Viktor Nikolayevich Bykov (russian: Виктор Николаевич Быков; born 19 February 1945) is a retired Soviet cyclist from

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. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in the 4 km

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and finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively. He was part of the Soviet teams that won the team pursuit at the 1967 and 1969

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. Between 1965 and 1971 he won six national titles in the 4 km individual and team pursuit.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bykov, Viktor 1945 births Living people Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Soviet male cyclists