Mário Silva (athlete)
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Mário Manuel da Silva (born 23 July 1961 in Madina do Boe,
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...
) is a retired Portuguese runner who specialized in the
1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...
. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Indoor Championships behind
Noureddine Morceli Noureddine Morceli ( ar, نور الدين مرسلي, ''Nūr ud-Dīn Mursilī''; born February 28, 1970) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. He was the winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won three straight gold ...
and Fermín Cacho. That indoor season Silva ran in 3:36.46 minutes, which placed him third in the world ranking, again behind Morceli and Cacho.


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1961 births Living people Portuguese male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent European Athletics Championships medalists European Games competitors for Portugal {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub