editions from 1993 to 2007 and made his ninth appearance at the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics]]. At the [[IAAF World Race Walking Cup]] he has participated on five occasions and came close to a medal in 2006, finishing in fourth place.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

He is a two-time gold medallist at the [[African Race Walking Championships]] and the [[Jeux de la Francophonie]], and was the champion at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Pan Arab Games|2004 Arab Games]] and [[Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games|2001 Mediterranean Games]].{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

He holds the [[African records in athletics|African records]] in racewalking for the distance of 20,000 metres on the track and 20&nbsp;km walk on the road.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=M/location=O/recordsType=AR/eventCatCode=/junior=N/area=AFR/index.html Area Outdoor Records - Men - Africa] - IAAF.org</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{TUN}}
|-
|1992
|[[1992 Arab Junior Athletics Championships|Arab Junior Championships]]
|[[Latakia]], [[Syria]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|10,000&nbsp;m
|49:47
|-
|1993
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|32nd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:33:24]]
|-
|1994
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]] 
|[[Bondoufle, France]]
|4th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results#20 kilometers walk|1:28:57]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|[[1995 Arab Athletics Championships|Arab Championships]]
|[[Cairo, Egypt]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:37:50
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
|30th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:32:17]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|[[1996 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Yaoundé]], [[Cameroon]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:29:48
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta, United States]]
|33rd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:25:52]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1997
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] 
|[[Bari]], [[Italy]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Mediterranean Games – Results#20 kilometers walk|1:25:36]]
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|9th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:23:49]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]] 
|[[Antananarivo]], [[Madagascar]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:26:39
|-
|1998
|[[1998 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Dakar]], [[Senegal]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:31:28
|-
|rowspan=4|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] 
|[[Mézidon-Canon]], [[France]]
|15th
|20&nbsp;km
|1:23:46
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1999 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]] 
|[[Irbid]], [[Jordan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:40:01
|-
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|16th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:28:36]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] 
|[[Johannesburg, South Africa]]
| –
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk|DQ]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[2000 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Algiers]], [[Algeria]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:25:38
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|36th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:28:16]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]] 
|[[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results#20 kilometers walk|1:22:56]]
|-
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|10th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:23:14]]
|-
|[[2001 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] 
|[[Radès]], [[Tunisia]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games – Results#200 kilometers walk|1:26:43]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[2002 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] 
|[[Turin]], [[Italy]]
|9th
|20&nbsp;km
|1:23:49
|-
|[[2002 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Radès]], [[Tunisia]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:26:42]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|14th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:21:12]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] 
|[[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:30:32]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] 
|[[A Coruña]], [[Spain]]
|41st
|20&nbsp;km
|1:24:56
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|11th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:22:59]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]] 
|[[Algiers]], [[Algeria]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20,000 m
|1:28:34.19
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] 
|[[Almería, Spain]]
| –
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Mediterranean Games – Results#20 kilometers walk|DQ]]
|-
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|5th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:20:19]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] 
|[[A Coruña]], [[Spain]]
|4th
|20&nbsp;km
|1:19:36
|-
|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Bambous, Mauritius|Bambous]], [[Mauritius]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:25:02]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] 
|[[Algiers]], [[Algeria]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:22:33]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:22:40]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] 
|[[Cheboksary, Russia]]
|11th
|20&nbsp;km
|1:19:54
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|27th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:23:44]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], Russia
|27th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:25:41]]
|-
|2016
|[[2016 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Durban, South Africa]]
|6th
|20&nbsp;km
|[[2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:25:54]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of champions of the African Athletics Championships]]

==References==
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/hatem-ghoula-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112903/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/hatem-ghoula-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Hatem Ghoula}}
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