Abdul Baser Wasiqi (born 12 July 1975 [1] ) is an Afghan athlete known for completing the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite suffering an injury before the event.
Wasiqi represented Afghanistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [2] He injured his hamstring before the marathon, but took part nonetheless. [3] He completed the race despite his injury, limping the whole way, with a time of 4:24:17, much slower than his personal best of two hours and thirty-three minutes. [4] [5] He finished 111th and last, nearly an hour and a half behind the second-slowest competitor. Wasiqi reached the stadium and found "workmen [...] preparing the arena for the closing ceremony" and "tarpaulin being laid across the running track". [6] [7] Preparations were suspended long enough for Wasiqi to reach the finish line.
