Yevgeniy Mikhailovich Gavrilenko (; born 5 April 1951) is a former

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athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained at

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. He competed for the

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in the

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held in Montreal, Canada in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal.

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Russian male hurdlers Soviet male hurdlers Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union 1951 births Living people European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Soviet Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub