Sergey Pakura (russian: Серге́й Пакура; born May 3, 1983) is a Kyrgyzstani middle-distance runner. Pakura represented Kyrgyzstan at the

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in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 800 metres. He ran in the seventh heat, against six other athletes including American middle-distance runner Andrew Wheating, and

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of the Netherlands. He finished the race in last place by two seconds behind Jamaica's

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, with a time of 1:50.54. Pakura, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed fifty-second overall, and was ranked farther below two mandatory slots for the next round.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Kyrgyzstani male middle-distance runners Living people Olympic athletes for Kyrgyzstan Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1983 births Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan {{Kyrgyzstan-athletics-bio-stub