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Pyotr Grigoryevich Bolotnikov (Russian: Пётр Григо́рьевич Боло́тников; 8 March 1930 – 20 December 2013) was a Soviet Track and field athlete who competed mainly in long-distance running events.[2] He was the winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Pyotr Bolotnikov

Personal information
Nationality	Soviet Russian
Born	(1930-03-08)March 8, 1930 Zinovkino, Krasnoslobodsky District, USSR
Died	December 20, 2013(2013-12-20) (aged 83) Krasnoslobodsk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	5000 meters, 10000 meters
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000 meters: 13:38.2[1] 10,000 meters: 28:18.1[1]
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome 10000 metres European Championships 1962 Belgrade 10000 metres 1962 Belgrade 5000 metres

Born in Zinovkino, Krasnoslobodsky District, Mordovian ASSR (now the Republic of Mordovia), Bolotnikov started athletics only at age twenty, when he joined the Soviet Army. He trained at VSS Spartak,[3] coached by Grigory Nikiforov.[2]

Bolotnikov won his first national championship title in 10,000 m in 1957, when he surprisingly beat the great Vladimir Kuts in a finishing straight by 0.2 seconds. He became the double Soviet champion in 5000 m and 10,000 m from 1958 to 1962. He also won the national 10,000 m title in 1964 and national cross country title in 1958. In 1959 he became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.[3]

Bolotnikov participated already at the 1956 Summer Olympics, but without any success. At the Rome Olympics in 1960, Bolotnikov controlled the 10,000 m race from the start to end, beating the main favourites Hans Grodotzki from East Germany and Murray Halberg from New Zealand by five seconds. On 5 October that year, in Kiev, Bolotnikov lowered the 10,000 metres world record by almost twelve seconds to 28:18.8.[4]

Just two weeks before the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, on 11 August 1962 in Moscow, Bolotnikov lowered his own 10,000 m world record by 0.6 seconds to 28:18.2,[4] thus becoming the main favourite at long distances at the Championships. He easily won the 10,000 m run, but was surprisingly beaten to third in 5,000 m.

After the unsuccessful 1964 Summer Olympics, Bolotnikov decided to retire from athletics in 1965. He received the Order of Lenin in 1960.[3]

Bolotnikov died on 20 December 2013, at the age of 83.[5]

References

Records
Preceded by Vladimir Kuts	Men's 10,000 m World Record Holder 15 October 1960 – 18 December 1963	Succeeded by Ron Clarke
Sporting positions
Preceded by Friedrich Janke	Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1960	Succeeded by Murray Halberg
Preceded by Murray Halberg	Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance 1963	Succeeded by Bob Schul

На других языках

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- [en] Pyotr Bolotnikov

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[fr] Pyotr Bolotnikov

Piotr Grigorievitch Bolotnikov (en russe : Пётр Григорьевич Болотников), né le 8 mars 1930 à Zinovkino, et mort le 20 décembre 2013[1] à Krasnoslobodsk (Mordovie), est un athlète d'URSS. Il pratiquait les courses de fond.

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[it] Pëtr Bolotnikov

Pëtr Grigorevič Bolotnikov (in russo: Пётр Григорьевич Болотников?; Zinovkino, 8 marzo 1930 – 20 dicembre 2013) è stato un mezzofondista sovietico, campione olimpico dei 10000 metri piani a Roma 1960.

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[ru] Болотников, Пётр Григорьевич

Пётр Григо́рьевич Боло́тников (8 марта 1930, дер. Зиновкино, Краснослободский район — 20 декабря 2013, Краснослободск) — советский бегун на длинные дистанции, олимпийский чемпион 1960 года, экс-рекордсмен мира на дистанции 10 000 м[3], заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1960). Кавалер орденов Ленина (1960), Дружбы народов (1985), Почёта (1995), «За заслуги перед Отечеством» III степени (1999); почётный гражданин Мордовии.

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