Andrey Perlov

Andrey Borisovich Perlov (Russian: Андрей Борисович Перлов, born 12 December 1961 in Novosibirsk, Soviet Union) is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Russia.

Perlov won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He also won the 1990 European Championships as well as silver medals at the 1991 World Championships and the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1985 and 1989.

At the 1991 World Championships, Perlov and his teammate Aleksandr Potashov attempted to cross the goal line simultaneously, resulting in a shared gold medal, but the officials declared Potashov the winner by 0.01 second.

His personal best time is 3:37:41 h, placing him 10th in the all-time performers list (as of the end of August 2007).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Soviet Union
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	1st	50 km
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's, Isle of Man	2nd	50 km
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	6th	50 km
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	2nd	50 km
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	50 km
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	50 km
Representing  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	50 km

References

• Andrey Perlov profile at IAAF
• sports-reference

Records
Preceded by Mikhail Shchennikov	Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder 26 May 1990 – 16 September 1990	Succeeded by Pavol Blažek
Preceded by Ronald Weigel	Men's 50km Walk World Record Holder 5 August 1989 – 21 May 2000	Succeeded by Valeriy Spitsyn