António Abrantes

António da Cunha Meneses Martins Abrantes (born 15 May 1968 in Lisbon^[1]) is a retired Portuguese middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.^[2] He represented his country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988, as well as two outdoor and one indoor World Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 1:46.23 outdoors (Maia 1995) and 1:50.94 indoors (Barcelona 1995).

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Portugal
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	24th (sf)	400 m	48.33
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	800 m	1:49.74
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	35th (h)	800 m	1:49.01
			14th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.75
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th (sf)	800 m	1:52.29
	Ibero-American Championships	Manaus, Brazil	5th	800m	1:48.30
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	24th (h)	800 m	1:47.91
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	20th (h)	800 m	1:51.36
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	40th (h)	800 m	1:50.89
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th (h)	800 m	1:47.61
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	13th (h)	800 m	1:50.94
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	23rd (h)	800 m	1:48.10
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	5th (sf)	800 m	1:48.19
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.48
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	33rd (h)	800 m	1:47.73

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