Maria Carmo Tavares

PORWomen

Birth dateApr 27, 1974

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Maria Carmo Tavares is a Portugal sprinter, born on April 27, 1974. She competes primarily in the 100m, 200m and 400m.

Her personal bests include 11.81 in the 100m, 23.47 in the 200m, 51.92 in the 400m, 2:01.14 in the 800m and 56.25 in the 400mH. She has earned 26 gold medals in major international competitions. She is currently active on the international athletics circuit, representing Portugal.

Key facts

800 m

2:01.14

#976 all-time

400 m hurdles

56.25

#578 all-time

2009 season best

2:07.70

May 30, 2009 · Pombal (POR) (i)

2009 season best

Age

52 years old

As of Sep 25, 2026: 800 m 2:01.14 (#976 all-time), 400 m hurdles 56.25 (#578 all-time), 2009 season best 2:07.70 (May 30, 2009, Pombal (POR) (i)) · 52 years old

Personal bests

11.81

23.47*

51.92

2:01.14

56.25

4x100m

44.87

4x400m

3:32.99

800m-short-track

2:03.47

1000m

2:49.00

60m

7.60

400m-short-track

52.77

200m-short-track

23.68

300m

38.19

300m-short-track

38.29

500Metres

1:10.35

500m-short-track

1:10.35

* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2009	400m	54.16	-	Jun 10, 2009	↓	Huelva (ESP)
2009	400m-short-track	55.75	-	Feb 21, 2009	↓	Spanish Indoor Championships
2009	800m-short-track	2:07.26	-	Mar 1, 2009	↓	Portuguese Indoor Championships
2009	800m	2:07.70	-	May 30, 2009	↓	Pombal (POR) (i)
2009	4x400m	3:36.15	-	Jun 21, 2009	↓	SPAR European Team Championships, Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
2008	400m	54.94	-	Feb 23, 2008	↓	Pombal (POR) (i)
2008	400m-short-track	54.94	-	Feb 23, 2008	↓	Indoor Championships
2008	800m	2:01.14	-	Jul 19, 2008	↓	Barcelona (ESP)
2008	800m-short-track	2:04.24	-	Feb 9, 2008	↓	Velódromo Luis Puig, Valencia (ESP) (i)
2007	400m-short-track	54.11	-	Feb 17, 2007	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2007	400m	54.72	-	Jun 9, 2007	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2007	800m	2:02.22	-	Jul 28, 2007	↓	Zaragoza (ESP)
2007	800m-short-track	2:04.60	-	Feb 3, 2007	↓	Indoor Championships
2006	400m	53.71	-	Jun 17, 2006	↓	Thessaloniki (GRE)
2006	400m-short-track	55.34	-	Feb 25, 2006	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2006	400mH	1:02.62	-	May 20, 2006	↓	Setúbal (POR)
2006	800m	2:02.00	-	Jun 20, 2006	↓	Estadio Iberoamericano, Huelva (ESP)
2006	800m-short-track	2:05.24	-	Feb 11, 2006	↓	Velódromo Luis Puig, Valencia (ESP) (i)
2006	1000m	2:49.00	-	Jan 7, 2006	-	Lisboa (POR)
2005	200m-short-track	24.85	-	Feb 6, 2005	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2005	200m	25.95	+3.2	Jul 24, 2005	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2005	400m-short-track	53.88	-	Feb 12, 2005	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2005	400m	54.52	-	May 14, 2005	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2005	800m	2:01.94	-	Jul 17, 2005	↓	Thessaloniki (GRE)
2005	800m-short-track	2:03.47	-	Mar 4, 2005	↓	European Indoor Championships, Palacio de Deportes, Madrid (i)
2005	4x400m	3:37.43	-	Jun 19, 2005	↓	Leiria (POR)
2004	100m	12.10	+0.2	Jul 9, 2004	↑	Barcelona (ESP)
2004	200m	24.27	+1.8	Jun 6, 2004	↓	Lisboa (POR)
2004	200m-short-track	24.33	-	Feb 15, 2004	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2004	400m	52.33	-	Jul 20, 2004	↓	Soria (ESP)
2004	400m-short-track	53.15	-	Feb 21, 2004	↓	Valencia (ESP) (i)
2004	400mH	58.09	-	May 15, 2004	↓	Lisboa (POR)
2004	500m-short-track	1:10.35	-	May 1, 2004	-	Lisboa (POR) (i)
2004	500Metres	1:10.35	-	May 1, 2004	-	Lisboa (POR) (i)
2003	60m	7.68	-	Mar 1, 2003	↓	Valencia (ESP) (i)
2003	200m	24.28	+0.6	Aug 3, 2003	↓	Seia (POR)
2003	200m-short-track	24.71	-	Feb 23, 2003	↓	Portuguese Indoor Championships
