Salamtou Hassane (born 1 January 1987) is a

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. Hassane competed for

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in the Women's 400 metres, but was knocked out in the heats. Her result in Athens was good enough to make a national record time of 1:03.28 in the 2004 Olympics Women's 400 metres. In 2008, the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Rachidatou Seini Maikido Rachidatou Seini Maikido (born September 18, 1988) is a Nigerien track and field athlete, who specialized in the 400 metres. Seini Maikido represented Niger at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanizati ...

's 1:03.19 time bested what had been Salamtou Hassane's record.

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* 1987 births Living people Nigerien female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Niger Olympic female sprinters {{Niger-athletics-bio-stub