Abdou Manzo

{{Short description|Nigerien long-distance runner (born 1959)}}

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| nationality = Nigerien

| sport = Long-distance running

| event = Marathon

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Abdou Manzo (born 1959), also spelled Abdou Monzo,{{Tilastopaja|98275}} is a Nigerien long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988, 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/abdou-manzo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/abdou-manzo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Abdou Manzo Olympic Results |accessdate=19 May 2017}}

His time of 2:25:05 in 1988 still stands as the Nigerien national record in the marathon.

Manzo was the flagbearer for Niger at the 1996 Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Flagbearers for Niger |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=NIG |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.olympedia.org}}

In 2009, Manzo attended an event as a "former glory of Nigerien athletics" to honor the death of SE M.Adamou Djermakoye.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=Association des anciens athlètes du Niger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111150126/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mgG95m5F58EJ:https://www.nigerdiaspora.net/Archives-Nigerdiaspora-2003-2020/index.php/faits-divers/item/49897-association-des-anciens-athl%25C3%25A8tes-du-niger&sca_esv=597525890&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0 |archive-date=2024-01-11|url=https://www.nigerdiaspora.net/Archives-Nigerdiaspora-2003-2020/index.php/faits-divers/item/49897-association-des-anciens-athl%25C3%25A8tes-du-niger |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=nigerdiaspora.net}}

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