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Sergei Popov was a Ukrainian decathlete who represented the Soviet Union. He won the 1985 Soviet Union decathlon title in Leningrad with a personal best of 8206 points and recorded an indoor heptathlon best of 5887 points in Lipetsk in 1987. His career included 14 decathlons over 8000 points under the 1985 scoring tables. Popov was also a member of the Soviet Union team that won the 1985 European Cup Combined Events in Krefeld. He finished 12th individually with 7485 points; his score was not among the three results counted towards the winning team total.

Soviet decathlete Sergei Popov - Decathlon 2000
Soviet Union

Date of birth: 02 December 1957
Archive country: Ukraine Ukraine
Height: 191cm / Weight: 86kg
Decathlon: 8206 Leningrad 1985
Heptathlon: 5887 Lipetsk 1987
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Personal bests
100 m 10,7 h nwi Kryvyi Rih 1984.
Long jump 7.67i Lipetsk 1987
Shot put 14.94 Sochi 1988
High jump 2.05 Moscow 1980
400 m 49,6 h Kyiv 1983
110 m hurdles 14,6 h nwi Staiki 1983
Discus throw 51.42 Sochi 1985
Pole vault 5.10 Sochi 1985
Javelin throw 66.80 ^ Neubrandenburg 1984
1500 m 4.19,00 Kyiv 1984
Total points based on PB 8683
Total 10 best decathlons 81597
Personal bests indoors
60 m 7,25 Lipetsk 1987
60 m hurdles 8,54 Lipetsk 1987
1000 m 2.43,16 Lipetsk 1987
Indoor total points PB 6040

 

Decathlons with 8000+ points (14)
Points Results 1st day 2nd day P Venue
8137
h		 11,0 h - 6.90 - 14.33 - 1.96 - 49,9 h -
14,7 h - 47.60 - 4.80 - 65.82 - 4.27,4		 3927 4210 1 Kyiv 1982
8095
h		 11,1 h - 7.42 - 14.55 - 1.90 - 49,6 h -
14,7 h - 44.38 - 4.90 - 60.50 - 4.27,1		 4004 4091 3 Kyiv 1983
8201 11,50 - 7.27 - 14.64 - 2.01 - 50,30 -
15,12 - 49.60 - 4.80 - 66.78 - 4.19,00		 4013 4188 2 Kyiv 1984
8094 11,41 - 7.29 - 14.84 - 1.97 - 50,23 -
15,44 - 49.12 - 5.00 - 66.80 - 4.36,08		 4014 4080 8 Neubrandenburg 1984
8108
h		 10,7 h - 7.38 - 14.08 - 1.95 - 50,6 h -
14,9 h - 47.20 - 4.60 - 59.80 - 4.27,0		 4051 4057 1 Krivoi Rog 1984
8187 11,45 - 7.33 - 14.59 - 2.01 - 50,12 -
15,60 - 49.64 - 5.10 - 63.80 - 4.26,67		 4043 4144 1 Sochi 1985
8205 11,33 - 7.15 - 14.79 - 2.01 - 50,01 -
15,31 - 51.42 - 5.00 - 61.42 - 4.24,52		 4043 4162 2B Sochi 1985
8187 11,26 - 7.29 - 14.17 - 2.03 - 50,64 -
15,15 - 49.10 - 5.10 - 62.04 - 4.28,80		 4042 4145 4 Dresden 1985
8206 11,47 - 7.42 - 14.65 - 1.99 - 50,28 -
15,38 - 48.06 - 5.10 - 64.94 - 4.24,51		 4038 4168 1 Leningrad 1985
8079 11,18 - 7.45 - 14.49 - 1.96 - 49,75 -
15,18 - 48.60 - 4.90 - 58.78 - 4.34,34		 4094 3985 6 Moscow, SU 1986
8108 11,20 - 7.30 - 14.87 - 1.98 - 50,21 -
15,33 - 46.02 - 5.00 - 62.98 - 4.30,42		 4075 4033 5 Sochi 1987
8144 11,29 - 7.49 - 14.55 - 2.00 - 50,89 -
15,20 - 49.28 - 4.90 - 61.04 - 4.27,28		 4068 4076 4 Dresden 1987
8007 11,48 - 7.35 - 14.30 - 1.95 - 50,67 -
15,01 - 48.74 - 4.90 - 63.58 - 4.37,04		 3944 4063 4 Tallinn 1987
8114 11,09 - 7.19 - 14.25 - 1.94 - 49,84 -
15,03 - 48.90 - 5.00 - 60.56 - 4.29,35		 4015 4099 4 Staiki 1988

 

Heptathlons with 5800+ points (1)
Points Results 1st day 2nd day P Venue
5887 7,25 - 7.67 - 14.40 - 2.02 - 8,54 - 4.80 - 2.43,16 3348 2539 4 Lipetsk 1987

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h – hand timed
^ – old javelin implements (until 31 March 1986)

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Soviet Union Championships Leningrad 1985
Six decathletes surpassed 8000 points at the 1985 Soviet Union Championships in Leningrad. Sergei Popov won the title with 8206 points, ahead of Aleksandr Nevski with 8140 and Valter Külvet with 8132. Just eight points separated silver and bronze.
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Ukrainian Combined Events Cup Kyiv 1984 saw Oleksandr Apaichev win with a Soviet decathlon record of 8560 points, equivalent to 8592 under the 1985 scoring tables. Sergei Popov finished second with 8201, ahead of Pavel Tarnovetski with 8084. …
East Germany – Soviet Union decathlon match Dresden 1987
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