Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla

{{Short description|Sudanese-born Qatari middle-distance runner}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla

| image = An excited Musaeb Balla after beating Nigel Amos at 2015 Beijing World Championship.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Balla in 2015

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Khartoum, Sudan{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/musaeb-abdulrahman-balla-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/musaeb-abdulrahman-balla-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

| height = 1.76 m

| weight = 60 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 800 m

| club =

| collegeteam =

| education =

| coach = Jama Aden

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{QAT}} }}

}}

File:Bauhaus-galan 2015 10.jpg in Stockholm 2015.]]

Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla ({{langx|ar|عبدالرحمن بله}}; born 19 March 1989 in Khartoum) is a Sudanese-born Qatari middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres.{{World Athletics}} He represented Qatar at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and three indoor World Championships.{{cite news |url=http://en.omriyadat.com/asian-athletics/qatari-runner-balla-arrested-in-spanish-doping-probe |title=Qatari runner Balla arrested in Spanish doping probe |date=21 June 2016}}

Competition record

{{AchievementTable\|width=auto\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6" \| Representing {{QAT}}
2007 \| Asian Championships \| Amman, Jordan \| 10th (h) \| 800 m \| 1:57.11
rowspan=3 \| 2008 \| rowspan=2 \| Asian Indoor Championships \| rowspan=2 \| Doha, Qatar \| 4th (sf) \| 800 m \| 1:51.93
bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd \| 4 × 400 m relay \| 3:17.93
Asian Junior Championships \| Jakarta, Indonesia \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:52.45
rowspan=2 \| 2010 \| Asian Indoor Championships \| Tehran, Iran \| bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \| 800 m \| 1:54.25
Asian Games \| Guangzhou, China \| bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd \| 800 m \| 1:46.19
2011 \| Pan Arab Games \| Doha, Qatar \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:45.92
rowspan=2 \| 2012 \| World Indoor Championships \| Istanbul, Turkey \| 15th (sf) \| 800 m \| 1:49.51
Olympic Games \| London, United Kingdom \| 22nd (sf) \| 800 m \| 1:47.52
rowspan=7 \| 2013 \| rowspan=2 \| Arab Championships \| rowspan=2 \| Doha, Qatar \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:45.90
bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \| 4 × 400 m relay \| 3:09.55
rowspan=2 \| Asian Championships \| rowspan=2 \| Pune, India \| 4th \| 400 m \| 46.45
bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:46.92
World Championships \| Moscow, Russia \| 11th (sf) \| 800 m \| 1:45.43
Jeux de la Francophonie \| Nice, France \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:46.57
Islamic Solidarity Games \| Palembang, Indonesia \| bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \| 800 m \| 1:44.19
rowspan=4 \| 2014 \| Asian Indoor Championships \| Hangzhou, China \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:50.27
World Indoor Championships \| Sopot, Poland \| – \| 800 m \| DQ
Continental Cup \| Marrakech, Morocco \| 7th \| 800 m \| 1:48.50¹
Asian Games \| Incheon, South Korea \| 6th (h) \| 800 m \| 1:49.50²
rowspan=4 \| 2015 \| Arab Championships \| Isa Town, Bahrain \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:46.74
rowspan=2 \| Asian Championships \| rowspan=2 \| Wuhan, China \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:49.40
bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 4 × 400 m relay \| 3:02.50
World Championships \| Beijing, China \| 6th \| 800 m \| 1:47.01
rowspan=3 \| 2016 \| rowspan=2 \| Asian Indoor Championships \| rowspan=2 \| Doha, Qatar \| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 800 m \| 1:46.92
bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 4 × 400 m relay \| 3:08.20
World Indoor Championships \| Portland, United States \| 5th \| 800 m \| 1:48.31
2022 \|GCC Games \|Kuwait City, Kuwait \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|800 m \|1:49.83
2023 \|Asian Indoor Championships \|Astana, Kazakhstan \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|800 m \|1:49.68

colspan="6" | Representing {{QAT}}

2007

| Asian Championships

| Amman, Jordan

| 10th (h)

| 800 m

| 1:57.11

rowspan=3 | 2008

| rowspan=2 | Asian Indoor Championships

| rowspan=2 | Doha, Qatar

| 4th (sf)

| 800 m