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Raouf Benabid

Algerian swimmer

Raouf Benabid (Arabic: رؤوف بن عبيد; born August 3, 1985) is an Algerian former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. Benabid qualified for the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:07.04 from the EDF Swimming Open in Paris. He edged out Andorra's Hocine Haciane to lead the second heat by 0.14 of a second in 2:06.34. Benabid failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.

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