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Athletics Middle distance

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Russia
Career 1927 - 2015
Best year 1980
Total points 1024
Best results 8x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#1

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Disciplines

Contests

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
2014 World Relays 4x800m Women 3 6 -
1946 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Olga Ovsyannikova
1960 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Lyudmila Shevtsova
1936 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Lydia Freiberg
1976 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Tatyana Kazankina
1980 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1944 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva
1951 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Nina Otkalenko
1927 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Anna Mushkina
1972 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Lyudmila Bragina
1976 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Tatyana Kazankina
1940 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Anna Zaytseva-Bosenko
1951 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Valentina Pomogayeva
1952 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Nina Pletnyova
1976 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Valentina Gerasimova
1936 World record - improvement 1500m Women 1 8 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva
1950 World record - improvement 800m Women 1 8 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva
1949 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Olga Ovsyannikova
1981 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1974 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Lyudmila Bragina
1983 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1932 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Mushkina
1990 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1943 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Zaytseva-Bosenko
1961 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Lyudmila Shevtsova
1953 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Nina Pletnyova
1978 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1986 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1928 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Mushkina
1938 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva
1956 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Nina Otkalenko
1948 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Olga Ovsyannikova
1979 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1973 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Lyudmila Bragina
1982 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1931 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Mushkina
1989 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1942 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Zaytseva-Bosenko
1959 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Nina Otkalenko
1951 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Olga Ovsyannikova
1977 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1985 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1935 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Mushkina
1992 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1947 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Olga Ovsyannikova
1978 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1955 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Nina Pletnyova
1981 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1930 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Mushkina
1988 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1941 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Zaytseva-Bosenko
1958 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Nina Otkalenko
1950 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Olga Ovsyannikova
1982 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1975 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Lyudmila Bragina
1984 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1933 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Mushkina
1991 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1945 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva
1977 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1954 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Nina Pletnyova
1979 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1929 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Anna Mushkina
1987 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Tatyana Kazankina
1939 World record - annual holding 1500m Women 1 1 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva
1957 World record - annual holding 800m Women 1 1 Nina Otkalenko
1991 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 8 Lyudmila Rogachova
1987 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 2 Svetlana Kitova
1995 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 4 Yelena Afanasyeva
2006 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 8 Yuliya Chizhenko
2004 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 2 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina
2006 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 4 Yelena Soboleva
1993 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 4 Svetlana Masterkova
1997 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 8 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
2003 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 2 Yekaterina Rozenberg
1999 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 2 Natalya Tsyganova
1989 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 4 Svetlana Kitova
1989 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 4 Tatyana Grebenchuk
1993 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 8 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
2001 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 2 Natalya Gorelova
1987 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 2 Lyubov Kiryukhina
1987 World Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 4 Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh
2010 World Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 8 Mariya Savinova
1999 World Championship 1500m Women 1 12 Svetlana Masterkova
1991 World Championship 1500m Women 3 3 Lyudmila Rogachova
1987 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Lyubov Gurina
1983 World Championship 1500m Women 2 6 Zamira Zaytseva
1983 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Lyubov Gurina
2005 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Tatyana Andrianova
1987 World Championship 1500m Women 1 12 Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh
1983 World Championship 1500m Women 3 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
1983 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
2005 World Championship 1500m Women 1 12 Tatyana Tomashova
1991 World Championship 800m Women 1 12 Liliya Nurutdinova
2003 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Natalya Khrushcheleva
2005 World Championship 1500m Women 2 6 Olga Yegorova
1997 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Yelena Afanasyeva
2003 World Championship 1500m Women 1 12 Tatyana Tomashova
2001 World Championship 1500m Women 3 3 Natalya Gorelova
1999 World Championship 800m Women 3 3 Svetlana Masterkova
1991 World Championship 1500m Women 2 6 Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh
1993 World Championship 800m Women 2 6 Lyubov Gurina
2007 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 2 4 Yelena Soboleva
2002 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 1 7 Yelena Zadorozhnaya
2005 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 3 2 Natalya Yevdokimova
2006 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 2 4 Tatyana Tomashova
1998 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 1 7 Svetlana Masterkova
2004 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 3 2 Yelena Zadorozhnaya
2005 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 2 4 Tatyana Tomashova
1999 World Athletics Final 800m Women 3 2 Svetlana Masterkova
2001 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 3 2 Natalya Gorelova
2004 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 2 4 Tatyana Tomashova
2006 World Athletics Final 1500m Women 3 2 Yelena Soboleva
1960 Own WR improvement 800m Women 1 4 Lyudmila Shevtsova
1934 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Anna Mushkina
1952 Own WR improvement 800m Women 1 4 Nina Otkalenko
1972 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Lyudmila Bragina
1955 Own WR improvement 800m Women 1 4 Nina Otkalenko
