Oleg Normatov (; born September 4, 1981, in

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

) is an

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i sprint hurdler. Normatov represented

at the

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, where he competed for the 110 m hurdles. He ran in the first heat against six other athletes, including Cuban sprint hurdler and world-record holder

Dayron Robles Dayron Robles (born 19 November 1986) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles. He won his first major medal (a silver) in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 seas ...

, who eventually won the gold medal in the final. He finished the sprint race in sixth place by one tenths of a second behind Russia's Evgeniy Borisov, with a time of 14.00 seconds. Normatov, however, failed to advance into the quarterfinals, as he placed thirty-eighth overall, and was ranked below four mandatory slots for the next round.

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NBC Olympics Profile
Uzbekistani male hurdlers Living people Olympic athletes for Uzbekistan Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes from Tashkent 1981 births {{Uzbekistan-athletics-bio-stub