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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sergei Konstantinovich Popov |
| Born | 21 September 1930 Khoronkhoy, Troitskosavsky aimak, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] |
| Died | 25 June 1995 (aged 64) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 2:15:17 (1958)[2] |
Medal record | |
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]
