Sergei Konstantinovich Popov (, 21 September 1930 – 25 June 1995) was a Russian marathon runner. He won a gold medal at the 1958 European Championships setting a new world record at 2:15:17; this record stood for more than two years and remained the Soviet national record until 1970. He also set a world record in Moscow, on 15 June 1958, for 30 kilometers, running 1:32:58.8.World's best progressions - Road. Retrieved 16 April 2018. Popov won the Soviet marathon title in 1957, when he ran the world's fastest marathon of the year in 2:19:50 in Moscow,Fastest Marathons run each year, Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2017. 1958 and 1959, and placed second in 1962 and third in 1963.ПОПОВ СЕРГЕЙ КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ . ulan-ude-eg.ru In 1959, he set the course record at the Košice Peace Marathon, the third year in a row he ran the world's fastest time. He finished fifth at the 1960 Summer Olympics when the winner, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila, broke Popov's world record by less than a second.
Achievements Representing the 1957Soviet Athletics ChampionshipsMoscow, Soviet Union 1stMarathon2:19:50.01958European Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:15:17.01959Košice Peace Marathon Košice, Czechoslovakia 1stMarathon2:17:45
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Légende du Sport Marocain: Feu Abdeslam Radi (1960 Olympic Marathon YouTube video) ARRS.net ARRS.net