- Nikolay Smaga
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Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for the 
Soviet UnionOlympic Games Bronze 1968 Mexico City 20 km Walk European Championships Gold 1971 Helsinki 20 km Walk Bronze 1966 Budapest 20 km Walk Bronze 1969 Athens 20 km Walk Nikolay Yakovlevich Smaga (Russian: Николай Яковлевич Смага) (22 August 1938 in village Bobrovo, Sumy Oblast – March 28, 1981 in Kiev) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 20 kilometer walk. He trained at VSS Trud in Penza and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev.
He competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the bronze medal.
He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1968).
References
- (Russian) Biography and photo
1958: Stan Vickers (GBR) • 1962: Ken Matthews (GBR) • 1966: Dieter Lindner (GDR) • 1969: Paul Nihill (GBR) • 1971: Nikolay Smaga (URS) • 1974: Vladimir Golubnichy (URS) • 1978: Roland Wieser (GDR) • 1982: José Marín (ESP) • 1986: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) • 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) • 1994: Mikhail Shchennikov (RUS) • 1998: Ilya Markov (RUS) • 2002: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) • 2006: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) • 2010: Stanislav Emelyanov (RUS)
IAAF Men's World Race Walking Cup Champions 20 kilometres 1961 – 1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) • 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) • 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) • 1970 – 1973: Hans Reimann (GDR) • 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) • 1977 – 1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) • 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) • 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) • 1985: José Marín (ESP) • 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) • 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) • 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) • 1993: Daniel García (MEX) • 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) • 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) • 2002 – 2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) • 2006 – 2008: Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP) • 2010: Wang Hao (CHN)
50 kilometres 1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) • 1963: István Havasi (HUN) • 1965 – 1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) • 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) • 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) • 1977: Raúl González (MEX) • 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) • 1981 – 1983: Raúl González (MEX) • 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) • 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) • 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) • 1991 – 1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) • 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) • 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) • 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) • 2002 – 2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) • 2006 – 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) • 2010 Matej Tóth (SVK)
Categories:- 1938 births
- 1981 deaths
- Russian racewalkers
- Soviet athletes
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Soviet athletics Olympic medalist stubs
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