Nikolai Ivanovich Pankin

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Nikolai Ivanovich Pankin ( Russian: Николай Иванович Панкин ; born January 2, 1949 in Moscow , † October 13, 2018 in Murom ) was a Soviet swimmer who was once Olympic knight and twice European champion in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Career

On April 18, 1968, the 1.78 m tall Nikolai Pankin set his first world record over 100 meters chest when he needed 1: 06.2 minutes in Moscow and thus undercut the Brazilian José Fiolo's world record by two tenths of a second. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , the 100-meter chest competition took place first. Pankin won his preliminary run ahead of Klaus Katzur from the GDR and his semi-final ahead of the Argentine Alberto Forrelli . In the final, Donald McKenzie from the United States won in 1: 07.7 minutes ahead of the two Soviet swimmers Wladimir Kossinski and Nikolai Pankin, who both swam 1: 08.0 minutes, and José Fiolo came fourth in 1: 08.1 minutes. Over 200 meters chest, Pankin was runner-up behind Brian Job from the United States. In the final in front of a home crowd, the Mexican Felipe Múñoz won ahead of Wladimir Kossinski and Brian Job. Nikolai Pankin finished fourth in 2: 30.3 minutes, 0.4 seconds behind Brian Job. With the 4 x 100 meter layer relay, Pankin took second place behind Japan in the preliminary run. In the final, four different swimmers competed for the Soviet Union than in the preliminary and won the bronze medal. The athletes who were only used in the preliminary stages did not receive any medals in 1968.

In 1969 Pankin set another world record over 100 meters chest with 1: 05.8 minutes, which was only beaten in 1972 by John Hencken . In 1969 Pankin set two world records over 200 meters chest , the second with 2: 25.4 minutes. This record was broken in 1970 by Brian Job.

At the European Championships in Barcelona in 1970 , Pankin won the 100 meter title ahead of Roger-Philippe Menu from France. Klaus Katzur won over 200 meters ahead of Pankin. After gold and silver, Pankin won a bronze medal with the Soviet layer relay made up of Viktor Krasko , Nikolai Pankin, Vladimir Nemschilow and Leonid Ilyichov . Two years later at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he took seventh place over 100 meters chest, retired over 200 meters chest in the run and reached fourth place with the individual relay.

In 1973 Pankin won the 200 meter breaststroke at the Universiade in Moscow. At the European Championships in Vienna in 1974 , as in 1970, Pankin received a complete set of medals. He won over 100 meters in front of the German Walter Kusch , over 200 meters he won silver behind the British David Wilkie . The layer relay with Igor Potjakin , Nikolai Pankin, Wiktor Scharygin and Wladimir Bure reached third place behind the seasons from the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom. In 1975, Pankin won his last international medal when he finished third behind the United States' David Wilkie and Rick Colella at the Cali World Championships over 200 meters chest . At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , he was eliminated from over 100 meters breaststroke in the preliminary run, took seventh place over 200 meters breaststroke and only swam in the preliminary run in the individual relay, which finished fifth in the final.

Pankin won 13 Soviet championship titles, five over 200 meters chest and four each over 100 meters chest and with the individual relay. He swam his best time over 100 meters chest of 1: 05.38 minutes in 1976, over 200 meters chest he reached 2: 21.37 minutes in 1975. After his active career, he became a swimming coach, his most successful protégé was Dimitri Wolkow , who won three Olympic medals as a breaststroke swimmer.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 106f
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 107
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 111f
  4. ↑ European Championships on sport-komplett.de
personal data
SURNAME Pankin, Nikolai Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Панкин, Николай Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2018
Place of death Murom