# Aleksandr Potashov > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aleksandr_Potashov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aleksandr_Potashov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Potashov > Source revision: 1317451573 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Retired race walker who represented USSR and Belarus **Aleksandr Potashov** ([Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Аляксандар Паташоў, Russian: *Александр Поташёв*; born 12 March 1962) is a retired [race walker](/source/Race_walking) who represented the [USSR](/source/USSR) and later [Belarus](/source/Belarus). He won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the [1991 World Championships](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics). Potashov and his teammate [Andrey Perlov](/source/Andrey_Perlov) attempted to cross the goal line simultaneously, resulting in a shared gold medal, but the officials declared Potashov the winner by 0.01 second. Potashov finished fourth at the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) in [Seoul](/source/Seoul) and was disqualified at the 1992 Olympics. His personal best time is 3:40:02, achieved in May 1990. ## International competitions Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing the Soviet Union 1987 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 7th 50 km 3:46:28 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 4th 50 km 3:41:00 1989 World Race Walking Cup L'Hospitalet, Spain 5th 50 km 3:48:02 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia — 50 km DSQ 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st 50 km 3:53:09 Representing Unified Team 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain — 50 km DSQ Representing Belarus 1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland — 50 km DSQ ## References - [Aleksandr Potashov](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14352665) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics) - Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Aleksandr Potashov"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/aleksandr-potashov-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/aleksandr-potashov-1.html) on 2020-04-18. v t e World champions in men's 35 km and 50 km race walk 50 km 1976: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) 1983: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1991: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1995: Valentin Kononen (FIN) 1997: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1999: Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2005: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2007: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2009: Trond Nymark (NOR) 2011: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2019: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 35 km 2022: Massimo Stano (ITA) 2023: Álvaro Martín (ESP) 2025: Evan Dunfee (CAN) v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND) Authority control databases: People World Athletics This biographical article relating to Soviet athletics is a stub. 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