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Information about Nikolai Viktorovich Avilov

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Gold1972 MunichDecathlon
Bronze1976 MontrealDecathlon
Nikolai Viktorovich Avilov (Russian: Николай Викторович Авилов) (born August 6 1948, Odessa) was a Ukrainian Soviet track athlete.

Avilov trained at Dynamo in Odessa. He won a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics decathlon with a new world record of 8454 points. He returned to win a bronze medal (8369 points) in the 1976 Summer Olympics. A near seven foot high jumper, he was one of the few great Soviet athletes of Jewish heritage.

In 1972 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Olympic champions in the all around, pentathlon and decathlon
As all-around: Tom Kiely
As pentathlon: Hjalmer Mellander | Jim Thorpe | Eero Lehtonen (twice)
As decathlon: Jim Thorpe | Helge Lvland | Harold Osborn | Paavo Yrjl | James Bausch | Glenn Morris | Bob Mathias (twice) | Milt Campbell | Rafer Johnson | Willi Holdorf | Bill Toomey | Nikolay Avilov | Bruce Jenner | Daley Thompson (twice) | Christian Schenk | Robert Změlk | Dan O'Brien | Erki Nool | Roman Šebrle
Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping. The name is derived from the Greek word "athlon" meaning "contest".
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women.

Medal summary

Men's events


Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Valeri Borzov

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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics.

Medal summary

Men's events


Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Hasely Crawford

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Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)  
Official status
Official language of:  Abkhazia (Georgia)
 Belarus
 Commonwealth of Independent States (working)
 Crimea (de facto; Ukraine)
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Events

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1945 1946 1947 - 1948 - 1949 1950 1951

Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII
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The ODESSA, which stands for the German phrase Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, which phrase in turn translates as “Organization of Former Members of the SS,” is the name commonly given to an international Nazi
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Ukrainians
(Українці)

T. Shevchenko • N. Makhno • L. Ukrainka • B. Khmelnytsky
S. Tymoshenko • A. Dovzhenko • S. Korolyov • A. Shevchenko
Total population 44-45 million (2005 est.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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Dinamo, also Dynamo, (Russian and Ukrainian: Динамо, Belarusian: Дына́ма) was the oldest sports and physical training society of the Soviet Union, created in 1923.
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The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. Munich won its Olympic bid in April 1966 over the cities of Detroit, Madrid and Montreal.
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The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. These are the summer Olympic Games organized by the International Olympic Committee.
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The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (Russian: Орден Трудового Красного
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This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in athletics from 1896 to 2004.
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Current Program

100 metres


Games Gold Silver Bronze
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Olympic medalist

Tom Kiely
Medal record

Men’s Athletics
Gold 1904 St Louis Decathlon

Thomas ("Tom") Francis Kiely (August 25, 1869 – November 6, 1951) is an Irish athlete who competed mainly in the All rounder event.
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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 1906 Athens Pentathlon

Hjalmer Mellander (December 14, 1880 - October 3, 1919) is a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the Pentathlon.
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Jim Thorpe

Position(s): RB, DB Jersey #(s):
31
Born: May 28 1888(1888--)
Died: March 28 1953 (aged 66)
Career Information

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 1920 Antwerp Pentathlon
Gold 1924 Paris Pentathlon

Eero Reino Lehtonen (April 21, 1898 – November 9 1959) was a Finnish pentathlete.
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Jim Thorpe

Position(s): RB, DB Jersey #(s):
31
Born: May 28 1888(1888--)
Died: March 28 1953 (aged 66)
Career Information

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1924 Paris High jump
Gold 1924 Paris Decathlon

Harold Marion Osborn (April 13, 1899 – April 5, 1975) was a U.S. track athlete. He won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon and high jump in 1924.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1932 Los Angeles Decathlon

James Aloysius Bernard Bausch, a.k.a. "Jarring Jim" (March 29, 1906 – July 9, 1974) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1936 Berlin Decathlon

This article is about U.S. track and field athlete. For American academic and Native American activist, see Glenn T. Morris.

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Gold 1948 London Decathlon
Gold 1952 Helsinki Decathlon

Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17 1930 - September 2 2006) was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman.
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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Silver 1952 Helsinki Decathlon
Gold 1956 Melbourne Decathlon

Milton Gray Campbell (born December 9, 1933 at Plainfield, New Jersey) is an American decathlete of the 1950s.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Silver 1956 Melbourne Decathlon
Gold 1960 Rome Decathlon

Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is a former American decathlete.
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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 1964 Tokyo Decathlon

Willi Holdorf (born February 17, 1940 in Blomesche Wildnis near Glückstadt) is a West German athlete who mainly competed in the decathlon.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1968 Mexico City Decathlon

William Anthony ("Bill") Toomey, born January 10, 1939, is a former American track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.
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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Gold Montreal 1976 Decathlon

William Bruce Jenner (born October 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York) is a U.S. track athlete, known principally for winning the decathlon in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Gold 1980 Moscow Decathlon
Gold 1984 Los Angeles Decathlon
World Championships
Gold 1983 Helsinki Decathlon
European Championships
Silver 1978 Prague Decathlon
Gold 1982 Athens Decathlon
Gold 1986 Stuttgart Decathlon
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