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Bryansk

Bryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Moscow. Population: -History:The first written mention of Bryansk was in 1146, in the Hypatian Codex, as Debryansk...

, Bryansk Oblast

Bryansk Oblast

Bryansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. Population: 1,278,087 .-History:...

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Track and field

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, who competed mainly in the 800 metres

800 metres

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. She represented the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 held in Moscow

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, Russia

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 in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal

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 ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva

Olga Mineyeva

Olga Pavlovna Mineyeva is a Soviet athlete, who competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia. There she won the silver medal in the 800 metres in 1:54.81 minutes, splitting team mates Nadezhda Olizarenko and Tatyana Providokhina for a Soviet cleansweep of the medals...

 and Tatyana Providokhina

Tatyana Providokhina

Tatyana Providokhina is a Soviet athlete, who mainly competed in the 800 metres.She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, where she won the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event. She also won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1978 European...

 for a Soviet clean sweep of the medals. This added to the bronze medal

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 she won in the 1500 metres

1500 metres

The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

 at the same games.

In 1980 Olizarenko set a world record and also her personal best over 800 metres with 1:53.43; this record stood until 1983, when it was bettered by Jarmila Kratochvílová

Jarmila Kratochvílová

Jarmila Kratochvílová is a Czech former sprinter and middle distance runner. In 1983, she set world record times for both the 400 metres and 800 metres, and won gold medals in both distances at the World Championships....

. , it is still the all-time number two mark in women's 800 metres. She won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1986 European Championships in Athletics

1986 European Championships in Athletics

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