Slobodan Popović Explained

Slobodan Popović
Birth Date:	28 September 1962
Birth Place:	Inđija, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:	1.79 m^[1]
Weight:	63 kg
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	800 metres
Club:	Crvena Zvezda
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Slobodan Popović (Cyrillic: Слободан Поповић; born 28 September 1962 in Inđija) is a Serbian former middle distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

International competitions

Representing
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.00
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	10th (h)	800 m	1:51.35
	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	13th (sf)	400 m	46.74
			6th	800 m	1:46.09
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	19th (h)	800 m	1:48.68
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.27
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	16th (h)	800 m	1:52.51
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	5th	800 m	1:48.07
	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	bgcolor=gold	1st	800 m	1:46.13
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.95
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	7th	800 m	1:45.07
			10th (sf)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.30
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	800 m	1:50.02
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	10th (sf)	800 m	1:45.11
			5th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.59
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	7th (sf)	800 m	1:50.50
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	800 m	1:45.90
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.46
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	12th (h)	800 m	1:46.89
Competing as
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	34th (h)	800 m	1:49.69
Representing
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	14th (h)	800 m	1:48.85

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 46.49 (Sarajevo 1987)
• 800 metres – 1:44.75 (Linz 1988) NR
• 1000 metres – 2:18.88 (London 1989) NR

Indoor

• 400 metres – 47.14 (Budapest 1988)
• 800 metres – 1:46.44 (Turin 1988) NR

References

• All-Athletics profile

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/slobodan-popovic-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121348/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/slobodan-popovic-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 17 May 2012.