Mikhail Shchennikov

Personal information

Born

December 24, 1967

Medal record

Men's Athletics
Competitor for the Soviet Union
World Championships
Silver	1991 Tokyo	20 km
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	5 km
Gold	1989 Budapest	5 km
Gold	1991 Seville	5 km
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1989 The Hague	5 km
Gold	1990 Glasgow	5 km
World Race Walking Cup
Silver	1989 L'Hospitalet	20 km
Gold	1991 San Josè	20 km
Competitor for the Russia
Olympic Games
Silver	1996 Atlanta	50 km
World Championships
Silver	1997 Athens	20 km
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1993 Toronto	5 km
European Championships
Gold	1994 Helsinki	20 km
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1994 Paris	5 km
World Race Walking Cup
Silver	1995 Beijing	20 km

Mikhail Anatolyevich Shchennikov (Russian: Михаил Анатольевич Щенников, born December 24, 1967) is a Russian race walker.

He was born in Sverdlovsk. His son Georgi Shchennikov is a professional footballer for PFC CSKA Moscow.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Soviet Union
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	1st	5000 m	18:27.79 = CR
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	6th	20 km	1:20:47
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	5000 m	18:27.10 = CR
	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	1st	5000 m	18:35.60 = CR
	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	2nd	20 km
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	1st	5000 m	19:00.62
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	2nd	20,000 m	1:23:22.34
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	5000 m	18:23.55 = CR
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	20 km
	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, USA	1st	20 km
Representing Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	12th	20 km
Representing Russia
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	5000 m
	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	5th	20 km
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	DSQ	20 km
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	5000 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	20 km
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, PR China	2nd	20 km
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	20 km
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia	7th	20 km
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia	2nd	50 km	3:43:46 = PB
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	20 km
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	DNF	20 km

External links

IAAF profile for Mikhail Shchennikov

European Champions in Men's 20 km Walk

1958: Stan Vickers (GBR)
1962: Ken Matthews (GBR)
1966: Dieter Lindner (GDR)
1969: Paul Nihill (GBR)
1971: Nikolay Smaga (URS)
1974: Vladimir Golubnichy (URS)
1978: Roland Wieser (GDR)
1982: José Marín (ESP)
1986: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH)
1994: Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS)
1998: Ilya Markov (RUS)
2002: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP)
2006: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP)
2010: Stanislav Emelyanov (RUS)

IAAF Men's World Race Walking Cup Champions

20 kilometres	1961 – 1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1970 – 1973: Hans Reimann (GDR) 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1977 – 1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1985: José Marín (ESP) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1993: Daniel García (MEX) 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2002 – 2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2006 – 2008: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN)

50 kilometres	1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1963: István Havasi (HUN) 1965 – 1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) 1977: Raúl González (MEX) 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1981 – 1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) 1991 – 1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2002 – 2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 2006 – 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2010 Matej Tóth (SVK)

World Best Year Performance in Men's Race Walking

20 km walk	1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)

50 km walk	1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohan Diniz (RUS)

Records
Preceded by Axel Noack	Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder July 30, 1988 – May 26, 1990	Succeeded by Andrey Perlov

Persondata
Name	Shchennikov, Mikhail
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	December 24, 1967
Place of birth
Date of death
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