Sergey Nikolayevich Ivanov (russian: Серге́й Николаевич Иванов; born 12 January 1979) is a Russian long-distance runner. He set both a national record and a personal best time of 27:53.12 by winning the
10,000 metres
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at the 2008 Russian Athletics Championships in
Kazan, Russia
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.
Ivanov represented
Russia
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 10,000 metres. He finished the race in thirtieth place by five seconds ahead of Japan's
Takayuki Matsumiya
Takayuki Matsumiya ( ja, 松宮隆行; born 21 February 1980 in Akita) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in marathon races. He holds the Asian record and Japanese record over 25 km and 30 km. He has a twin brother, Yuk ...
, with a time of 28:34.72.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1979 births
Living people
People from Yadrinsky District
Sportspeople from Chuvashia
Russian male long-distance runners
Olympic male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes for Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Russian Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Russian people
21st-century Russian people
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