Nadir Khan (runner)

{{Short description|Pakistani middle-distance runner (born 1966)}}

{{Primary sources|date=October 2024}}

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| name = Nadir Khan

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| nationality = Pakistani

| sport = Middle-distance running

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|06|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pakistani

| height = 182 cm

| weight = 61 kg

| country = {{flag|Pakistan}}

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

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

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze |1990 Beijing | 800 m }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1991 Kuala Lampur|800 m}}

{{MedalBronze|1991 Kuala Lampur|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1991 Colombo|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|1989 Islamabad|800 m}}

{{Medal|Silver|1991 Colombo|800 m}}

{{Medal|Silver|1989 Islamabad|1500 m}}

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Nadir Khan (born 10 June 1966) is a Pakistani former Olympic middle-distance runner. He represented his country in the men's 1500 meters at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His time was a 3:44.96.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/nadir-khan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/nadir-khan-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Nadir Khan Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=29 July 2017}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-17 |title=Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/mens-1500-metres.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=web.archive.org}}

Khan's first global championship was at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he ran 1:52.08 in the 800 metres to set the Pakistani indoor record, which still stands {{as of|2024|lc=y}}.{{World Athletics}} Although he did not advance to the 1992 Olympic final, he did win international gold medals in the 800 m (at the 1989 South Asian Games) and 1500 m (at the 1991 South Asian Games). He also won two South Asian Games silver medals, another silver in the 800 m at the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships and bronze medals at both the 1990 Asian Games and 1991 Asian Athletics Championships.{{cite web |title=Nadir Khan |url=https://athleticspodium.com/athlete/2463/nadir-khan |website=Athletics Podium |access-date=28 October 2024}}