Sergey Popov

Sergey Popov
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Medal record
Sergey Popov
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for the Soviet Union
European Championships
Gold	1958 Stockholm	Marathon

Sergey Popov (born September 21, 1930 in Irkutsk) is a retired marathon runner from the Soviet Union, who won the gold medal at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. He did so in a new world record time of 2:15:17. Popov is a three-time winner of the Soviet national marathon title (1957-1959).

References

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1934: Armas Toivonen (FIN) · 1938: Väinö Muinonen (FIN) · 1946: Mikko Hietanen (FIN) · 1950: Jack Holden (GBR) · 1954: Veikko Karvonen (FIN) · 1958: Sergey Popov (URS) · 1962: Brian Kilby (GBR) · 1966: Jim Hogan (GBR) · 1969: Ron Hill (GBR) · 1971: Karel Lismont (BEL) · 1974: Ian Thompson (GBR) · 1978: Leonid Moseyev (URS) · 1982: Gerard Nijboer (NED) · 1986: Gelindo Bordin (ITA) · 1990: Gelindo Bordin (ITA) · 1994: Martín Fiz (ESP) · 1998: Stefano Baldini (ITA) · 2002: Janne Holmén (FIN) · 2006: Stefano Baldini (ITA)

Records
Preceded by James Peters	Men's Marathon World Record Holder August 24, 1958 – September 10, 1960	Succeeded by Abebe Bikila
Sporting positions
Preceded by Pavel Kantorek	Košice Men's Marathon Winner 1959	Succeeded by Samuel Hardicker

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