Anatoly Arkadyevich Mikhailov

Anatoli Arkadjewitsch Michailow ( Russian Анатолий Аркадьевич Михайлов , English transcription Anatoliy Mikhaylov ; born September 14, 1936 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg ) is a former Soviet athlete . With a height of 1.83 m, his competition weight was 79 kg.

Anatoly Michailow was from 1957 to 1966 ten times in a row Soviet champion in the 110-meter hurdles .

At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , Mikhailov was eliminated in advance. At the European Championships in Stockholm in 1958 , he won the bronze medal in 14.4 s, behind the German Martin Lauer, who won a European record, in 13.7 s and the Yugoslav Stanko Lorger in 14.1 s. In 1960 in Rome at the Olympic Games , he ran in the quarter-finals with 13.9 seconds, the second fastest time behind the American Willie May . In the semifinals, Mikhailov fell and was eliminated.

Mikhailov celebrated his greatest international success at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade. With a new Soviet record of 13.8 seconds, he won the title ahead of the Italian Giovanni Cornacchia in 14.0 seconds. Two years later at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, Mikhailov ran 13.7 s again in the final (13.78 s were electronically stopped), which was to be his fastest time. During this time he won bronze behind the two Americans Hayes Jones in 13.67 s and Blaine Lindgren in 13.74 s.

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , Mikhailov was fourth in 14.1 s. At the European Indoor Games in Prague in 1967, the Italian European champion from Budapest Eddy Ottoz won the 50-meter hurdles in 6.4 seconds. In 6.7 s Mikhailov took third place behind his compatriot Valentin Tschistjakow .

literature

• ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )