Olga Petrovna Bondarenko (née Krentser, russian: О́льга Петро́вна Бондаре́нко-Кренцер;
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-19. born 2 June 1960 in

Slavgorod Slavgorod (russian: Сла́вгород) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located between Lakes Sekachi and Bolshoye Yarovoye. Population: 48,000 (1975). History It was founded in 1910 and was granted town status in 1914. Administrative a ...

) is a retired Russian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete, who competed mainly in the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

. She trained at the Armed Forces sports society in

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

and represented the Soviet Union internationally. She competed for the

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at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

held in

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where she won the

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in the first Olympic women's 10,000 metres event, setting a new

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: 31:05.21.

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Biography
1960 births Living people People from Slavgorod Sportspeople from Altai Krai Soviet female long-distance runners Russian female long-distance runners Soviet female cross country runners Russian female cross country runners Olympic female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Friendship Games medalists in athletics {{russia-athletics-bio-stub

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