# Levan Sanadze

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Georgian sprinter (1928–1998)

Levan Sanadze Personal information Full name Levan Georgiyevich Sanadze Nationality Georgian Born (1928-08-16)16 August 1928 Tiflis, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union Died 24 August 1998(1998-08-24) (aged 70) Moscow, Russia Sport Sport Athletics

**Levan Georgiyevich Sanadze** ([Georgian](/source/Georgian_language): ლევან სანაძე, [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Леван Санадзе; 16 August 1928 – 24 August 1998) was a [Georgian](/source/Georgia_(country)) sprinter. Domestically, he had represented the sports club [Nauka Tbilisi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nauka_Tbilisi&action=edit&redlink=1) and would win two titles in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Soviet Championships alongside his teammates. He would compete at the [1951 World Festival of Youth and Students](/source/1951_World_Festival_of_Youth_and_Students) and [1954 World Student Games](/source/1954_World_Student_Games), winning two silvers in the 100 metres and two golds in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay.

At the [1952 Summer Olympics](/source/1952_Summer_Olympics), he would compete in the [men's 100 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres), [men's 200 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metres), and [men's 4 × 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay). He would not advance to the finals for the two former races but would win the silver in the relay alongside his teammates. Among his other medals would be a gold and bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at two editions of the [European Athletics Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships). He later served as the head of the athletics department at the [Physical Culture and Sports Committee of the Soviet Union](/source/Physical_Culture_and_Sports_Committee_of_the_Soviet_Union) during the 1980s.

## Biography

Levan Georgiyevich Sanadze was born on 16 August 1928 in what was then known as [Tiflis](/source/Tbilisi) in the [Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic](/source/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic) of the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union). Domestically, he had represented the sports club [Nauka Tbilisi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nauka_Tbilisi&action=edit&redlink=1). As part of the club, he would compete at the 1948 Soviet Championships alongside his teammates in the 4 x 100 metres relay and win the event.[1]

Two years later, he would represent the Soviet Union at the [1950 European Athletics Championships](/source/1950_European_Athletics_Championships) in [Brussels](/source/Brussels). There, alongside his teammates, would win the [men's 4 × 100 metres relay](/source/1950_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) and win gold. The following year he would compete at the [1951 World Festival of Youth and Students](/source/1951_World_Festival_of_Youth_and_Students) in Berlin individually and as part of the relay team. He would win the silver medal in the 100 metres while placed first in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.[1]

He would compete in his first and only Olympic Games at the [1952 Summer Olympics](/source/1952_Summer_Olympics) in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki). Sanadze would first compete in the heats of the [men's 100 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres) on 20 July against five other athletes. He would place third in his heat with a time of 11.13 seconds and not advance further.[2] Two days later, he would compete in the heats of the [men's 200 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metres) against three other athletes. He would place second in his heat with a time of 22.26 seconds and advance to the quarterfinals. With four other competitors in his quarterfinal, he would place fourth with a time of 22.26 seconds again and not advance further.[3]

A few days later, he would be part of the Soviet Union's [men's 4 × 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) team. In the heats, they would place first with a time of 41.3 and advance to the semifinals. They would then record a time of 40.7 seconds in the semifinals and would advance to the finals. In the finals, they would place second and earn the silver medal with a time of 40.3 seconds.[4] In the same year, he and his teammates would win the men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1952 Soviet Championships.[1]

At the [1954 World Student Games](/source/1954_World_Student_Games), he would win the silver medal in the men's 100 metres and a gold alongside his teammates in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay. He would also compete at the [1954 European Athletics Championships](/source/1954_European_Athletics_Championships) in [Bern](/source/Bern), where he would win a bronze alongside his teammates in the [men's 4 x 100 metres relay](/source/1954_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay). After his career, he served as the head of the athletics department at the [Physical Culture and Sports Committee of the Soviet Union](/source/Physical_Culture_and_Sports_Committee_of_the_Soviet_Union) during the 1980s. Sanadze would die on 24 August 1998 in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bio_1-3) ["Levan Sanadze Biographical Information"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77623). *[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241217134922/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77623) from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-o_2-0)** ["100 metres, Men"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77623). *[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241217134922/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77623) from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-t_3-0)** ["200 metres, Men"](https://www.olympedia.org/results/58826). *[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250610021009/https://www.olympedia.org/results/58826) from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-h_4-0)** ["4 x 100 metres Relay, Men"](https://www.olympedia.org/results/58981). *[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241202101052/https://www.olympedia.org/results/58981) from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2025.

