Babacar Niang

Babacar Niang
Personal information
Born (1958-09-09) 9 September 1958
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Senegal
African Championships
Gold medal – first place1984 Rabat4×400 m
Gold medal – first place1988 Annaba800 m
Silver medal – second place1982 Cairo4×400 m
Bronze medal – third place1985 Cairo4×400 m
Bronze medal – third place1989 Lagos800 m

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.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Senegal
1988 African Championships Annaba, Algeria 1st 800 m
1989 African Championships Lagos, Nigeria 3rd 800 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Casablanca, Morocco 3rd 800 m


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