2003	400m-short-track	53.42	-	Mar 8, 2003	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2003	400m	53.88	-	Jul 20, 2003	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2003	400mH	56.43	-	Jul 9, 2003	↓	Granada (ESP)
2002	60m	7.60	-	Feb 9, 2002	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2002	200m	23.47	+3.1	Jul 14, 2002	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2002	200m-short-track	23.92	-	Feb 10, 2002	↓	Portuguese Indoor Championships
2002	300m	38.29	-	Feb 2, 2002	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2002	300m-short-track	38.29	-	Feb 2, 2002	-	Espinho (POR) (i)
2002	400m	52.92	-	Jul 20, 2002	↓	Leiria (POR)
2002	400m-short-track	53.76	-	Jan 26, 2002	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2002	400mH	56.25	-	Jun 12, 2002	↓	Cáceres (ESP)
2002	4x400m	3:32.99	-	Jun 23, 2002	↓	Sevilla (ESP)
2001	200m-short-track	23.68	-	Mar 4, 2001	↓	Lisbon Portuguese Indoor Championships
2001	200m	24.05	+0.1	Jun 24, 2001	↓	Lisboa (POR) (i)
2001	300m	38.19	-	May 1, 2001	↓	Viseu (POR)
2001	400m	52.20	-	Jun 30, 2001	↓	Funchal (POR)
2001	400m-short-track	52.78	-	Feb 17, 2001	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2001	400mH	56.88	-	Aug 30, 2001	↓	Beijing (CHN)
2000	60m	7.65	-	Feb 6, 2000	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2000	200m-short-track	24.25	-	Feb 13, 2000	↓	Portuguese Indoor Championships
2000	200m	24.93	+2.1	Aug 21, 2000	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2000	400m-short-track	53.59	-	Feb 6, 2000	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
2000	400m	53.76	-	Aug 17, 2000	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
1999	100m	11.81	-2.7	Aug 7, 1999	↑	Lisboa (POR)
1999	200m	24.27	+4.1	Jun 27, 1999	↓	Espinho (POR) (i)
1999	200m-short-track	24.32	-	Feb 21, 1999	↓	Portuguese Indoor Championships
1999	400m	51.92	-	Jul 12, 1999	↓	Palma de Mallorca Universiade
1999	400m-short-track	52.92	-	Feb 24, 1999	↓	Genova (ITA) (i)
1999	400mH	57.88	-	Aug 14, 1999	↓	Viseu (POR)
1998	200m	23.69	+1.8	Jul 18, 1998	↓	Lisboa (POR)
1998	4x100m	44.87	-	Aug 22, 1998	-	Budapest European Championships, Népstadion, Budapest
1998	400m	52.65	-	Jun 20, 1998	↓	Lisboa (POR)
1998	400m-short-track	52.77	-	Feb 18, 1998	↓	Genova (ITA) (i)
1998	400mH	59.36	-	Jul 1, 1998	↓	Ibiza (ESP)
1997	200m	24.26	+0.9	Jun 20, 1997	↓	Lisboa (POR)
1997	400m	53.10	-	Jul 12, 1997	↓	Tenerife (ESP)
1997	400m-short-track	54.74	-	Feb 22, 1997	↓	Valencia (ESP) (i)
1996	400m	53.22	-	Jun 28, 1996	↓	Lisboa (POR)
1996	4x400m	3:35.73	-	Jun 29, 1996	↓	Lisboa (POR)
1993	100m	12.37	-0.5	Jul 29, 1993	↑	European Junior Championships
1993	200m	25.45	+0.9	Jul 30, 1993	↓	European Junior Championships

2009

14 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
400m	55.49	-	Aug 1	Spanish Championships, Barcelona
400m	54.52	-	Jul 25	Portuguese Championships
400m	54.46	-	Jul 20	Rethymno Vardinoyiannia, Rethymno
400m	54.32	-	Jul 12	Lisboa Lusofonia Games, Lisboa
4x400m	3:36.15	-	Jun 21	SPAR European Team Championships, Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
400m	55.09	-	Jun 20	SPAR European Team Championships, Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
4x400m	3:36.15	-	Jun 20	SPAR European Team Championships, Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria
400m	54.16	-	Jun 10	Huelva Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo, Huelva
800m	2:07.70	-	May 30	Castellón ECCC Group A, Castellón
400m	55.60	-	May 9	Lisboa Torneio Ibérico, Lisboa
800m-short-track	2:07.26	-	Mar 1	Portuguese Indoor Championships
400m-short-track	55.75	-	Feb 21	Spanish Indoor Championships
800m-short-track	2:08.42	-	Feb 15	Pombal Portuguese Indoor Club Championships, Pombal (i)
400m-short-track	56.02	-	Jan 10	Espinho (i)

