Pavel Pegov

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Pavel Georgievich Pegov (Russian: Павел Георгиевич Пегов) (born 29 November 1956 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a former speed skater who specialised in the shorter distances 500 metres and 1000 metres. He studied at the East Siberian Technological Institute and trained with Nina Bobrova, and later at the Armed Forces sports society. He peaked in 1983 when he broke four world records.

Skating for the Soviet Union, Pavel Pegov finished 2nd behind Japanese skater Akira Kuroiwa at the World Sprint Championships of 1983. In March that year, on the Medeo rink at Alma-Ata, he broke Yevgeny Kulikov's two year old world record on the 500-m. On the 25th that month, he clocked 36.68, and a day later he sharpened the record to 36.57. That same weekend, he raced a perfect 1000-m – setting a legendary world record time of 1:12.58. He was the first speed skater who skated the 1000-m in less than 1 minute and 13 seconds and, although Igor Zhelezovski managed to equal this time six years later, Pegov's world record would stand undefeated for over ten years; Kevin Scott clocked 1:12.54 in Calgary 19 December 1993. His four Medeo races 36.68, 1:12.58, 36.57, 1:14.83 gave him another world record, with sprint combination samalogue point sum 146.955. This record lasted until Igor Zhelezovski very narrowly improved it to 146.945 in Heerenveen February 1989.

Pegov never regained his eminence after 1983, finishing only 13th in the 1,000 metres at the 1984 Winter Olympics. A few weeks after the Olympics, he ranked himself second, behind Sergey Khlebnikov, at the Soviet Sprint Championships. In 1985, Pegov retired as an elite speed skater.

[edit] World records

Over the course of his career, Pegov skated 4 world records:

Distance	Result	Date	Location
1,000 m	1:12.58	25 March 1983	Medeo
500 m	36.68	25 March 1983	Medeo
500 m	36.57	26 March 1983	Medeo
Sprint combination	146.955	26 March 1983	Medeo

[edit] Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	36.57	26 March 1983	Medeo
1,000 m	1:12.58	25 March 1983	Medeo
1,500 m	1:54.62	27 December 1983	Medeo
3,000 m	4:11.9	14 April 1977	Medeo
5,000 m	7:10.29	29 March 1979	Medeo
10,000 m	15:15.3	11 December 1976	Medeo