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{{Short description|Australian-Syrian hurdler (born 1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1970|4|4|df=yes}}
|birth_place=[[Syria]] 
|citizenship={{flagicon|Syria}} [[Syria]] <br/> {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]
|medaltemplates={{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{SYR}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold   | [[1993 Asian Athletics Championships|1993 Manila]] | 400 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[1991 Asian Athletics Championships|1991 Kuala Lumpur]] | 400 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold   | [[Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games|1993 Narbonne]] | 400 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Gold   | [[Athletics at the 1997 Mediterranean Games|1997 Bari]] |400 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[Athletics at the 1992 Pan Arab Games|1992 Damascus]] |400 m hurdles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Athletics at the 1997 Pan Arab Games|1997 Beirut]]|400m hurdles}}
}}

'''Zid Abou Hamed''' ({{langx|ar|زيد أبو حامد}}; born 4 April 1970) is an Australian-Syrian former [[track and field]] athlete who specialized in the [[400 metres hurdles]].

==Career==
Hamed originally began to compete for his birth country [[Syria]]. He represented the country at the World Championships in [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991]] and [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993]].

Hamed then changed his nationality to [[Australia national team|Australia]] but was ineligible for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[http://www.olympics.com.au/athletes.cfm?AthleteID=12 Australian Olympic Committee]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but started at the World Championships in the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997]] and [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]]. In February 1999 in [[Sydney]] he achieved a career best time of 48.87 seconds.

When Hamed was not selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he appealed to the Australian Olympic Committee but lost.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Olympic Committee finalises Australian team |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/2000/08/item20000826031614_1.htm |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=26 August 2000 |access-date=25 May 2007 }}</ref> As a result, he competed for Syria at the Olympics instead.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
!colspan=6|Representing {{SYR}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1991
|[[Athletics at the 1991 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|6th
|400 m hrd
|[[Athletics at the 1991 Mediterranean Games – Results#400 meters hurdles|51.07]]
|-
|[[1991 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|400 m hrd
|51.15
|-
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|33rd (h)
|400 m hrd
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|51.57]]
|-
|1992
|[[1992 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]]
|[[Latakia]], [[Syria]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|400 m hrd<ref name="PAG">[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/arg.htm Pan Arab Games]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226125334/http://gbrathletics.com/ic/arg.htm |date=26 December 2010 }} – GBR Athletics</ref>
|49.39
|-
|rowspan=3|1993
|[[Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Narbonne, France]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|400 m hrd
|[[Athletics at the 1993 Mediterranean Games – Results#400 meters hurdles|49.09]]
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|23rd (h)
|400 m hrd
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.96]]
|-
|[[1993 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Manila, Philippines]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|400 m hrd
|49.10
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]]
|[[Beirut, Lebanon]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|400 m hrd
|49.68
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]
|[[Bari, Italy]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|400 m hrd
|[[Athletics at the 1997 Mediterranean Games – Results#400 meters hurdles|49.25]]
|-
!colspan=6|Representing {{AUS}}
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|16th (sf)
|400 m hrd
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.12]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]]
|4th
|400 m hrd
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles|49.11]]
|-
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Johannesburg, South Africa]]
| 8th
|400 m hrd
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup results#400 m hurdles|50.50]]<ref>Representing Oceania</ref>
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|41st (h)
|400 m hrd
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|50.85]]
|-
!colspan=6|Representing {{SYR}}
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|33rd (h)
|400 m hrd
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|50.74]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{World Athletics|14228261|Zaid Abou Hamed}}
* {{Olympedia|89010|Zaid Abou Hamed}}
* {{Olympics.com|zeid-abou-hamed|Zeid Abou Hamed}}
* {{CGF profile|37572|Zid Abou Hamed}}
* {{Commonwealth Games Australia|zid-abou-hamed|Zid Abou Hamed}}
* [https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete2416.htm Zid Abou Hamed] at Australian Athletics Historical Results

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[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Syria]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia]]
[[Category:Syrian emigrants to Australia]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Syria]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Arab Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Syrian sportsmen]]


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