Olga Aleksandrovna Rukavishnikova (russian: Ольга Александровна Рукавишникова) (born March 13, 1955 in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk) is a

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athlete who mainly competed in the women's pentathlon event during her career.

Biography

She competed for the

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in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

held in

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, in the Pentathlon where she won the silver medal splitting team mates

Nadiya Tkachenko Nadiya Volodymyrivna Tkachenko ( uk, Надія Володимирівна Ткаченко) or Nadezhda Vladimirovna Tkachenko (russian: Надежда Владимировна Ткаченко) (born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former penta ...

and

Olga Kuragina Olga Vitalyevna Kuragina (russian: Ольга Витальевна Курагина; born 21 April 1959) is a former Soviet track and field athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon. She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held ...

for a Soviet clean sweep in what was the last Olympic pentathlon leading to the introduction of the heptathlon for women. She had the shortest ever reign of a track and field world record holder - 0.4 seconds. When she crossed the finish line at the end of the 800 metres, the final event of the 1980 Olympic pentathlon, her score of 4937 points was a new world record, but 0.4 seconds later Tkachenko finished and set a new record of 5083 points.

References

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1955 births Living people People from Severodvinsk Russian pentathletes Soviet pentathletes Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Russian female athletes Soviet female athletes Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk Oblast {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub