Andrey Perlov

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Competitor for the Unified Team Unified Team
Gold 1992 Barcelona 50 km walk
World Championships
Competitor for the Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Silver 1991 Tokyo 50 km walk

Andrey Borisovich Perlov (Russian: Андрей Борисович Перлов, born December 12, 1961 in Novosibirsk) is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Russia. He won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He also won the 1990 European Championships as well as silver medals at the 1991 World Championships and the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1985 and 1989.

His personal best time is 3:37:41 h, placing him 10th in the all-time performers list (as of the end of August 2007).

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Records
Preceded by
Flag of the Soviet Union Mikhail Shchennikov
Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder
May 26, 1990September 16, 1990
Succeeded by
Flag of Czechoslovakia Pavol Blažek
Preceded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Ronald Weigel
Men's 50km Walk World Record Holder
August 5, 1989May 21, 2000
Succeeded by
Flag of Russia Valeriy Spitsyn