Olga Petrovna Bondarenko (née Krentser, ;Olga Bondarenko. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-19. born 2 June 1960 in Slavgorod) is a retired Russian track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. She trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Volgograd and represented the Soviet Union internationally.
She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, where she won the gold medal in the first Olympic women's 10,000 metres event, setting a new Olympic record with a time of 31:05.21.
International competitions Representing 1985World Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal7th5 km1985World CupCanberra, Australia 3rd10,000 m32:07.701986European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 1st3000 m8:33.992nd10,000 m30:57.211987World Indoor ChampionshipsIndianapolis, United States 2nd3000 m8:47.081987World Cross Country ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland13th5 km1987World Championships Rome, Italy (final)3000 m8:48.11(heat)4th10,000 m31:18.381988World Cross Country ChampionshipsAuckland, New Zealand20th6 km1988Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea1st10,000 m31:05.21Representing 1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spainheats10,000 mDNF
See also List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of 1988 Summer Olympics medal winners List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of Russian sportspeople
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