Dmitriy Anatolyevich Bogdanov (, born 11 April 1979) is a Russian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

who specializes in the

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. His personal best times are 1:44.33 minutes in the 800 metres and 46.50 seconds in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

Career

He was born in

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and represents the club Dinamo Saint Petersburg. He finished seventh at the

1998 World Junior Championships 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water Ice is water tha ...

. The time he achieved, 1:48.91 minutes, was a personal best. He progressed further to 1:46.61 minutes (July 1999, Tula) and 1:45.76 minutes (July 2000, Tula). He competed at the 2000 European Indoor Championships and the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

in both 800 metres and

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...

without reaching the final. At the 2001 European U23 Championships he won a bronze medal in the relay. He finished fourth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships in a time of 1:45.84 minutes, which would remain his indoor personal best for many years. In July 2002 he set his lifetime best in the 400 metres, 46.50 seconds achieved in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

. A less successful period in international championships then followed. He competed without reaching the final at the 2002 European Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 World Indoor Championships, the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. He then won the gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. He also competed in relay at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, but the team was disqualified. He then competed without reaching the final at the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

. He finished fifth at the

2006 IAAF World Cup The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in At ...

and the 2008 World Indoor Championships. In the latter race he finally set a new indoor PB, 1:45.76 minutes, which still stands. Outdoors he had set several successive personal bests, year by year: 1:45.72 minutes in 2002 (July,

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), 1:45.28 minutes in 2003 (June,

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), 1:45.12 minutes in 2004 (June,

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) and finally 1:44.33 minutes in 2006 (July,

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). Bogdanov also holds the European indoor record in the 4 × 800 metres relay, with 7:15.77 minutes achieved in February 2008. He became Russian champion in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and Russian indoor champion in 2002 and 2005.

References

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