Viktor Kalinkin

Viktor Kalinkin

Personal information
Born	(1960-02-23) 23 February 1960 Kirillovo, Zemetchinsky District, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 metres

Viktor Petrovich Kalinkin (Russian: Виктор Петрович Калинкин; born 23 February 1960) is a Soviet former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 1983 World Championships. In addition he won the silver at the 1985 Summer Universiade.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	7th	800 m	1:49.07
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (sf)	800 m	1:46.83
1984	Friendship Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	3rd	800 m	1:45.82
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	4th	800 m	1:49.92
			–	1500 m	DNF
	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	2nd	800 m	1:45.21
	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	2nd	800 m	1:45.72
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	5th	800 m	1:47.42
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	8th	800 m	1:47.36

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 1:44.73 (Kiev 1984)
• 1000 metres – 2:19.21 (Tallinn 1985)
• 1500 metres – 3:37.1 (Moscow 1984)

Indoor

• 600 metres – 1:16.83 (Moscow 1989)
• 800 metres – 1:47.6 (Moscow 1991)
• 1000 metres – 2:19.89 (Moscow 1984)
• 1500 metres – 3:44.32 (Volgograd 1988)

References

• All-Athletics profile