1980 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Tatyana Kazankina
1972 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Lyudmila Bragina
1954 Own WR improvement 800m Women 1 4 Nina Otkalenko
1980 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Tatyana Kazankina
1980 Own WR improvement 800m Women 1 4 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1937 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva
1953 Own WR improvement 800m Women 1 4 Nina Otkalenko
1972 Own WR improvement 1500m Women 1 4 Lyudmila Bragina
1988 Olympic Games 1500m Women 2 12 Laimutė Baikauskaitė
1980 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1972 Olympic Games 1500m Women 1 24 Lyudmila Bragina
1980 Olympic Games 1500m Women 3 6 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1980 Olympic Games 800m Women 2 12 Olga Mineyeva
1996 Olympic Games 1500m Women 1 24 Svetlana Masterkova
1976 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Tatyana Kazankina
1980 Olympic Games 800m Women 3 6 Tatyana Providokhina
2004 Olympic Games 1500m Women 2 12 Tatyana Tomashova
1972 Olympic Games 800m Women 2 12 Nijolė Sabaitė
1980 Olympic Games 1500m Women 1 24 Tatyana Kazankina
1960 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Lyudmila Shevtsova
2012 Olympic Games 800m Women 2 12 Ekaterina Poistogova
1992 Olympic Games 1500m Women 2 12 Lyudmila Rogachova
1996 Olympic Games 800m Women 1 24 Svetlana Masterkova
1976 Olympic Games 1500m Women 1 24 Tatyana Kazankina
1988 Olympic Games 1500m Women 3 6 Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh
1992 Olympic Games 800m Women 2 12 Liliya Nurutdinova
1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final 1500m Women 3 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final 1500m Women 3 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final 800m Women 3 3 Svetlana Masterkova
1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final 1500m Women 1 8 Svetlana Masterkova
1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final 800m Women 2 5 Lyubov Gurina
1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final 1 mile Women 1 8 Lyubov Kremlyova
1991 IAAF Grand Prix 800m Women 2 4 Lyubov Gurina
1989 IAAF Grand Prix 1 mile Women 3 2 Svetlana Kitova
1992 IAAF Grand Prix 1500m Women 2 4 Lyubov Kremlyova
1991 IAAF Grand Prix 1 mile Women 1 7 Natalya Artyomova
1990 IAAF Grand Prix 1500m Women 2 4 Svetlana Kitova
1992 IAAF Grand Prix 1500m Women 1 7 Lyudmila Rogachova
1992 Grand Prix Final 1500m Women 1 2 Lyudmila Rogachova
1986 Grand Prix Final 1500m Women 1 2 Tatyana Samolenko
1989 Grand Prix Final 1 mile Women 2 1 Svetlana Kitova
1992 Grand Prix Final 1500m Women 2 1 Lyubov Kremlyova
1991 Grand Prix Final 1 mile Women 1 2 Natalya Artyomova
1970 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Lyudmila Bragina
1986 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Svetlana Kitova
1975 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Tatyana Kazankina
2013 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Yelena Kotulskaya
1994 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Lyudmila Rogachova
1989 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Tatyana Grebenchuk
1981 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Lyubov Smolka
2005 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Larisa Chzhao
2002 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Yekaterina Puzanova
1988 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Olga Nelyubova
1986 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Tatyana Lebonda
1968 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Valentina Lukyanova
2007 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Natalya Pantelyeva
2005 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Natalya Tsyganova
2007 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Olesya Chumakova
1968 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Alla Kolesnikova
1980 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Tamara Koba
1972 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Lyudmila Bragina
2009 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Oksana Zbrozhek
1992 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Lyubov Kremlyova
1987 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Lyubov Kiryukhina
1979 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Svetlana Guskova
1990 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Lyubov Gurina
1985 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1994 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
1981 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Valentina Ilyinykh
1967 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Valentina Lukyanova
2000 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Olga Kuznetsova
1996 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Svetlana Masterkova
2000 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Yuliya Kosenkova
2009 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Mariya Savinova
1972 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Tamara Pangelova
1971 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Lyudmila Bragina
2000 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Natalya Tsyganova
1989 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Marina Yachmenyova
1983 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Olga Simanova
1974 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Tamara Kazachkova
1983 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Svetlana Kitova
1975 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Sarmīte Štūla
1992 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
1979 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Zamira Zaytseva
2015 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Ekaterina Poistogova
1996 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
1992 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Yelena Afanasyeva
1989 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Svetlana Kitova
2007 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 1 3 Oksana Zbrozhek
2011 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 1 3 Elena Arzhakova
1992 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 2 2 Inna Yevseyeva
1987 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 2 2 Svetlana Kitova
1969 European Indoor Championships 800m Women 3 1 Anna Zimina
1971 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Tamara Pangelova
2011 European Indoor Championships 1500m Women 3 1 Yekaterina Martynova
2006 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Tatyana Tomashova
1958 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Yelizaveta Yermolayeva
1978 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1990 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Liliya Nurutdinova
1982 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Olga Dvirna
2006 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Yuliya Chizhenko
1986 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Nadezhda Olizarenko
1954 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Lyudmila Shevtsova
1998 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Svetlana Masterkova
1954 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Nina Otkalenko
2006 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Olga Kotlyarova
1986 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Lyubov Gurina
1978 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Giana Romanova
1986 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh
1982 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Olga Mineyeva
2006 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Svetlana Klyuka
1994 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Lyudmila Rogachova
2002 European Championship 1500m Women 3 1 Tatyana Tomashova
1998 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Yelena Afanasyeva
1978 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Zoya Rigel
1982 European Championship 1500m Women 2 2 Zamira Zaytseva
1978 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Tatyana Providokhina
1982 European Championship 800m Women 2 2 Lyudmila Veselkova
1994 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Lyudmila Rogachova
1986 European Championship 1500m Women 1 4 Ravilya Agletdinova
1994 European Championship 1500m Women 3 1 Yekaterina Podkopayeva
1994 European Championship 800m Women 1 4 Lyubov Gurina
1958 European Championship 800m Women 3 1 Dzidra Levitska
2012 Diamond League 800m Women 3 3 Mariya Savinova
2011 Diamond League 800m Women 3 3 Mariya Savinova
2010 Diamond League 800m Women 2 6 Mariya Savinova
2013 Diamond League 800m Women 3 3 Ekaterina Poistogova
2010 Diamond League 1500m Women 3 3 Anna Alminova
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