Nadezhda Olizarenko
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women’s Athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1980 Moscow | 800 metres | |
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | 1500 metres | |
Nadezhda Olizarenko (born 28 November 1953) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.
She competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva and Tatyana Providokhina for a Soviet clean sweep of the medals. This added to the bronze medal she won in the 1500m at the same games
| Olympic champions in women's 800 m |
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1928: Lina Radke | 1960: Lyudmila Shevtsova | 1964: Ann Packer | 1968: Madeline Manning | 1972: Hildegard Falck | 1976: Tatyana Kazankina | 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko | 1984: Doina Melinte | 1988: Sigrun Wodars | 1992: Ellen van Langen | 1996: Svetlana Masterkova | 2000: Maria Mutola | 2004: Kelly Holmes |
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