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'''Babacar Niang''' (born 9 September 1958) is a retired [[Senegal]]ese-[[France|French]] middle distance runner who specialized in the [[800 metres]].  He remains Senegal's [[List of Senegalese records in athletics|national record holder]] in the [[1000 metres]] dating back to 1983.  In 1995, he briefly held the [[Masters M35 800 metres world record progression|masters M35 world record for 800m]], which lasted only a month before his contemporary [[Johnny Gray]] contested and beat the record.

==Achievements==
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!colspan="6"|Representing {{SEN}}
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|1988
|[[1988 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Annaba]], [[Algeria]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|800 m
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
|[[1989 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] 
|[[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|800 m
|
|-
|[[Jeux de la Francophonie]] 
|[[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|800 m
|
|}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|babacar-niang}}

{{Footer African Champions men's 800 metres}}
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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Senegalese male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Senegal]]
[[Category:French sportspeople of Senegalese descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Senegalese sportsmen]]


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