2008

15 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
800m	2:01.91	-	Aug 15	The XXIX Olympic Games, National Stadium, Beijing
800m	2:03.69	-	Jul 20	Portuguese Championships, Seixal
800m	2:01.14	-	Jul 19	Barcelona Miting Internacional d'Atletisme, Barcelona
800m	2:03.43	-	Jul 13	Alcalá de Henáres International Meeting, Alcalá de Henáres
800m	2:01.77	-	Jul 5	Madrid Meeting de Atletismo, Madrid
800m	2:04.63	-	Jul 2	Salamanca Gran Premio Atletismo, Salamanca
800m	2:01.93	-	Jun 24	Jerez de la Frontera Gran Premio Andalucia, Jerez de la Frontera
800m	2:05.33	-	Jun 21	European Cup 1st League Group A, Leiria
800m	2:10.65	-	May 24	Vila Real de Santo António ECCC Group B, Vila Real de Santo António
800m-short-track	2:07.24	-	Feb 24	Portuguese Indoor Championships
400m-short-track	54.94	-	Feb 23	Indoor Championships
800m-short-track	2:04.28	-	Feb 16	Birmingham Norwich Union Indoor GP, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (i)
800m-short-track	2:04.24	-	Feb 9	Valencia Reunion Internacional, Velódromo Luis Puig, Valencia (i)
400m-short-track	55.23	-	Feb 2	Espinho Portuguese Indoor Club Championships, Espinho (i)
800m-short-track	2:07.09	-	Jan 26	Pombal Portuguese Indoor Club Championships, Pombal (i)

2007

21 performances

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
800m	2:02.71	-	Aug 11	Ninove Memorial Gert Rasschaert, Ninove
800m	2:02.22	-	Jul 28	Zaragoza Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza
800m	2:03.13	-	Jul 21	Madrid Meeting de Atletismo, Madrid
800m	2:04.85	-	Jul 14	Barakaldo Trofeo Internacional Atletismo, Barakaldo
800m	2:05.17	-	Jul 7	Alcalá de Henares Internacional Meeting, Alcalá de Henáres
800m	2:04.25	-	Jun 29	Rivas Reunión de Atletismo, Rivas
800m	2:02.90	-	Jun 23	European Cup First League Gr. B, Milano
800m	2:08.98	-	Jun 10	Covilhâ Portuguese Club Championships, Covilha
400m	54.72	-	Jun 9	Covilhâ Portuguese Club Championships, Covilha
800m	2:03.75	-	Jun 2	Barcelona Regional Championships, Barcelona
800m	2:12.13	-	May 26	Seixal
400m	56.10	-	May 26	Seixal
800m	2:03.35	-	May 19	Herrera Grand Premio Andalucía, Herrera
800m-short-track	2:09.75	-	Mar 3	European Indoor Championships, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (i)
800m-short-track	DNF	-	Mar 2	European Indoor Championships, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (i)
800m-short-track	2:09.75	-	Mar 2	European Indoor Championships, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (i)
800m-short-track	2:07.66	-	Feb 18	Portuguese Indoor Championships
400m-short-track	54.11	-	Feb 17	Portuguese Indoor Championships, Espinho (i)
800m-short-track	2:06.06	-	Feb 11	Pombal Regional Indoor Championships, Pombal (i)
400m-short-track	54.37	-	Feb 10	Pombal Regional Indoor Championships, Pombal (i)
800m-short-track	2:04.60	-	Feb 3	Indoor Championships

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Maria Carmo Tavares's 800 m personal best?

Maria Carmo Tavares's 800 m personal best is 2:01.14, set on Jul 19, 2008 in Barcelona (ESP), #976 on the all-time list.

Which events does Maria Carmo Tavares compete in?

Maria Carmo Tavares competes in the 800 m and 400 m hurdles.

How did Maria Carmo Tavares perform in 2009?

2009 season best: 2:07.70, set on May 30, 2009 in Pombal (POR) (i).