Oumar Loum

Oumar Loum (born December 31, 1973) is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He competed at the Olympic Games three times, never progressing to the final.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Senegal
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	17th (h)	4×100 m relay	40.13
	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	4th	100 m	10.51 (0.0 m/s)
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	12th (sf)	100 m	10.50 (w)
			4th	200 m	20.68 (w)
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	16th (sf)	100 m	10.60
			33rd (h)	200 m	21.12
1994	Jeux de la Francophonie	Bondoufle, France	3rd	100 m	10.35
			–	200 m	DNF
1996	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	1st	200 m	20.70
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	22nd (qf)	200 m	21.31
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	43rd (h)	200 m	20.95
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	3rd	200 m	20.59
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	8th	200 m	21.20
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	200 m	20.76
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	20th (qf)	200 m	20.60
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	10th (sf)	200 m	21.49
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Canada	5th	100 m	10.37
			2nd	200 m	20.59
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	34th (qf)	100 m	10.42
			9th (qf)	200 m	20.43
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	3rd	200 m	20.37 (w)
			2nd	4×100 m relay	40.08
			3rd	4×400 m relay	3:14.40
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18th (h)	200 m	21.62
	World Championships	Paris, France	18th (qf)	200 m	20.67
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	4th	200 m	20.86
			3rd	4×100 m relay	38.79
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	3rd	200 m	20.99
			2nd	4×100 m relay	39.58
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	7th	200 m	21.43
			4th	4×100 m relay	39.96
			7th	4×400 m relay	3:10.61
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	37th (h)	200 m	20.97
2005	Islamic Solidarity Games	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	5th	100 m	10.52
			3rd	200 m	21.10
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	44th (h)	200 m	21.37
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Niamey, Niger	3rd	200 m	21.12
			4th	4×100 m relay	40.36
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	4th (sf)	200 m	20.99
			4th	4×100 m relay	40.54
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	8th	200 m	21.77
2009	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	21st (h)	200 m	24.59
			3rd	4×100 m relay	39.87

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.17 (-0.4) (Bamako 2002)
• 200 metres – 20.21 (+0.6) (Mexico City 2000)

Indoor

• 200 metres – 20.90 (Liévin 1995, 2001)

External links

• Oumar Loum at World Athletics