Muhammad Siddique

{{Short description|Pakistani middle-distance runner (born 1948)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Primary sources|date=October 2024}}

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| nationality = Pakistani

| sport = Middle-distance running

| event = 800 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|10|30|df=yes}}

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{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country | {{PAK}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze |1974 Tehran | 800 m }}

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Muhammad Siddique (born 30 October 1948) is a Pakistani middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1500 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/muhammad-siddique-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120005/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/muhammad-siddique-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Muhammad Siddique Olympic Results |accessdate=19 October 2017}}

In both 1969 and 1970, Siddique won bronze medals in both the 800 m and 1500 m at the Pakistani Athletics Championships, which he improved to 2nd in the 800 m and 3rd in the 1500 m in 1971.{{cite web |title=1969 Pakistani Athletics Championships |url=https://mail.millenniumschools.edu.pk/media/results/National%20Athletics%20Championship%201969.xls |website=Athletics Federation of Pakistan |access-date=30 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=1970 Pakistani Athletics Championships |url=https://mail.millenniumschools.edu.pk/media/results/National%20Athletics%20Championship%201970.xls |website=Athletics Federation of Pakistan |access-date=30 October 2024}} The following year he would again finish runner-up in the 800 m.{{cite web |title=1971 Pakistani Athletics Championships |url=https://mail.millenniumschools.edu.pk/media/results/National%20Athletics%20Championship%201971.xls |website=Athletics Federation of Pakistan |access-date=30 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=1972 Pakistani Athletics Championships |url=https://mail.millenniumschools.edu.pk/media/results/National%20Athletics%20Championship%201972.xls |website=Athletics Federation of Pakistan |access-date=30 October 2024}} He also ran 1:52.6 to place 7th in his heat at the 1972 Olympic 800 m.{{Olympedia}}

After winning bronze at the 1973 national championships, he would improve his Olympic time by over 4 seconds in July 1974, running 1:48.10 to place 6th at a meeting in Hannover, Germany.{{cite web |title=1973 Pakistani Athletics Championships |url=https://mail.millenniumschools.edu.pk/media/results/National%20Athletics%20Championship%201973.xls |website=Athletics Federation of Pakistan |access-date=30 October 2024}} {{As of|2024}}, this time is still the Pakistani national record.{{Tilastopaja|112306}} Two months later, Siddique won his first international medal at the 1974 Asian Games, earning bronze in the 800 m. He also ran on the Pakistani 4 × 400 metres relay team that finished 5th in their heat.{{cite web |title=Asian Games, Teheran 1974 |url=https://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Asian-Games-1974-Teheran.pdf |website=ATFS |access-date=30 October 2024}}

At the 1976 Olympics, Siddique placed 9th in his 1500 m heat in 3:45.59.