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock) 2012: Netherlands (Mariano, Martina, Codrington, van Luijk) 2014: Great Britain (Gemili, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington) 2016: Great Britain (Dasaolu, Gemili, Ellington, Ujah) 2018: Great Britain (Ujah, Hughes, Gemili, Aikines-Aryeetey) 2022: Great Britain (Azu, Hughes, Efoloko, Mitchell-Blake) 2024: Italy (Melluzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu, Rigali, Simonelli)

v t e 1952 Soviet Union Summer Olympic team Athletics (77) Men (57) Nikolay Andryushchenko Aleksandr Anufriyev Mykola Belokurov Volodymyr Brazhnyk Yevhen Bulanchyk Borys Butenko Petro Chevhun Georgy Fyodorov Oto Grigalka Leonid Grigoryev Petro Denysenko Heorhiy Dybenko Ardalion Ignatyev Yury Ilyasov Georgy Ivakin Bruno Junk Lev Kalyayev Pavel Kazankov Vladimir Kazantsev Mikhail Kazantsev Viktor Knyazev Pyotr Kozhevnikov Mikhail Krivonosov Nikolay Kuchurin Vladimir Kuznetsov Sergey Kuznetsov Yuriy Lituyev Sergey Lobastov Timofey Lunev Khandadash Madatov Fyodor Marulin Boris Matveyev Gennady Modoy Yakov Moskachenkov Edmunds Pīlāgs Nikifor Popov Sergey Popov Ivan Pozhidayev Mykola Redkin Mikhail Saltykov Levan Sanadze Ivan Semyonov Leonid Shcherbakov Yury Shcherbakov Gennady Slepnyov Grigory Suchkov Vladimir Sukharev Boris Tokarev Viktor Tsybulenko Vladimir Ukhov Feodosy Vanin Yevhen Vansovych Mihail Velsvebel Vladimir Volkov Ivan Yarmysh Anatoliy Yulin Pēteris Zeltiņš Women (20) Anna Aleksandrova Yelizaveta Bagryantseva Aleksandra Chudina Nina Dumbadze Galina Ganeker Elene Gok'ieli Maria Golubnichaya Yelena Gorchakova Flora Kazantseva Vera Kalashnikova Nadezhda Khnykina Nina Kossova Valentina Lituyeva Nina Ponomaryova Yevgeniya Sechenova Klavdiya Tochonova Irina Turova Tamara Tyshkevich Nina Tyurkina Galina Zybina Basketball (14) Stepas Butautas Nodar Dzhordzhikiya Anatoly Konev Otar Korkia Heino Kruus Ilmar Kullam Justinas Lagunavičius Joann Lõssov Aleksandr Moiseyev Yuri Ozerov Kazys Petkevičius Stanislovas Stonkus Maigonis Valdmanis Viktor Vlasov Boxing (10) Anatoli Bulakov Gennady Garbuzov Viktor Mednov Anatoly Perov Sergei Scherbakov Boris Silchev Algirdas Šocikas Yury Sokolov Boris Tishin Aleksandr Zasukhin Canoeing (13) Men (12) Sergey Chumakov Igor Feoktistov Pavel Kharin Vladimir Kotyrev Aleksandr Krasavin Igor Kuznetsov Lev Nikitin Valentin Orischenko Nikolay Perevozchikov Ivan Sotnikov Nikolay Teterkin Anatoliy Trozhenkov Women (1) Nina Savina Cycling (10) Nikolay Bobarenko Otar Dadunashvili Vasily Fedin Yevgeny Klevtsov Anatoly Kolesov Vladimir Kryuchkov Nikolai Matvejev Viktor Meshkov Valentin Mikhaylov Lev Tsipursky Diving (10) Men (5) Aleksandr Bakatin Roman Brener Mikhail Chachba Gennady Udalov Aleksey Zhigalov Women (5) Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya Valentina Chumicheva Tatyana Vereina-Karakashyants Ninel Krutova Lyubov Zhigalova Equestrian events (9) Yury Andreyev Gavriil Budyonny Valerian Kuybyshev