Sergey Nikolayevich Ivanov (; born 12 January 1979) is a Russian long-distance runner. He set both a national record and a personal best time of 27:53.12 by winning the

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at the 2008 Russian Athletics Championships in

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. Ivanov represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's 10,000 metres. He finished the race in thirtieth place by five seconds ahead of Japan's

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, with a time of 28:34.72.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1979 births Living people People from Yadrinsky District Athletes from Chuvashia Russian male long-distance runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Russian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub