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Nonetheless, the absence from the Los Angeles Olympics of such Soviet world-record holders as Pole Vaulter Sergei Bubka, High Jumper Tamara Bykova and Swimmer Vladimir Salnikov, and of the East German athletes who have come close to dominating women's track and field, will greatly diminish the luster of many events (see following story). True, the rivalry will be broader than in the 1980 Olympics, which drew athletes from only 81 nations to Moscow. Attendance at Los Angeles might equal, or even surpass, the high of 122 countries represented at the 1972 Games in Munich?though much depends...
Early in his senior year. Countryman accepted an invitation to Mission Viejo Calif., for a special training camp designed to expose the top five distance swimmers from the USSR to their opposition here in the USA. Aside from Countryman the top names in that field included Vladimir Salnikov Brian Goodell. Kyle Ditzler and Hackett...
That will be a difficult task in the 1,500-meter freestyle, where Vladimir Salnikov of the Soviet Union last week became the first man to break 15 minutes, an achievement that swimmers rank with running the mile in less than four minutes. Urged on by a chanting, cheering crowd, Salnikov, 20, finished in 14:58.27, more than four seconds below the world record set by Brian Goodell of the U.S. during the 1976 games. "If the U.S. swimmers were here in the pool, I'm sure my time would have been the same," he said afterward, speaking through...
...next day Salnikov picked up another gold in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, which the Soviets won in 7:23.50, almost three seconds off the world record. A day after that he added a third, winning the 400-meter freestyle in the Olympic record time of 3:51.31, more than half a second faster than Goodell's 1976 mark; his time was also a fraction faster than the top U.S. time this year, Mike Bruner...