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Medal record
Aleksey Spiridonov
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver	1976 Montreal	Hammer throw
European Championships
Gold	1974 Rome	Hammer throw
Universiade
Gold	1975 Rome	Hammer throw

Aleksey Sergeyevich Spiridonov (Russian: Алексей Сергеевич Спиридонов) (November 20, 1951 – April 1998) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the men's hammer throw event. Born in St. Petersburg he trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad.

He competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the hammer throw where he won the silver medal.

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Records
Preceded by Reinhard Theimer	Men's Hammer World Record Holder September 11, 1974 – May 19, 1975	Succeeded by Karl-Hans Riehm

European Champions in Men's Hammer Throw

1934: Ville Pörhölä (FIN) · 1938: Karl Hein (GER) · 1946: Bo Ericson (SWE) · 1950: Sverre Strandli (NOR) · 1954: Mikhail Krivonosov (URS) · 1958: Tadeusz Rut (POL) · 1962: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) · 1966: Romuald Klim (URS) · 1969: Anatoly Bondarchuck (URS) · 1971: Uwe Beyer (FRG) · 1974: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) · 1978: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) · 1982: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) · 1986: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) · 1990: Igor Astapkovich (URS) · 1994: Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) · 1998: Tibor Gécsek (HUN) · 2002: Adrián Annus (HUN) · 2006: Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Hammer Throw

1959 – 1961: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1963: Gennadiy Kondrashov (URS) • 1965: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1967: Yoshihisa Ishida (JPN) • 1970: Jochen Sachse (GDR) • 1973: Valentin Dmitriyenko (URS) • 1975: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) • 1977: Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) • 1979 – 1981: Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) • 1983: Jüri Tamm (URS) • 1985: Heinz Weis (FRG) • 1987 – 1989: Igor Astapkovich (URS) • 1991: Ken Flax (USA) • 1993: Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) • 1995 – 1997: Balázs Kiss (HUN) • 1999: Zsolt Németh (HUN) • 2001: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) • 2003: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) • 2005: Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) • 2007: Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) • 2009: Yury Shayunou (BLR)

World Best Year Performance in Men's Hammer Throw

1968: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) • 1969 – 1970: Anatoly Bondarchuck (URS) • 1971: Walter Schmidt (FRG) • 1972 – 1973: Anatoly Bondarchuck (URS) • 1974: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) • 1975: Walter Schmidt (FRG) • 1976: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1977 – 1978: Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) • 1979: Sergey Litvinov (URS) • 1980: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1981: Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) • 1982 – 1983: Sergey Litvinov (URS) • 1984: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1985: Jüri Tamm (URS) • 1986: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1987: Sergey Litvinov (URS) • 1988: Yuriy Sedykh (URS) • 1989: Heinz Weis (FRG) • 1990: Igor Nikulin (URS) • 1991 – 1992: Igor Astapkovich (BLR) • 1993 – 1995: Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) • 1996: Lance Deal (USA) • 1997: Heinz Weis (GER) • 1998: Tibor Gécsek (HUN) • 1999: Karsten Kobs (GER) • 2000: Igor Astapkovich (BLR) • 2001: Koji Murofushi (JPN) • 2002: Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) • 2003: Koji Murofushi (JPN) • 2004 – 2005: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) • 2006: Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) • 2007 – 2008: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) • 2009: Primož Kozmus (SLO)

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