Vladimir Walentinovich Krylov

Wladimir Walentinowitsch Krylov ( Russian Владимир Валентинович Крылов , English transcription Vladimir Krylov ; born February 26, 1964 in Sengilei , Ulyanovsk Oblast ) is a former Russian sprinter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

Krylov was Soviet champion over 100 meters in 1990, over 200 meters in 1988 and over 400 meters in 1984 and 1985.

In 1985 he was second over 400 meters in the European Cup and fifth in the World Cup. At the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, he won over 200 meters in 20.52 seconds ahead of the German Jürgen Evers (20.75 seconds). In the 4 x 400 meter relay Krylow won bronze with the Soviet team behind the relay from the United Kingdom and from the Federal Republic.

With a silver medal after 20.53 s over 200 meters at the European Indoor Championships in 1987 in Liévin behind the French Bruno Marie-Rose and in front of the British John Regis , Krylow continued his career. In the summer of the World Championships in Rome , a very exciting final over 200 meters developed. In 20.23 s, Krylow was fifth, seven hundredths of a second behind US World Champion Calvin Smith . In the 4 x 100 meter relay in Rome, the Soviet quartet won silver in 38.02 seconds behind the team from the United States. With Alexander Evgenev , Viktor Bryshin , Vladimir Muravyov and Krylow as the final runner, the Soviet relay 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, Krylow started over 100 meters, but did not take part in the semifinals. 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 the relay in 38.19 s, ahead of Great Britain and France. Behind Bryshin, Krylow and Muravyov, Vitali Sawin was the final runner.

The last major championships for Krylow were the European Championships in 1990 in Split. Over 100 meters he was seventh in 10.30 s. The sprint relay took fourth place behind France, Great Britain and Italy in 38.46 s.

Vladimir Krylov is 1.84 m and weighed 71 kg during his playing days.

Best times

• 60 m (indoor): 6.59 s, February 19, 1988, Inglewood
• 100 m: 10.13 s, May 31, 1988, Sochi
• 200 m: 20.23 s, September 3, 1987, Rome
  • Halle: 20.53 s, February 22, 1987, Liévin
• 400 m: 45.20 s, September 18, 1986, Tashkent
  • Halle: 46.18 s, February 12, 1986, Turin

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 1991. Windsor 1991, ISBN 1-873057-03-2
• 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 Krylov in the database of World Athletics (English)