Dmitriy Anatolyevich Bogdanov (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Богданов, born 11 April 1979) is a Russian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who specializes in the

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 th ...

. His personal best times are 1:44.33 minutes in the 800 metres and 46.50 seconds in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...

Career

He was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and represents the club Dinamo Saint Petersburg. He finished seventh at the 1998 World Junior Championships. The time he achieved, 1:48.91 minutes, was a personal best. He progressed further to 1:46.61 minutes (July 1999,

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) and 1:45.76 minutes (July 2000, Tula). He competed at the 2000 European Indoor Championships and the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in both 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay without reaching the final. At the 2001 European U23 Championships he won a bronze medal in the relay. He finished fourth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships in a time of 1:45.84 minutes, which would remain his indoor personal best for many years. In July 2002 he set his lifetime best in the 400 metres, 46.50 seconds achieved in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. A less successful period in international championships then followed. He competed without reaching the final at the 2002 European Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 World Indoor Championships, the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He then won the gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. He also competed in relay at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, but the team was disqualified. He then competed without reaching the final at the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

. He finished fifth at the

2006 IAAF World Cup The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Ath ...

and the 2008 World Indoor Championships. In the latter race he finally set a new indoor PB, 1:45.76 minutes, which still stands. Outdoors he had set several successive personal bests, year by year: 1:45.72 minutes in 2002 (July,

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), 1:45.28 minutes in 2003 (June,

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), 1:45.12 minutes in 2004 (June, Ratingen) and finally 1:44.33 minutes in 2006 (July,

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). Bogdanov also holds the European indoor record in the 4 x 800 metres relay, with 7:15.77 minutes achieved in February 2008. He became Russian champion in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and Russian indoor champion in 2002 and 2005.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogdanov, Dmitriy 1979 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Russian male middle-distance runners Olympic male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners