Olga Nazarova

For the Belarusian biathlete, see Olga Nazarova (biathlete).
Olga Nazarova
Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Representing  Soviet Union
1988 Seoul 4x400 m relay
1988 Seoul 400 m
Representing the Unified Team
1992 Barcelona 4x400 m relay
World Championships
Representing  Soviet Union
1991 Tokyo 4x400 m relay
1987 Rome 4x400 m relay

Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova (Russian: Ольга Назарова) (born 1 June 1965) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.

She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul in the 400m where she won the bronze medal. She then joined with gold medalist Olga Bryzgina, 400m hurdles silver medalist Tatyana Ledovskaya and fellow Soviet Mariya Pinigina to win gold in the 4 × 400 m relay. That USSR relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (as of 2013).[1]

She returned to compete for the Commonwealth of Independent States in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, finishing fourth in the 400m final. In the 4 x 400 metres, she won the gold medal with Olga Bryzgina who had this time won the silver medal in the 400m, Yelena Ruzina and Lyudmila Dzhigalova.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, Germany semi-final 400 m
DISQ 4 × 400 m
1987 World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 4th 400 m 52.76
World Championships Rome, Italy 8th 400 m 51.20
2nd 4 × 400 m 3:19.50
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 3rd 400 m 49.90
1st 4 × 400 m 3:15.17 WR
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st 4 × 400 m 3:18.43
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 4th 400 m 49.69
1st 4 × 400 m 3:20.20

Note: The Soviet Union originally finished 2nd in the 4 × 400 m at the 1986 European Championships, before being disqualified for a lane infringement.

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