Nikolai Nikolayevich Sokolov

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Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Sokolow ( Russian: Николай Николаевич Соколов , English transcription Nikolay Sokolov; born August 28, 1930 in Wasjunino near Vologda ; † 2009 ) was a Russian athlete who competed for the Soviet Union. In 1960 he finished second in the 3000 meter obstacle course .

1957 and 1959 Sokolow took third place at the Soviet championships. On June 26, 1960, an international athletics match between Poland and the Soviet Union took place in Tula. In the obstacle course, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak won with a new world record of 8: 31.4 minutes ahead of Sokolow in 8: 32.4 minutes, making Sokolow third behind Krzyszkowiak and his compatriot Jerzy Chromik . At the Soviet championship in 1960 Sokolov won ahead of Semyon Rschishchin and Alexei Konow . The first four runners were only a second apart; Vladimir Evdokimow , who had started in Tula as the second Soviet runner, missed the Olympic qualification in fourth in the championship despite a time of 8: 37.4 minutes. At the Olympic Games in Rome , the three Soviet runners qualified for the final. Konow ensured a high pace right from the start to protect his compatriots, who were tough at speed, from possible sprint decisions, but this was of little use against Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak. Two seconds behind the Poles, Sokolow won the silver medal in 8: 36.4 minutes from Rschishchin.

1961 and 1962 each Konow won the Soviet championship, followed by Evdokimow and Sokolow alternated on the medal places. At the European Championships in Belgrade in 1962 , all three Soviet runners again reached the final. There the Belgian Gaston Roelants ensured a high pace and in the end won safely ahead of the Romanian Zoltan Vamoş , Sokolow won the bronze medal in 8: 40.6 minutes.

Sokolov was involved in world records for other obstacle runners three times. In 1960 he ran the fastest time of his career in second behind Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak. In May 1961 the Ukrainian Hryhorij Taran set a new world record in an intra-Soviet comparative competition in Kiev with 8: 31.2 minutes, in this race Sokolow took third place in 8: 40.2 minutes. After Sokolow had won his second Soviet championship title in 1963, he started on September 7, 1963 in Leuven, the hometown of Gaston Roelants. Roelants was the first runner to go under 8:30 in 8: 29.6 minutes; Sokolow finished second in this race, 17 seconds behind.

With a height of 1.71 m, his competition weight was 62 kg.

literature

  • ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988
  • Manfred Holzhausen: world records and world record holder. Hour run / 20 km run / 3,000 m obstacle course. Grevenbroich 2001
  • Ekkehard zur Megede: The History of Olympic Athletics. 2nd volume 1948-1968. Bartels & Wernitz Berlin 1969

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personal data
SURNAME Sokolow, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Соколов, Николай Николаевич
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet obstacle runner
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wasjunino near Vologda
DATE OF DEATH 2009