Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernetskiy (; born 29 November 1959 in Frunze,

Kirghiz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR), also known as the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kyrgyz SSR), KySSR or Kirgiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirgiz SSR), was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1 ...

Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow: Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Чернецкий", availabl
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) is a retired

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

sprinter from the

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. He is known for winning the gold medal in the men's

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 ...

at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

and at the inaugural 1983 World Championships (with

Aleksandr Troshchilo Aleksandr Troshchilo (; born January 16, 1960) is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union, known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1982 European Championships. A year later he triumphed in t ...

, Sergey Lovachov, and

Viktor Markin Viktor Fyodorovich Markin (; born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast ) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After graduating from a se ...

, clocking a total time of 3:00.79 min).

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* * * 1959 births Living people Soviet male sprinters Russian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes from Bishkek World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR World Athletics Championships winners Russian people of Kyrgyzstani descent Soviet Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-sprint-athletics-bio-stub