Lyudmila Shevtsova
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women’s Track and Field | |||
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| Gold | 1960 Rome | 800 metres | |
Lyudmila Ivanovna Shevtsova (Russian: Людмила Ивановна Шевцова) (born November 26, 1934) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She trained at VSS Avanhard in Dnepropetrovsk.
On July 3, 1960 in Moscow she set the World Record in the discipline at 2 min 04.3 sec.[1] She equalled her world record while winning the 800 metre gold for USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy two months later.
Shevtsova was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1960).
| Olympic champions in women's 800 m |
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1928: Lina Radke | 1960: Lyudmila Shevtsova | 1964: Ann Packer | 1968: Madeline Manning | 1972: Hildegard Falck | 1976: Tatyana Kazankina | 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko | 1984: Doina Melinte | 1988: Sigrun Wodars | 1992: Ellen van Langen | 1996: Svetlana Masterkova | 2000: Maria Mutola | 2004: Kelly Holmes |
[edit] References
- ^ Athletics - World Record progression. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on September 6, 2006.
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