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Amadou Dia Ba
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Men's athletics
Representing Senegal
Olympic Games

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El Hadj Amadou Dia Bâ OLY^[1] (born September 22, 1958) is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal in this event with a personal best time of 47.23 seconds. It was the first Olympic medal for Senegal. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.

Achievements[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Senegal
1978	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	High Jump	2.08
1982	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	400 m	45.80s
1982	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	400 m hurdles	49.55s
1983	World Student Games	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	400 m hurdles
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	400 m hurdles	49.61
1984	African Championships	Rabat, Morocco	1st	4X400 m	3.04.80s
	African Championships	Rabat, Morocco	1st	400 m hurdles	49.30s
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, USA	5th	400 m hurdles	49.28
1985	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	400 m hurdles	48.29 CR
1987	400 m hurdles	Rome, Italy	5th	400 m hurdles	48.37
1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	400 m hurdles	48.03 CR
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	400 m hurdles	47.23 NR
1988	African Championships	Annaba, Algeria	1st	400 m hurdles	48.81
1989	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	400 m hurdles	49.47 CR

References[edit]

^ "WOA Leadership". World Olympians Association. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

External links[edit]

Amadou Dia Ba at World Athletics

[1] "WOA Leadership". World Olympians Association. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

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-'''El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba''' (born September 22, 1958) is a retired [[Senegalese]] athlete who competed in [[hurdling|400 metres hurdles]].  He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal in this event with a personal best time of 47.23 seconds, which as of 1 March 2016 is still the fastest non-winning time in history for this event.  He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.
+'''El Hadj Amadou Dia Bâ''' {{post-nominals|list=[[OLY]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympians.org/woa/leadership/ |title=WOA Leadership |website=[[World Olympians Association]] |access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> (born September 22, 1958) is a retired [[Senegalese]] athlete who competed in the [[hurdling|400 metres hurdles]]. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal in this event with a personal best time of 47.23 seconds. It was the first Olympic medal for Senegal. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.
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-|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
-|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
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-|400 m hurdles
-|47.23 NR
-|-
-|rowspan=2|1984
 |rowspan=2|[[1984 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
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-|1984
 |[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
 |[[Los Angeles, USA]]
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 |1985
 |[[1985 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
-|[[Cairo, EGYPT]]
+|[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
 |bgcolor=gold|1st
 |400 m hurdles
 |48.29 CR
 |-
-|1987
+|rowspan=2|1987
 |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 400 metre hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
-|[[Roma, Italia]]
+|[[Rome]], [[Italy]]
 | style= |  5th
 |400 m hurdles
 |48.37
 |-
-|1987
 |[[Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
-|[[Nairobi, Kenya]]
+|[[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]]
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 |400 m hurdles
 |48.03 CR
 |-
-|1988
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+|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
+|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
+| style="text-align:center; background:silver;" | 2nd
+|400 m hurdles
+|47.23 NR
+|-
 |[[1988 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
-|[[Annanbé, Algeria]]
+|[[Annaba]], [[Algeria]]
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 |49.47 CR
 |}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*{{iaaf name|id=687|name=Amadou Dia Ba}}
+*{{World Athletics||name=Amadou Dia Ba}}
 {{Footer All-Africa Champions 400 m Hurdles Men}}
+{{Footer African Champions men's 400 metres}}
+{{authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dia Ba, Amadou}}
 [[Category:Senegalese male hurdlers]]
+[[Category:Senegalese male high jumpers]]
 [[Category:1958 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Olympic athletes of Senegal]]
+[[Category:Olympic athletes for Senegal]]
 [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
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 [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Senegal]]
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-[[Category:African Games medalists for Senegal]]
+[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Senegal]]
 [[Category:African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
+[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
+[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games]]
+[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games]]
+[[Category:Universiade medalists for Senegal]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]

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