Abed Rahman Kaaki

Abed Rahman Kaaki (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الكعكي; born March 30, 1986) is a Lebanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.

[2] Kaaki qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 25.31.

[3] He faced seven other swimmers in heat four, including two-time Olympian Gregory Arkhurst of Côte d'Ivoire.

He edged out Arkhurst and Bolivia's Mauricio Prudencio to earn a fifth spot by 0.14 of a second, breaking a Lebanese record of 24.68.

Kaaki failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed 57th out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.