Mário Silva (athlete)

Mário Manuel da Silva (born 23 July 1961 in Madina do Boe, Guinea-Bissau) is a retired Portuguese runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Indoor Championships behind Noureddine Morceli and Fermín Cacho. That indoor season Silva ran in 3:36.46 minutes, which placed him third in the world ranking, again behind Morceli and Cacho.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Portugal
1983	Ibero-American Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th[1]	800m	1:50.11
			2nd[1]	1500m	3:54.06
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	10th (h)	800 m	1:52.91
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	3000 m	7:58.95
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	9th	1500 m	3:38.77
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	8th	3000 m	7:55.89
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	16th (h)	1500 m	3:47.92
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th	3000 m	7:56.34
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	3rd	1500 m	3:38.73
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	1500 m	3:43.85
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th	1500 m	3:35.76
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	7th	1500 m	3:46.61
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	19th (sf)	1500 m	3:42.85
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	–	1500 m	DNF
			2nd (h)	3000 m	7:57.45[2]

References

1. Guest out of competition
2. Did not finish in the final

• Mário Silva at World Athletics
• sports-reference

Awards
Preceded by Bernardo Marques	Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes 1990	Succeeded by Vítor Hugo Miguel Barroso