Amadou Dia Ba — silver medal at the Seoul Olympics

25 sept. 1988 · Séoul, Corée du Sud

On 25 September 1988, at the Seoul Olympics in South Korea, a Senegalese athlete named Amadou Dia Ba ran the race of his life in the 400-metre hurdles. He crossed the line in 47.23 seconds, winning the silver medal. It was the first Olympic medal in Senegal's history. That day, a whole nation discovered it could shine on the world's greatest sporting stage.

Sources

• Le Soleil — Amadou Dia Ba, l'exception sénégalaise
• The Conversation — « Jeux olympiques : pourquoi le Sénégal n'a pas réitéré son exploit de 1988 »

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