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Médard Makanga
Médard Makanga (born 8 May 1967) is a Congolese sprinter and hurdler. He won five gold medals at the Central African Athletics Championships and set the Congolese 400 metres hurdles national record. He also competed in the men's 200 metres, 400 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career Makanga entered in three events at the 1992 Olympics. In the 200 metres, he ran 22.18 seconds to place 7th in the first heat and did not advance. In the 400 m, he placed 6th in his heat with a 48.17-second time. He led off for the Congolese Olympic 4 × 100 m team in their heat, but the team was disqualified. At a separate meeting in 1992, Makanga set his 200 metres personal best of 21.9 seconds. Makanga qualified in the 400 metres at the 1994 Francophone Games. He placed 3rd in his heat to advance to the semi-finals, running 48.14 seconds. In the first semi-final, he ran 48.34 seconds to place 7th and did not qualify for the finals. At the 1995 Central African ...
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Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ...
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