Sergey Popov
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Soviet Union |
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| European Championships | |||
| Gold | Stockholm 1958 | Marathon | |
Sergey Popov (born September 21, 1930) 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).
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| European Champions in Men's Marathon |
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| 1934: Armas Toivonen | 1938: Väinö Muinonen | 1946: Mikko Hietanen | 1950: Jack Holden | 1954: Veikko Karvonen | 1958: Sergey Popov | 1962: Brian Kilby | 1966: Jim Hogan | 1969: Ron Hill | 1971: Karel Lismont | 1974: Ivan Thompson | 1978: Leonid Moseyev | 1982: Gerard Nijboer | 1986: Gelindo Bordin | 1990: Gelindo Bordin | 1994: Martín Fiz | 1998: Stefano Baldini | 2002: Janne Holmén | 2006: Stefano Baldini |
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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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