Aleksandr Kharlov

Aleksandr Kharlov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ха́рлов; born 18 March 1958) is a retired hurdler from the Soviet Union, best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 400 m hurdles.

Aleksandr Kharlov
Personal information
Born18 March 1958 (1958-03-18) (age 65)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1983 Helsinki400 m hurdles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1983 Edmonton 400 m hurdles

Kharlov competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the semifinals of the men's 400 m hurdles.[1] He set his personal best (48.78 seconds) on 20 June 1983, at the Soviet Spartakiad, winning his only Soviet championship title;[2] as of 2015, this time remains the Uzbekistani national record.[3] Later that summer, he won gold at the Universiade in Edmonton, running 49.41 and defeating Senegal's Amadou Dia Ba by half a second.[4] At the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki in August 1983 Kharlov won the bronze medal in 49.03; running in lane one, Kharlov was among the tail-enders for much of the race but finished fast, edging out Sweden's Sven Nylander (who also started slow) by 0.03 seconds.[5]

References
  1. "Aleksandr Kharlov Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  2. "Soviet Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  3. Butler, Mark; IAAF Media & Public Relations Department (2013). IAAF Statistics Handbook Moscow 2013. International Association of Athletics Federations.
  4. "World Student Games (Men)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  5. Pekola, Tapio; et al. (1983). Yleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 (in Finnish). Juoksija. ISBN 951-9465-05-7.


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