Leonid Spirin

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Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for the Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1956 Melbourne 20 km Walk
European Championships
Silver Stockholm 1958 20 km Walk

Leonid Vasilevich Spirin (Russian: Леонид Васильевич Спирин, June 21, 1932 – February 23, 1982) was a Russian athlete who competed for the Soviet Union.

He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the gold medal.

Spirin was awarded th Order of the Badge of Honor (1957).

Records
Preceded by
Flag of the Soviet Union Vladimir Guk		 Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder
July 7, 1959 – July 15, 1959		 Succeeded by
Flag of the Soviet Union Volodymyr Holubnychy
v • d • e
Olympic champions in men's 20 km walk
1956: Leonid Spirin • 1960: Volodymyr Holubnychy • 1964: Ken Matthews • 1968: Volodymyr Holubnychy • 1972: Peter Frenkel • 1976: Daniel Bautista
• 1980: Maurizio Damilano • 1984: Ernesto Canto • 1988: Jozef Pribilinec • 1992: Daniel Plaza • 1996: Jefferson Pérez • 2000: Robert Korzeniowski
• 2004: Ivano Brugnetti 


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