 Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kupinda mumakwikwi, vatambi vakakurumbira vaive Rachid Habchaoui weAlgeria naMehmet Terzi weTurkey, vese vakahwina menduru dzekumhanya kure kuma 1979 Mediterranean Games. Habchaoui akatora nhangemutange refu-refu mbiri mumamita 5000 uye 10,000 metres, nepo Terzi aive mukundi wemarathon uye 10,000 m runner-up. Mumhanyi weOlympic steeplechase Lahcene Babaci ndiye akahwina mumutambo wake uye, mumwe muAlgeria, nyanzvi yekumhanya yepakati nepakati Amar Brahmia aive akagadzikana, akahwina menduru dzakawanda pa1978 All-Africa Games. Zvisinei, yakanga iri nhamburiko dzavatambi vaduku vaviri avo vakakwira mukurumbira kupfurikidza nokukunda mazita avo okutanga makuru pano ayo akanga ane tapuro hurusa pamitambo yechiIslam. Brahmia akarohwa mumamita mazana masere nemakumi mashanu emamita naSaïd Aouita ane makore makumi maviri nerimwe ekuberekwa, uyo akazoenderera mberi kuhwina imwe yemenduru dzegoridhe yekutanga dzeOlympic dzeMorocco, pamwe naNawal El Moutawakel, kumaOlympics ezhizha ra1984. Ahmed Hamada Jassim ane makore gumi nemapfumbamwe okuberekwa wekuBahrain ndiye mumwe mutambi akabuda munyika yose pamakwikwi aya: mushure mekukunda 400 metres hurdles akaenderera mberi kuva mumwe wevatambi veAsia vakakurumbira mumutambo uyu uye aive shasha pamitambo yeAsia ya1986. 