Viktor Bolshov (russian: Виктор Большов; born 23 May 1939) is a retired Soviet

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He competed in the

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finishing fourth behind his teammates

Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze ( ka, რობერტ შავლაყაძე; russian: Роберт Михайлович Шавлакадзе, 1 April 1933 – 4 March 2020) was a Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related t ...

, world record holder

Valery Brumel Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel (russian: Валерий Николаевич Брумель; 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003)Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 4, p. 243 was a Russian hi ...

and American John Thomas. During the course of the competition all four equaled the Olympic record, Shavlakadze, the first jumper in the order set the record first. Based on current rules, Bolshov would have tied Thomas for the bronze medal, but at the time jumpers were penalized for the number of attempts and Bolshov took seven attempts during the competition to Thomas' five. In 1961, Bolshov jumped 2.16 m in

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, at the time he was the number three high jumper in the world. Bolshov continued jumping, returning to the Olympics in 1968, but not making the final. In 1974, he equalled his 2.16 at the Soviet National Championships in Moscow, at age 35 setting the Masters M35 World Record. The record would stand for 17 years. Bolshov is married to Valentina Maslovskaya, a Soviet sprinter who also competed at the 1960 Olympics; their daughter Olga Bolşova became an Olympic high jumper. According to Valery Brumel's wife,

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...

originally devoted his "Song about high jumper" (russian: Песенка про прыгуна в высоту) to Bolshov. Later, when Brumel heard the song, he "decided" that it is about him, which Vysotsky did not mind.Tsybulski, Mark
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* 1939 births Living people Soviet male high jumpers Russian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union World record holders in masters athletics {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub