Sergei Popov (athlete)

Sergei Konstantinovich Popov (Russian: Сергей Константинович Попов, 21 September 1930 – 25 June 1995) was a Russian marathon runner. He won a gold medal at the 1958 European Championships setting a new world record at 2:15:17; this record stood for more than two years and remained the Soviet national record until 1970. Popov won the Soviet marathon title in 1957–1959 and placed second in 1962 and third in 1963. He finished fifth at the 1960 Summer Olympics.