Olga Petrovna Bondarenko (née Krentser, Russian: О́льга Петро́вна Бондаре́нко-Кренцер;[1] born 2 June 1960 in Slavgorod[2]) is a retired Russian female 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Soviet Union | |||||
| 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 ){kind=small} Unified Team | |||||
| 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 at World Athletics
- ^ 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
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mary Slaney | Women's 3000 m season's best 1986 | Succeeded by Ulrike Bruns |