| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for the Soviet Union | ||
| Men's modern pentathlon | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | Team |
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | Team |
| Silver | 1960 Rome | Team |
| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | Individual |
Igor Novikov (19 October 1929 – 30 August 2007) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Aleksandr Tarasov and Ivan Deryugin. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and he competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Albert Mokeyev and Viktor Mineyev), and a silver medal in the individual competition.[1]
Novikov was later a coach and sports administrator. He served as president for the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) 1988 – 1992.