Olha Bryzghina
Ukraine
Olympic Games | ||
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Representing Soviet Union | ||
1988 Seoul | 400 m | |
1988 Seoul | 4x400 m relay | |
Representing Unified Team | ||
1992 Barcelona | 4x400 m relay | |
1992 Barcelona | 400 m | |
Representing Unified Team | ||
European Indoor Championships | ||
1992 Genoa | 400 m | |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | ||
1992 Turin | 400 m | |
World Championships | ||
Representing Soviet Union | ||
1987 Rome | 400 m | |
1991 Tokyo | 4x400 m relay | |
1987 Rome | 4x400 m relay | |
Representing Soviet Union | ||
European Championships | ||
1986 Stuttgart | 400 m | |
Representing Soviet Union | ||
IAAF World Cup | ||
1985 Canberra | 400 m | |
1985 Canberra | 4x400 m relay | |
Representing Soviet Union | ||
European Cup | ||
1985 Moscow | 400 m | |
1985 Moscow | 4x400 m relay | |
Representing Soviet Union | ||
Friendship Games | ||
1984 Moscow | 4x400 m relay | |
1984 Moscow | 400 m | |
Representing Soviet Union | ||
Goodwill Games | ||
1986 Moscow | 400 m | |
1986 Moscow | 4x400 m relay |
Olha Bryzhina (Ukrainian: Ольга Бризгіна, maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; Russian: Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина; born June 30, 1963, in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented Soviet Union (until 1991) and later Ukraine.
Career
Bryzhina trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad. Competing in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, she was a particularly successful Olympian with three gold medals and one silver. At the 1988 Olympics the Soviet relay team set a new world record of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten (2022).[1] Bryzhina also became world champion in 1987.
Bryzhina successfully defeated Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 4 × 400 m relay. Both runners ran the final leg of the relay and took the baton at about the same time. "Flo-Jo" ran a well paced race, chasing Bryzhina closely, and tried to challenge Bryzhina at the 300m point. However, the challenge from Flo-Jo was unsuccessful and Bryzhina won by a 4m margin, taking gold for the Soviet Union along with a new world record for the USSR team. Bryzhina's time of 47.7 seconds in the 1988 Olympic relay is one of the fastest relay legs ever run by a woman in the history of track and field.
Bryzhina's 400m personal best of 48.27 seconds is the women's 4th best result of all time in a laned 400m race.[2][3][4] She achieved this in the same race that Marita Koch set the current 400m world record of 47.60 seconds on 6 October 1985 at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra (Australia).[3][4]
Bryzhina's husband Viktor Bryzhin was also a champion track athlete, winning gold in the 4 × 100 m relay event at the 1988 Olympics. Together they have two daughters, Yelizaveta Bryzhina and Anastasiia Bryzgina,[5][6][7] who are also a successful track runners (competing for Ukraine).
Bryzhina and her daughter Yelizaveta both had a best performance of 22.44 seconds over 200m as of December 2012.[8][9]
Personal bests
- 200 metres - 22.44 (1985)[2]
- 400 metres - 48.27 (1985)[2]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Soviet Union | |||||
1984 | Friendship Games | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 3rd | 400 m | 49.52 |
1985 | World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 2nd | 400 metres | 48.27 |
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 400 metres | 49.67 |
DISQ | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | 400 metres | 49.38 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.50 | |||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 1st | 400 metres | 48.65 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:15.17 WR | |||
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | 400 metres | 49.82 |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:18.47 | ||||
Representing Unified Team | |||||
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 2nd | 400 m | 51.48 |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 400 metres | 49.05 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.20 |
References
- ^ "Athletics - World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved September 12, 2006.
- ^ a b c IAAF profile for Olga Bryzgina Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b 2012 Olympic Games Statistics - Women’s 400m, Athletics Weekly
- ^ a b START LIST 400 Metres Women - Round 1 Archived 2015-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, Daegu 2011 (27 August 2011)
- ^ Romanization of Russian differs from Romanization of Ukrainian
- ^ Russia dominates on day of upsets in Bergen - European Team Champs Day 2, International Association of Athletics Federations (June 21, 2010)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Єлизавета Бризгіна: Головне — не участь, а перемога, Ukrayina Moloda (July 23, 2010)
- ^ Chris Tomlinson secures European long jump bronze, BBC (August 1, 2010)
- ^ Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster, BBC (July 31, 2010)
External links
- Olga Bryzgina at World Athletics
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- 1964: Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
- 1968: Colette Besson (FRA)
- 1972: Monika Zehrt (GDR)
- 1976: Irena Szewińska (POL)
- 1980: Marita Koch (GDR)
- 1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)
- 1988: Olha Bryzhina (URS)
- 1992: Marie-José Pérec (FRA)
- 1996: Marie-José Pérec (FRA)
- 2000: Cathy Freeman (AUS)
- 2004: Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)
- 2008: Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)
- 2012: Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)
- 2016: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
- 2020: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
- 2024: Marileidy Paulino (DOM)