Yevhen Oleksandrovych Arzhanov ( uk, Євген Олександрович Аржанов, born 9 February 1948) is a

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former middle-distance runner who won a silver medal in the

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at the

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.Yevhen Arzhanov
sports-reference.com Arzhanov was a keen basketball and football player, and took up athletics only in 1965, yet by 1968 he was selected for the Soviet national team. At the 1968 Olympics, he reached the semifinals, and next year finished fourth at the 1969 European Championships. He won gold medals at the 1970 European Indoor Championships with a time of 1:51.0, 1971 European Indoor Championships (1:48.7), 1971 European Championships (1:45.6) and

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(1:46.9). At the 1972 Olympics Arzhanov led the final, but was narrowly overtaken in the last meters by

Dave Wottle David James Wottle (born August 7, 1950) is an American retired middle-distance track athlete. He was the gold medalist in the 800 meter run at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a world record holder in the 800 meters. In 1973, Wottle also ...

, who finished in the same time (1:45.9).Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Men's 800 metres
sports-reference.com After retiring from competitions, Arzhanov worked as athletics commentator with Ukrainian national television and radio stations. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he coached the national teams of South Korea and Vietnam.

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1948 births Living people People from Kalush, Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Dynamo sports society athletes Ukrainian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet male middle-distance runners European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub