Babacar Niang

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Babacar Niang
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Rabat 4×400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Annaba 800 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 Cairo 4×400 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Cairo 4×400 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Lagos 800 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 Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1988 African Championships Annaba, Algeria 1st800 m
1989 African Championships Lagos, Nigeria 3rd800 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Casablanca, Morocco 3rd800 m