El Mostafa Nechchadi

{{short description|Moroccan long-distance runner}}

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El Mostafa Nechchadi ({{langx|ar|المصطفى نشاشدي}}; born 15 November 1962) is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.

Nechchadi was a 1988 Olympian in the marathon, but did not finish the race.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/moustafa-el-nechchadi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060020/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/moustafa-el-nechchadi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Moustafa El-Nechchadi|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=5 March 2010}} His personal best time was 2:10:09 hours achieved in 1987, and he held the Moroccan national marathon record for 10 years.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120321185430/http://www.marathonchamps.com/coaching.html El-Mostafa Nechchadi]}}. Marathon Champs. Retrieved on 2011-10-01. He was second in the 1987 London Marathon and ranked #3 in the world for marathon that year. In 1989 he was ranked #1 in the world for half-marathon with 1:02:01 hours.

Now an American citizen, he is a coach for the running group Promotion in Motion International, which includes Catherine Ndereba.