Aleksandr Kharlov

Aleksandr Kharlov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ха́рлов; born 18 March 1958) is a retired hurdler from the Soviet Union, best known for winning the bronze medal at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in the men's 400 m hurdles.

Aleksandr Kharlov

Personal information
Born	18 March 1958 (1958-03-18) (age 67) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing the  Soviet Union World Championships 1983 Helsinki 400 m hurdles Summer Universiade 1983 Edmonton 400 m hurdles

Kharlov competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the semifinals of the men's 400 m hurdles.^[1] He set his personal best (48.78 seconds) on 20 June 1983, at the Soviet Spartakiad, winning his only Soviet championship title;^[2] as of 2015^[update], this time remains the Uzbekistani national record.^[3] Later that summer, he won gold at the Universiade in Edmonton, running 49.41 and defeating Senegal's Amadou Dia Ba by half a second.^[4] At the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki in August 1983 Kharlov won the bronze medal in 49.03; running in lane one, Kharlov was among the tail-enders for much of the race but finished fast, edging out Sweden's Sven Nylander (who also started slow) by 0.03 seconds.^[5]