Ardalion Ignatyev
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1956 Melbourne | 400 metres | |
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1954 Bern | 400 metres | |
1954 Bern | 200 metres |
Ardalion Vasilyevich Ignatyev (Russian: Ардалион Васи́льевич Игна́тьев; November 24, 1930 – October 24, 1998)[1][2] was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in the village of Novoye Toyderyakovo, Yalchiksky District, Chuvash ASSR.
He was European champion over 400 metres in 1954, when he also won a silver medal over 200 metres. He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 400 metres where he won the bronze medal jointly with Finland's Voitto Hellsten. After his career was finished, Ignatyev worked at sports school in Cheboksary as a director, and was also a lecturer at Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical University from 1970 to 1976.[3]
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Preceded by Rudolf Harbig | European Record Holder Men's 400m 25 June 1955 - 18 September 1959 | Succeeded by |
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- 1934: Adolf Metzner (GER)
- 1938: Godfrey Brown (GBR)
- 1946: Niels Holst-Sørensen (DEN)
- 1950: Derek Pugh (GBR)
- 1954: Ardalion Ignatyev (URS)
- 1958: John Wrighton (GBR)
- 1962: Robbie Brightwell (GBR)
- 1966: Stanisław Grędziński (POL)
- 1969: Jan Werner (POL)
- 1971: David Jenkins (GBR)
- 1974: Karl Honz (FRG)
- 1978: Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)
- 1982: Hartmut Weber (FRG)
- 1986: Roger Black (GBR)
- 1990: Roger Black (GBR)
- 1994: Du'aine Ladejo (GBR)
- 1998: Iwan Thomas (GBR)
- 2002: Ingo Schultz (GER)
- 2006: Marc Raquil (FRA)
- 2010: Kevin Borlée (BEL)
- 2012: Pavel Maslák (CZE)
- 2014: Martyn Rooney (GBR)
- 2016: Martyn Rooney (GBR)
- 2018: Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)
- 2022: Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)
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