Agberto Guimarães

Agberto João Conceição Guimarães (born August 18, 1957) is a former Brazilian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s. He set a personal best 800 metres time of 1:43.63 min in Koblenz 1984, a performance which made him temporarily the second-fastest South American 800m runner ever.

Agberto Guimarães

Personal information
Full name	Agberto João Conceição Guimarães
Born	August 18, 1957 (1957-08-18) (age 67) Belém, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Club	CPR
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Brazil Pan American Games 1983 Caracas 800 metres 1983 Caracas 1500 metres

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 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. He won two gold medals and two bronze medals at the Pan American Games. Nowadays Guimarães works at the Brazilian Olympic Committee as its Olympic Solidarity Programme general manager.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Brazil
1975	South American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	800 m	1:51.8
1977	Universiade	Sofia, Bulgaria	4th	800 m	1:46.0
	South American Championships	Montevideo, Uruguay	1st	800 m	1:52.4
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	3rd	800 m	1:46.8
			3rd	1500 m	3:41.5
	World Cup	Montreal, Canada	5th	800 m	1:48.81
	Universiade	Mexico City, Mexico	6th (sf)	800 m	1:51.312
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.61
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	4th	800 m	1:46.2
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.9
1981	South American Championships	La Paz, Bolivia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.5
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	800 m	1:45.46
			6th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.46
	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	800 m	1:46.31
			1st	1500 m	3:42.91
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.79
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	12th (sf)	800 m	1:46.65
			34th (h)	1500 m	3:49.263
1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	3rd	800 m	1:45.801
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	24th (h)	800 m	1:48.49
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (h)	1500 m	3:44.86

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

References

• Agberto Guimaraes at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Agberto Guimarães". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.