Viktor Fedorovich Markin (Виктор Федорович Маркин) (born February 27, 1957) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Born in Novosibirsk, Russia (then Soviet Union), Markin started athletics only at age 19. He remained quite unknown until the Moscow Olympic Games.
On April 27, 1980, in Sochi, Markin had ran his personal best 46.96. Just before the Games Markin runs 45.34. In the Olympic final, Markin was only fifth on a half distance and in the beginning of the finishing straight line he was still three metres behind of the leader East German Frank Schaffer . But with a very strong finish Markin won with a European record and world season best 44.60 (still a Russian national record in 400 m.). Markin captured his second gold in the 4 × 400 m. relay when, as an anchor, outran the East German Volker Beck.
After a break from sports to complete his studies in medicine, Markin returned at the European Championships in 1982, where he won two bronze medals (400 m. and 4 × 400 m. relay). In the first World Championships in Helsinki Markin won a gold in 4 × 400 m. relay, but decided to retire after hearing the Soviet decision to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics.
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 400 m |
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Tom Burke | Maxey Long | Harry Hillman | Paul Pilgrim | Wyndham Halswelle | Charles Reidpath | Bevil Rudd | Eric Liddell | Ray Barbuti | Bill Carr | Archie Williams | Arthur Wint | George Rhoden | Charlie Jenkins | Otis Davis | Michael Larrabee | Lee Evans | Vincent Matthews | Alberto Juantorena | Viktor Markin | Alonzo Babers | Steve Lewis | Quincy Watts | Michael Johnson (twice) | Jeremy Wariner |
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Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x400 m relay
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1912 United States Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath 1920 Great Britain Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler 1924 United States Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson 1928 United States George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti 1932 United States Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr 1936 Great Britain Frederick Wolff , Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts , Godfrey Brown 1948 United States Arthur Harnden , Clifford Bourland , Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield 1952 Jamaica Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing , Herb McKenley , George Rhoden 1956 United States Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones , James Mashburn , Tom Courtney 1960 United States Jack Yerman , Earl Young , Glenn Davis, Otis Davis 1964 United States Ollan Cassell , Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams , Henry Carr 1968 United States Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman , Larry James, Lee Evans 1972 Kenya Charles Asati , Hezahiah Nyamau , Robert Ouko , Julius Sang 1976 United States Herman Frazier , Benjamin Brown , Fred Newhouse , Maxie Parks |