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Athletics · Senegal

Babacar Niang

Babacar Niang (born 9 September 1958) is a retired Senegalese-French middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He remains Senegal's national record holder in the 1000 metres dating back to 1983. In 1995, he briefly held the masters M35 world record for 800m, which lasted only a month before his contemporary Johnny Gray contested and beat the record.

Profile details

Born
9 Sep 1958
Birthplace
Senegal
Country
Senegal
Height
0 m
Sport
Athletics
Discipline
Athletics
Category
Men
Status
Active

District, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.

Honours & Awards

  • No recorded honours or awards.

Competition Appearances

3 recorded appearances, most significant first.

  • ·1992 Summer Olympics
  • ·1988 Summer Olympics
  • ·1984 Summer Olympics

Career Timeline

  1. 1984Competed at 1984 Summer Olympics
  2. 1988Competed at 1988 Summer Olympics
  3. 1992Competed at 1992 Summer Olympics

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About

Babacar Niang (born 9 September 1958) is a retired Senegalese-French middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He remains Senegal's national record holder in the 1000 metres dating back to 1983. In 1995, he briefly held the masters M35 world record for 800m, which lasted only a month before his contemporary Johnny Gray contested and beat the record.

Biography adapted from Babacar Niang on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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