Boris Lilov Vladimir Raspopov Nikolay Shelenkov Nikolay Sitko Vasily Tikhonov Mikhail Vlasov Fencing (16) Men (13) Boris Belyakov German Bokun Genrikh Bulgakov Yury Deksbakh Ivan Komarov Lev Kuznetsov Ivan Manayenko Ak'ak'i Meipariani Mark Midler Lev Saychuk Juozas Ūdras Yulen Uralov Vladimir Vyshpolsky Women (3) Appolinariya Plekhanova Anna Ponomaryova Nadezhda Shitikova Football (20) Giorgi Antadze Anatoli Bashashkin Konstantin Beskov Vsevolod Bobrov Avtandil Ch'k'uaseli Avtandil Gogoberidze Agustín Gómez Anatoli Ilyin Leonid Ivanov Konstantin Krizhevsky Vladimir Margania Fridrikh Maryutin Igor Netto Vladimir Nikanorov Valentin Nikolayev Yuri Nyrkov Aleksandr Petrov Aleksandr Tenyagin Vasili Trofimov Vladimir Zyablikov Gymnastics (16) Men (8) Vladimir Belyakov Iosif Berdiev Viktor Chukarin Yevgeny Korolkov Dmytro Leonkin Valentin Muratov Mikhail Perlman Hrant Shahinyan Women (8) Nina Bocharova Pelageya Danilova Maria Gorokhovskaya Medea Jugeli Ekaterina Kalinchuk Galina Minaicheva Galina Shamrai Galina Urbanovich Modern pentathlon (3) Aleksandr Dekhayev Igor Novikov Pavel Rakityansky Rowing (26) Slava Amiragov Vasily Bagretsov Igor Borisov Yevgeniy Brago Boris Brechko Boris Fyodorov Leonid Gissen Georgy Gushchenko Vladimir Kirsanov Aleksey Komarov Vladimir Kryukov Ivan Makarov Yevgeny Morozov Mikhail Plaksin Igor Polyakov Mikhail Prudnikov Kirill Putyrsky Yury Rogozov Vladimir Rodimushkin Yevgeny Samsonov Viktor Shevchenko Yevgeny Tretnikov Yuriy Tyukalov Ihor Yemchuk Roman Zakharov Heorhiy Zhylin Sailing (13) Konstantin Aleksandrov Lev Alekseyev Aleksandr Chumakov Yury Golubev Pyotr Gorelikov Kirill Kozhevnikov Boris Lobashkov Andrey Mazovka Ivan Matveyev Nikolay Matveyev Konstantin Melgunov Pavel Pankrashkin Fyodor Shutkov Shooting (11) Boris Andreyev Pyotr Avilov Anatoli Bogdanov Vasily Frolov Ivan Isayev Konstantin Martazov Yury Nikandrov Pyotr Nikolayev Vasily Novikov Vladimir Sevryugin Lev Weinstein Swimming (18) Men (15) Lev Balandin Vladimir Borisenko Viktor Drobinsky Endel Edasi Vasily Karmanov Yury Kurchashov Vladimir Lavrinenko Vladimir Lopatin Leonid Meshkov Endel Press Anatoly Raznochintsev Leonid Sagayduk Vladimir Skomarovsky Pyotr Skripchenkov Viktor Solovyov Women (3) Mariya Havrysh Vera Kostina Roza Zenziveyeva Water polo (10) Boris Goykhman Lev Kokorin Aleksandr Liferenko Petre Mshvenieradze Valentin Prokopov Yevgeny Semyonov Yury Shlyapin Yury Teplov Vitaly Ushakov Anatoly Yegorov Weightlifting (8) Rafael Chimishkyan Yakov Kutsenko Trofim Lomakin Yevgeny Lopatin Grigory Novak Nikolay Saksonov Ivan Udodov Arkady Vorobyov Wrestling (16) Nikolay Belov Shalva Chikhladze Ibrahim Dadashov August Englas Boris Gurevich Johannes Kotkas Rashid Mammadbeyov Semyon Marushkin Arsen Mekokishvili Yakiv Punkin Vasyl Rybalko Shazam Safin Georgy Sayadov Artem Teryan David Tsimakuridze Armenak Yaltyryan Medalist is shown in bold and flagbearer in italics.

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