Sergei Popov (marathon runner)

Sergei Popov
Personal information
Birth name	Sergei Konstantinovich Popov
Born	21 September 1930; Khoronkhoy, Troitskosavsky aimak, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	25 June 1995 (aged 64); Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best	2:15:17 (1958)
Medal record
Representing Soviet Union
European Athletics Championships

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]

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sergey Popov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ Sergey Popov. trackfield.brinkster.net
^ World's best progressions - Road. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Fastest Marathons run each year, Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
^ ПОПОВ СЕРГЕЙ КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ. ulan-ude-eg.ru