Lyubov Nikitenko

Lyubov Nikitenko (Russian: Любовь Ивановна Кононова-Никитенко, married Kononova; born 6 December 1948) is a Kazakhstani former track and field hurdler for the Soviet Union. Born in Kostanay, she competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where she was disqualified in the semi-finals.^[1]

Lyubov Nikitenko

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
IAAF World Cup
	1977 Dusseldorf	100 m hurdles
European Indoor Championships
	1977 San Sebastián	60 m hurdles

Indoors in the 60 metres hurdles she won the gold medal at the 1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships and set a world record (unratified) time of 7.9 seconds in 1975 and 1976.^[2][3]

She also won a bronze medal at the 1977 IAAF World Cup,^[4] and was a five-time Soviet national champion.^[5][6]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1976	European Indoor Championships	Munich, West Germany	6th	60 m hurdles	8.49
	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	—	100 m hurdles	DQ
1977	European Indoor Championships	San Sebastián, Spain	1st	60 m hurdles	8.29
	IAAF World Cup	Düsseldorf, West Germany	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.87

National titles

• Soviet Athletics Championships
  • 100 m hurdles: 1971, 1973, 1977
• Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 60 m hurdles: 1972, 1975