Nikolay Kirov
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Nikolay Ivanovich Kirov (Belarusian: Мікалай Іванавіч Кіраў; Russian: Николай Иванович Киров; ; born 22 November 1957 in , Homel, Soviet Union) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the men's 800 metres.
He competed for Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union where he won the bronze medal in the men's 800 metres event behind British duo Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett. Kirov claimed the silver medal in the 1500 meters at the 1982 European Championships.
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- 1957 births
- Belarusian male middle-distance runners
- Soviet male middle-distance runners
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Living people
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- People from Zhlobin District
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Soviet athletics Olympic medalist stubs