Flashcards: Soviet middle-distance runners

Lyudmila Ivanovna Gurevitch (nee Shevtsova later Lysenko, born 26 November 1934) is a retired Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres.

Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova (Russian: Светлана Александровна Мастеркова; born 17 January 1968 in Achinsk) is a Russian former middle distance runner and current women's world record holder for the mile and the kilometer.

Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (Russian: Людмила Ивановна Брагина, born 24 July 1943) is a retired Russian middle distance runner.

Lyudmila Rogachova (born October 30, 1966 in Lad Balka) is a retired Russian middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres.

Yevhen Oleksandrovych Arzhanov (Ukrainian: Євген Олександрович Аржанов, born 9 February 1948) is a former middle-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova (Russian: Елена Николаевна Романова; 20 March 1963 – 29 January 2007) was a Russian middle distance runner.

Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko (née Pletnyova; Russian: Нина Григорьевна Откаленко; 23 May 1928 – 13 May 2015) was a Soviet middle-distance runner.

Svetlana Ulmasova (Russian: Светпана Упьмасова; born February 4, 1953 died 6 April 2009) was a long-distance runner from the Soviet Union and a former world record holder in the women's 3000 metres (outdoor).

Nijolė Sabaitė (born August 12, 1950 in Raseiniai, Lithuanian SSR) is a retired Lithuanian middle distance runner who represented internationally the USSR.

Lyubov Mikhailovna Gurina (Russian: Любовь Гурина; born August 6, 1957 in Matushkino, Kirov Oblast) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia.

Olga Pavlovna Mineyeva (Russian: Ольга Павловна Минеева; born September 1, 1952 in Degtyarsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Soviet athlete, who competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia.

Tatyana Providokhina (Russian: Татьяна Провидохина) (born March 26, 1953 in Leningrad) is a Soviet athlete, who mainly competed in the 800 metres.

Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernetskiy (Russian: Николай Николаевич Чернецкий; born November 29, 1959 in Frunze, Kirgiz SSR) is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union.

Georgy Ivanovich Znamensky (Russian: Георгий Иванович Знаменский, 12 June 1903 – 28 December 1946) was a Russian middle-distance and long-distance runner.

Seraphim Ivanovich Znamensky (Russian: Серафим Иванович Знаменский, 4 September 1906 – 7 May 1942) was a Russian middle-distance and long-distance runner.

Vladimir Dmitriyevich Kazantsev (Russian: Владимир Дмитриевич Казанцев, 6 January 1923 – 22 November 2007) was a Russian long-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1952 Olympics.

Nikolay Ivanovich Kirov (Belarusian: Мікалай Іванавіч Кіраў; Russian: Николай Иванович Киров; ; born 22 November 1957 in Streshin, Homel, Soviet Union) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the men's 800 metres.

Yekaterina Ilyinychna Podkopayeva (Russian: Екатерина Подкопаева; born 11 June 1952 in Moscow) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia.

Giana Romanova (born March 10, 1954) is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1970s.

Liliya Foatovna Nurutdinova (Russian: Лилия Фоатовна Нурутдинова; born December 15, 1963) is a retired middle distance runner who represented the Soviet Union and the Unified Team.