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Pyotr Grigorevich Bolotnikov (Петр Григорьевич Болотников) (born March 8, 1930) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Born in Zinovkino , Krasnoslobodsky District , Mordvinian ASSR (now Mordovia Republic), Pyotr Bolotnikov started athletics only at age 20, when he joined the Red Army.
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.
Bolotnikov participated already at the 1956 Summer Olympics, but without any success. At the RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman Olympics in 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23, Bolotnikov controlled the 10 000 m race from the start to end, beating the main favourites Hans Grodotzki from East GermanyFor the historical eastern German provinces, see Eastern Germany East Germany officially the German Democratic Republic GDR , German Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR , was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet and Murray HalbergSir Murray Gordon Halberg (born July 7, 1933) is a former New Zealand middle distance runner. A rugby player in his youth, Halberg suffered a severy injury during a game, leaving his left arm crippled. The next year, he took up running, seemingly being on from New ZealandFor alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). New Zealand is a country formed of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. A common Mori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa popularly translated as Land by five seconds. Later on that year, Bolotnikov lowered the 10 000 m world recordA world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. In the United States the form world's record was formerly more common. In a number of sports, such as athletics or swimming world records are set in a number of events almost by twelve seconds to 28:18.8.
Just two weeks before the 1962 European Championships in BelgradeFor other uses see Belgrade (disambiguation Belgrade ( Serbian, Beograd , (population in Belgrade region 1,711,800 by census of 2002) is the capital of Serbia (since 1403) and Serbia and Montenegro (since 2003) and Yugoslavia ( 1918- 2003). The city lies, Bolotnikov lowered his own 10 000 m world record by 0.6 seconds to 28:18.2, thus becaming the main favourite at long distances at the Championships. He won easily the 10 000 m run, but was surprisingly beaten to third in 5000 m.
After the unsuccessful 1964 Summer Olympics, Bolotnikov decided to retire from athletics in 1965. He recieved the Order of Lenin in 1960.
Bolotnikov, Pyotr
Bolotnikov, Pyotr
Bolotnikov, Pyotr
