Olga Bryzgina

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Gold	Seoul 1988	400 metres
Gold	Seoul 1988	4x400m Relay
Silver	Barcelona 1992	400 metres
Gold	Barcelona 1992	4x400m Relay

Olga Arkad'evna Bryzgina (maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; Russian: Ольга Аркадьевна Брызгина (Владыкина)) (born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented USSR (until 1991) and later Ukraine. She trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. Competing in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver. At the 1988 Olympics the Soviet relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (as of 2006).^[1] Bryzgina also became world champion in 1987. Her personal best of 48.27 seconds is the 4th best result of all times.

1 Personal bests
2 Major achievements
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Personal bests

200 metres - 22.44 (1985)
400 metres - 48.27 (1985)

[edit] Major achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	400 metres
1988	Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea	1st	400 metres
	Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea	1st	4x400m relay, 3:15.17 WR
1992	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	400 metres
	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	1st	4x400m relay

[edit] References

^ Athletics - World Record progression. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on September 12, 2006.

[edit] External links

IAAF profile for Olga Bryzgina

Olympic champions in women's 400 m
1964: Betty Cuthbert \| 1968: Colette Besson \| 1972: Monika Zehrt \| 1976: Irena Szewińska \| 1980: Marita Koch \| 1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks \| 1988: Olga Bryzgina \| 1992 Marie-José Perec \| 1996: Marie-José Perec \| 2000: Cathy Freeman \| 2004: Tonique Williams-Darling