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.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 |
External links
- Babacar Niang at World Athletics
- Babacar Niang at Olympedia
- Babacar Niang at Olympics.com
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African Champions in men's 800 metres
- 1979:
James Maina Boi (KEN)
- 1982:
Juma Ndiwa (KEN)
- 1984:
Sammy Koskei (KEN)
- 1985:
Sammy Koskei (KEN)
- 1988:
Babacar Niang (SEN)
- 1989:
Nixon Kiprotich (KEN)
- 1990:
William Tanui (KEN)
- 1992:
Charles Nkazamyampi (BDI)
- 1993:
Sammy Langat (KEN)
- 1996:
Frederick Onyancha (KEN)
- 1998:
Japheth Kimutai (KEN)
- 2000:
Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)
- 2002:
Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)
- 2004:
William Yiampoy (KEN)
- 2006:
Alex Kipchirchir (KEN)
- 2008:
David Rudisha (KEN)
- 2010:
David Rudisha (KEN)
- 2012:
Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG)
- 2014:
Nijel Amos (BOT)
- 2016:
Nijel Amos (BOT)
- 2018:
Nijel Amos (BOT)
- 2022:
Slimane Moula (ALG)
- 2024:
Ngeno Kipngetich (KEN)
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