Agberto João Conceição Guimarães (born August 18, 1957) is a former

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ian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s. He set a personal best

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time of 1:43.63 min in

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1984, a performance which made him temporarily the second-fastest South American 800m runner ever. Guimarães first participated in major international championships at the 1980 Moscow Olympics where he placed fourth in 800 metres (see, for example, "Moscow Olympic Book" / Moskovan Olympiakirja, Tapio Pekola et al., eds., Helsinki, Finland: "Runner" / Juoksija magazine, 1980). Guimarães came sixth in the 800 m final at the

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in Helsinki. He won two gold medals and two bronze medals at the

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. Nowadays Guimarães works at the Brazilian Olympic Committee as its Olympic Solidarity Programme general manager.

International competitions

¹Representing the Americas
²Did not finish in the final
³Did not finish in the semifinals

References

* * 1957 births Living people Brazilian male middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Belém Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Brazil Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub