Vladimir Pavlovich Muravyov

Vladimir Pavlovich Muravyov ( Russian Владимир Павлович Муравьёв , English Vladimir Muravyov ; born September 30, 1959 in Karagandy , Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Soviet sprinter .

He is one of only three runners who managed to become Olympic champion twice in the 4 x 100 meter relay . The other two are the Americans Frank Wykoff (1928-1936 three times relay gold) and Carl Lewis (1984 and 1992). Vladimir Muravyov was one of the best runners ever in the second corner.

Career

Muravjow was the Soviet champion over 200 meters in 1983 and over 100 meters in 1985 and 1987 .

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the sprinters from the United States were not at the start because of the Olympic boycott . Vladimir Muravyov finished sixth in the 100 meter final in 10.44 s. The relay in the line-up Wladimir Muravjow, Nikolai Sidorow , Alexander Aksinin and Andrei Prokofjew won the 4 x 100 meter final in 38.26 s before Poland, France, Great Britain and the GDR.

At the European Indoor Championships in Grenoble in 1981 Murawjow won silver in 5.76 s over 50 meters behind the Pole Marian Voronin , and at the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1982 he was seventh over 200 meters in 20.76 s. The Soviet relay was European champion without Muravyov.

At the World Championships in Helsinki in 1983 Muravyov was eliminated in the 200-meter semifinals. The Soviet team consisting of Prokofjew, Sidorow, Muravjow and Wiktor Bryshin won bronze in 38.41 s behind Italy (silver in 38.37 s) and the team from the USA, which ran a world record with 37.86 s.

Due to the Olympic boycott in 1984, Muravyov was only able to take part in the European Cup and World Cup internationally in 1984 and 1985, so he was third in the 1985 World Cup.

The 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart gave Murawjow the chance to make up for the 1982 season title. After he was eliminated over 100 meters in the semi-finals, he ran a strong race as usual in the second corner of the relay. In the line-up of Alexander Evgenev , Nikolai Juschmanow , Muravjow and Wiktor Bryshin , the relay won in 38.29 s before the GDR relay, which was far behind, which won silver in 38.64 s.

At the World Championships in Rome in 1987 , Muravyov was eliminated over 100 meters in the quarter-finals. The Soviet team won silver behind the relay from the United States in 38.02 seconds. With Yevgenev, Bryshin, Muravyov and Vladimir Krylow as the final runner, the Soviet season was in the lead for a long time, but in the end Carl Lewis was able to overtake Krylow as the final runner.

At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 Muravyov did not start in an individual competition. In the sprint relay, the US relay lost the baton in the run-up, so the outcome of the final was open again. The Soviet Union won ahead of Great Britain and France in 38.19 s. Behind Brysgin, Krylow and Muravyov, Vitali Sawin was the final runner.

Vladimir Muravyov is 1.78 m tall and weighed 74 kg during his playing days.

Best times

• 50 m (hall): 5.73 s, February 21, 1981, Grenoble
• 100 m: 10.20 s, July 9, 1986, Moscow
• 200 m: 20.34 s, August 18, 1984, Moscow

literature

• ATFS (Ed.): USSR Athletics Statistics. London 1988
• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 89/90. London 1989, ISBN 0-948209-33-X
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )

Web links

• Vladimir Muravyov in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Wladimir Pawlowitsch Murawjow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )