Amadou Dia Ba

El Hadj Amadou Dia Bâ OLY^[1] (born September 22, 1958) is a retired Senegalese athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won the 1988 Olympic silver medal in this event with a personal best time of 47.23 seconds. It was the first, and only (as 2024) Olympic medal for Senegal. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984.

Amadou Dia Ba

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Senegal
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	400 m hurdles

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Senegal
1978	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	High Jump	2.08
1982	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	400 m	45.80s
			1st	400 m hurdles	49.55s
1983	World Student Games	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	400 m hurdles
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	400 m hurdles	49.61
1984	African Championships	Rabat, Morocco	1st	4X400 m	3.04.80s
			1st	400 m hurdles	49.30s
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, USA	5th	400 m hurdles	49.28
1985	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	400 m hurdles	48.29 CR
1987	400 m hurdles	Rome, Italy	5th	400 m hurdles	48.37
	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	400 m hurdles	48.03 CR
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	400 m hurdles	47.23 NR
	African Championships	Annaba, Algeria	1st	400 m hurdles	48.81
1989	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	1st	400 m hurdles	49.47 CR

As of 20 November 2024, Dia Ba holds five track records for the 400 metres hurdles set over the period August 1985 to September 1989. These include the track records for Manresa (48.69) and Nairobi (48.03).