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Mustafa Musa

Ugandan athlete

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ29842989 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mustafa Musa (born 25 July 1947) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was the first long-distance runner to compete for Uganda at the Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mustafa Musa” as ugandan athlete. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mustafa, Musa and Ugandan.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-07-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mustafa, Musa and Ugandan providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mustafa Musa”, the useful work is to connect “ugandan athlete” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q29842989. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947 and 1968.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mustafa Musa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.