Amadou Dia Ba
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El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in 400 metres hurdles
. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal is this event with a personal best time of 47.23s. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.
Hurdling
Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...
. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal is this event with a personal best time of 47.23s. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.
Achievements
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| 1978 | All-Africa Games Athletics at the 1978 All-Africa Games The third All-Africa Games were held in July 1978 in Algiers, Algeria.New events were added to the athletics program; Decathlon and pentathlon, for men and women respectively, as well as men's 20 km road walk... |
Algiers, Algeria | 3rd | High Jump | |
| 1982 | African Championships 1982 African Championships in Athletics -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
Cairo, Egypt | 1st | 400 m | 45.80s |
| 1st | 400 m hurdles | 49.55s | |||
| 1983 | World Student Games Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade The Athletics Tournament at the 1983 Summer Universiade took place in the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta in July 1983, shortly before the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. New events were the men's and women's marathon.-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:* *... |
Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | |
| World Championships 1983 World Championships in Athletics The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983.... |
Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 400 m hurdles 1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 400 metre hurdles These are the official results of the men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on 9 August 1983.-Medalists:-Records:Existing... |
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| 1984 | African Championships 1984 African Championships in Athletics The 1984 African Championships in Athletics were held in Rabat, Morocco from August 12 to August 15, 1984 in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-External links:* - GBR Athletics... |
Rabat, Morocco | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 49.30 |
| 1987 | All-Africa Games Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games The fourth All-Africa Games were held in August 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya.Four new events were added to the games these were the women's 3000 metres, 10000 metres, 400 metres hurdles and 5000 metres track walk. Additionally the pentathlon for women was replaced with the heptathlon. Also four nations... |
Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 400 m hurdles | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:... |
Seoul, South Korea | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | |
| 1989 | Jeux de la Francophonie Athletics at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie The results of the athletics competition at the first Jeux de la Francophonie, held in Morocco.-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-References:*... |
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1st | 400 m hurdles | |