Sergei Popov (marathon runner)

Sergei Konstantinovich Popov (Russian: Сергей Константинович Попов, 21 September 1930 – 25 June 1995) was a Russian marathon runner. He won a gold medal at the 1958 European Championships setting a new world record at 2:15:17; this record stood for more than two years and remained the Soviet national record until 1970. He also set a world record in Moscow, on June 15, 1958, for 30 kilometers, running 1:32:58.8.[3] Popov won the Soviet marathon title in 1957, when he ran the world's fastest marathon of the year in 2:19:50 in Moscow,[4] 1958 and 1959, and placed second in 1962 and third in 1963.[5] In 1959, he set the course record at the Košice Peace Marathon, the third year in a row he ran the world's fastest time.[4] He finished fifth at the 1960 Summer Olympics when the winner, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila, broke Popov's world record by less than a second.[1]

Sergei Popov
Personal information
Born21 September 1930
Khoronkhoy, Buryatiya, Russia[1]
Died25 June 1995 (aged 64)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2:15:17 (1958)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
European Athletics Championships
1958 Stockholm Marathon

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1957 Soviet Athletics Championships Moscow, Soviet Union 1st Marathon 2:19:50.0
1958 European Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st Marathon 2:15:17.0
1959 Košice Peace Marathon Košice, Czechoslovakia 1st Marathon 2:17:45
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References
  1. Sergey Popov. sports-reference
  2. Sergey Popov. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. World's best progressions - Road. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  4. Fastest Marathons run each year, Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  5. ПОПОВ СЕРГЕЙ КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ. ulan-ude-eg.ru

1960 Olympic Marathon You Tube video

Légende du Sport Marocain: Feu Abdeslam Radi

Records
Preceded by
James Peters		 Men's Marathon World Record Holder
24 August 1958 – 10 September 1960		 Succeeded by
Abebe Bikila
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