Olga Petrovna Bondarenko (née Krentser, Russian: О́льга Петро́вна Бондаре́нко-Кренцер; 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: 31:05.21.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Soviet Union
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| 1985 | World Cross Country Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 7th | 5 km | |
| 1985 | World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 3rd | 10,000 m | 32:07.70 |
| 1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 1st | 3000 m | 8:33.99 |
| 2nd | 10,000 m | 30:57.21 | |||
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:47.08 |
| 1987 | World Cross Country Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 13th | 5 km | |
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | DNS (final) | 3000 m | 8:48.11(heat) |
| 4th | 10,000 m | 31:18.38 | |||
| 1988 | World Cross Country Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 20th | 6 km | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:05.21 |
Representing  Unified Team
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| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | heats | 10,000 m | DNF |
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
References
- Olga Bondarenko. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-19.
- Shteinbakh, Valeri (2006). "Бондаренко Ольга Петровна". Great Olympic Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Olympia Press. ISBN 5-94299-088-3.
External links
- (in Russian) Biography
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| Preceded byMary Slaney | Women's 3000 m season's best 1986 |
Succeeded byUlrike Bruns |
| Olympic Champions in Women's 10,000 m | |
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| European Athletics Championships champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres | |
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| 3000 m (1974–94) |
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| 5000 m (since 1998) |
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| Russian Athletics Championships women's 10,000 metres champions | |
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| Russian Athletics Championships women's half marathon champions | |
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- 1960 births
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