Nikolay Kolesnikov (sprinter)

Nikolay Vasilyevich Kolesnikov (Russian: Никола́й Васильевич Коле́сников; born September 8, 1953 in Kargaly, Almaty, Kazakhstan) is a retired 100 metres runner who represented the USSR. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics as well as the 60 metres at the 1978 European Indoor Championships. Kolesnikov trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
Representing Soviet Union
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	3rd	4 × 100 m relay
1978	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	1st	60 metres

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European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's 60 metres

1966: Barrie Kelly (GBR) 1967^†: Pasquale Giannattasio (ITA) 1968^†: Jobst Hirscht (FRG) 1969^†: Zenon Nowosz (POL) 1970–1972^†: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1973: Zenon Nowosz (POL) 1974–1977: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1978: Nikolay Kolesnikov (URS) 1979–1982: Marian Woronin (POL) 1983: Stefano Tilli (ITA) 1984: Christian Haas (FRG) 1985: Mike McFarlane (GBR) 1986: Ronald Desruelles (BEL) 1987: Marian Woronin (POL) 1988: Linford Christie (GBR) 1989: Andreas Berger (AUT) 1990: Linford Christie (GBR) 1992: Jason Livingston (GBR) 1994: Colin Jackson (GBR) 1996: Marc Blume (GER) 1998: Angelos Pavlakakis (GRE) 2000–2007: Jason Gardener (GBR) 2009: Dwain Chambers (GBR) 2011: Francis Obikwelu (POR) 2013: Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 2015: Richard Kilty (GBR)

^† The races for 1967–1969, 1972 and 1981 were held over 50 metres

Summer Universiade champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1959: Italy (De Murtas, Giannone, Mazza, Berruti)
1961: Soviet Union (Mikhailov, Ozolin, Bartenev, Chistyakov)
1963: Hungary (Csutorás, Rábai, Gyulai, Mihályfi)
1965: West Germany (Obersiebrasse, Metz, Felsen, Sundermann)
1967: Italy (Giani, Preatoni, Roscio, Berruti)
1970: Poland (Wagner, Werner, Gramse, Nowosz)
1973: United States (Brown, Riddick, Whatley, Gilbreath)
1975: Soviet Union (Zhidkikh, Silovs, Kolesnikov, Vladimirtsev)
1977: Soviet Union (Kolesnikov, Aksinin, Silovs, Ignatenko)
1979: Italy (Caravani, Grazioli, Lazzer, Mennea)
1981: United States (Lattany, Ketchum, Grimes, Smith)
1983: United States (Scott, Graddy, Robinson, Gault)
1985: Cuba (Querol, Simón, Chacón, Peñalver)
1987: United States (McRae, Heard, Daniel, Spearmon)
1989: United States (Watkins, Dees, Cason, Marsh)
1991: United States (Drummond, Goins, Bates, Trapp)
1993: United States (Bridgewater, Oaks, Miller, Jefferson)
1995: United States (Bowen, Oaks, Hargraves, Dopek)
1997: United States (Howard, Henderson, Carter, McCall)
1999: United States (Conwright, Trammell, Miller, Capel)
2001: Japan (Kawabata, Nara, Omae, Okusako)
2003: Japan (Ishikura, Takahira, Yoshino, Arai)
2005: Italy (Verdecchia, Rocco, Donati, Anceschi)
2007: Thailand (Autas, Sondee, Suwannarangsri, Suwonprateep)
2009: Russia (Mokrousov, Teplykh, Smirnov, Petryashov)
2011: South Africa (Dreyer, Magakwe, Sefanyetso, Mpuang)
2013: Ukraine (Perestiuk, Smelyk, Bodrov, Korzh)
2015: Japan (Ōseto, Nagata, Suwa, Taniguchi)

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