Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Shabunin (russian: Вячеслав Васильевич Шабунин) (born 27 September 1969 in

Kamyshlov Kamyshlov (russian: Камышло́в) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Pyshma River ( Ob's basin) at its confluence with the Kamyshlovka River. Population: History It was founded in 1668 Kamyshevsky ...

, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

. After a career that took him to three Olympics, he has continued into

masters athletics Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair comp ...

. In 2010 he set

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in the M40 1500 metres,

mile run The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...

and 3000 metres.

Competition record

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

- 1:47.00 min (1996) *

- 3:32.28 min (2000) * 3000 metres - 7:39.24 min (1995) * 5000 metres - 13:43.39 min (1994) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

- 1:01:29 hrs (1996)

References

* 1969 births Living people People from Sverdlovsk Oblast Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast Russian male middle-distance runners Russian male long-distance runners Russian masters athletes Olympic male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners World record holders in masters athletics {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub