Sergei Konstantinovich Popov (russian: Сергей Константинович Попов, 21 September 1930 – 25 June 1995) was a Russian marathon runner. He won a gold medal at the 1958 European Championships setting a new world record at 2:15:17; this record stood for more than two years and remained the Soviet national record until 1970. He also set a world record in Moscow, on June 15, 1958, for 30 kilometers, running 1:32:58.8. Popov won the Soviet marathon title in 1957, when he ran the world's fastest marathon of the year in 2:19:50 in Moscow,Fastest Marathons run each year
Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2017. 1958 and 1959, and placed second in 1962 and third in 1963.ПОПОВ СЕРГЕЙ КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ
ulan-ude-eg.ru In 1959, he set the course record at the Košice Peace Marathon, the third year in a row he ran the world's fastest time. He finished fifth at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

Abebe Bikila ''Shambel'' Abebe Bikila ( am, ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He is the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winnin ...

, broke Popov's world record by less than a second.

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Légende du Sport Marocain: Feu Abdeslam Radi
(1960 Olympic Marathon YouTube video)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Popov, Sergei 1930 births 1995 deaths Russian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union World record setters in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Irkutsk European Athletics Championships medalists Soviet male marathon runners