1996 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1996 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1996) was the 5th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 23–25 February at the Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the two-day competition.^[1] It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Championships[]

In the winter of 1996, Russian championships were also held in the following disciplines:

• 9–11 February — Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships (Lipetsk)
• 10–11 February – Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships (Podolsk)

Results[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Andrey Fedoriv Moscow	6.65	Pavel Galkin Samara Oblast	6.70	Moscow	6.73
200 metres	Belarus	21.30	Saratov Oblast	21.47	Moscow	21.55
400 metres	Mikhail Vdovin Penza Oblast	47.64	Lipetsk Oblast	47.65	Rostov Oblast	47.85
800 metres	Vyacheslav Shabunin Moscow	1:49.96	Sergey Kozhevnikov Ryazan Oblast	1:50.67	Sverdlovsk Oblast	1:50.83
1500 metres	Andrey Loginov Moscow	3:46.85	Andrey Zadorozhnyy Yaroslavl Oblast	3:46.90	Sergey Melnikov Yaroslavl Oblast	3:47.32
3000 metres	Bashkortostan	7:59.76	Moscow	8:00.45	Kursk Oblast	8:00.99
3000 m s'chase	Moscow	8:35.76	Kursk Oblast	8:37.29	Volgograd Oblast	8:37.40
60 m hurdles	Evgeny Pechonkin Novosibirsk Oblast	7.68	Andrey Kislykh Kemerovo Oblast	7.69	Moscow	7.70
High jump	Moscow	2.28 m	Bashkortostan	2.28 m	Altai Krai	2.22 m
Pole vault	Pyotr Bochkaryov Moscow	5.75 m	Dmitri Markov  Belarus	5.75 m	Yevgeny Smiryagin Saint Petersburg	5.65 m
Long jump	Aleksandr Glavatskiy  Belarus	8.01 m	Samara Oblast	7.93 m	Volgograd Oblast	7.83 m
Triple jump	Armen Martirosyan  Armenia	16.86 m	Viktor Sotnikov Saint Petersburg	16.85 m	Krasnodar Krai	16.83 m
Shot put	Vyacheslav Lykho Moscow Oblast	19.91 m	Yevgeny Palchikov Irkutsk Oblast	19.57 m	Sergey Nikolaev Saint Petersburg	19.25 m

Women[]

Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships[]

The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held on 9–11 February 1996 in Lipetsk in the Yubileiny Sports Palace. Yelena Lebedenko set a personal record and for the first time in her career became national champion. Her score of 4735 points was the best in the world that year for women's indoor pentathlon.

Men[]

Women[]

Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships[]

The Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships was held on 10–11 February in Podolsk on the 133-meter circle of the arena of the local youth sports school. Competitions were held as part of the Podolsk Day super marathon and were held in memory of , who had established here the highest world achievement three years earlier (275,576 m). set a world record distance of 248,901 m in the women's race. However, this result (like Safin's record) was not ratified by the international association due to the uncertified track length and the lack of strict documentation of the circles passed by the participants.

Men[]

Women[]

International team selection[]

Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships included:

Men[]

• 60 m: Andrey Fedoriv, Pavel Galkin
• 200 m: Andrey Fedoriv
• 400 m:
• 1500 m: Andrey Zadorozhnyy
• 60 m hurdles: Andrey Kislykh
• High jump: Leonid Pumalainen
• Pole vault: Viktor Chistiakov^†, Pyotr Bochkaryov
• Long jump: Kirill Sosunov^†, Yuriy Naumkin^†
• Triple jump: Viktor Sotnikov, , Aleksandr Aseledchenko
• Shot put: Vyacheslav Lykho

Women[]

• 60 m: Nadezhda Roshchupkina,
• 200 m: Marina Zhirova
• 400 m: Tatyana Chebykina^†, Olga Kotlyarova
• 800 m: Svetlana Masterkova
• 1500 m: Yekaterina Podkopayeva
• 3000 m: Lyudmila Petrova, Mariya Pantyukhova
• High jump: ,
• Pole vault: ,
• Long jump: Yelena Sinchukova,
• Triple jump: Natalya Kayukova
• Shot put: Irina Khudoroshkina
• Pentathlon: Yelena Lebedenko, Irina Vostrikova

^† Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships

References[]

Results

• На стадионах страны и мира. Чемпионат России по многоборьям // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1996. — № 4. — С. 23—24.
• Шанс для молодых // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1996. — № 3. — С. 4—5.