Maung Sein Pe

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Maung Sein Pe
Personal information
NationalityBurmese
Born1920
Sport
SportSprinting
Event100 metres

Maung Sein Pe (born 1920) was a Burmese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Career

Pe was Burma's only athletics competitor in their 1948 Olympic delegation, entering in both the 100 metres and 200 metres. [2] In the 100 metres, he ran 11.78 seconds to place 6th in his heat. [3] The following month in the 200 m, he placed 4th in his heat and did not advance. [4]

At the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, Pe entered in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay. On 8 March, he placed 3rd in his 200 m heat and ran on the Burmese relay team to place 2nd in their heat, qualifying for the finals. [5]

On 9 March, Pe placed 2nd in his 100 m heat behind Shamin Alfred of India, though his semi-final results were not recorded. Two days later on 11 March, his Burmese relay team placed 6th in the finals. [5]

Personal life

Pe was part of the Maung nobility in Burma. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maung Sein Pe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Maung Sein Pe – Sole track athlete in Myanmar's delegation to the 1948 London Olympics". olympstats.com .
  3. ↑ Maung Sein Pe at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  4. ↑ Maung Sein Pe at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. 1 2 "ASIAN GAMES New Delhi, India 1951" (PDF). atfs.org .
  6. ↑ Maung Sein Pe at Olympedia OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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