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El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba (born September 22, 1958) is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in 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 1st September 2014 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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Senegal
1978	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	High Jump
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
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	400 m hurdles	47.23
1984	Olympic Games	Los angeles, USA	5th	400 m hurdles	49.28
1987	400 m hurdles	Roma, Italia	5th	400 m hurdles	48.37
1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	400 m hurdles
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	400 m hurdles
1989	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	400 m hurdles

External links

Amadou Dia Ba at World Athletics

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