Ivanka Bonova (, born 4 April 1949) is a retired

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n sprinter and

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who specialized in the women's

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and

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. She was born in Raduil, and represented the clubs Balkan and Levski-Spartak Club. In the 800 metres she finished fourth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 1979 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the

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in the 4 x 400 metres relay, but the Bulgarian team failed to progress past round one. Her personal best time was 1:59.7 minutes, achieved in July 1980 in

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.World women's all-time best 800m
(last updated 2001) She had 53.54 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in 1980.

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