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{{short description|Belarusian long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Vladimir Kotov''' ({{langx|be|Уладзімір Андрэевіч Котаў}}; born February 21, 1958, in {{ill|Dolzha|uk|Доўжа (Віцебскі раён)}}, [[Vitebsk]]) is a Belarus-born South African long-distance runner, who competed for the [[Soviet Union]] at the [[marathon]] of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]]. There he finished in fourth place, thirty seconds behind countryman and bronze medalist [[Setymkul Dzhumanazarov]]. Kotov has a very long career in athletics, during which he won the [[Eindhoven Marathon]] for instance, on October 13, 1991, and the [[Belgrade Marathon]] on April 22, 1995. He now lives in [[South Africa]], where he is known for winning the [[Comrades Marathon]] three times (2000, 2002, 2004), setting the "Up Run" record in 2000. He finished 13th in the 2010 Comrades Marathon.

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{URS}}
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
|4th
|Marathon
|2:12:05
|-
|1981
|[[Fukuoka Marathon]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|8th
|Marathon
|2:12:25
|-
|1982
|[[1982 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] 
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[1982 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|DNF]] 
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{BLR}}
|-
|1991
|[[Eindhoven Marathon]] 
|[[Eindhoven, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:14:03
|-
|1993
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|22nd
|Marathon
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|2:24:26]]
|-
|1995
|[[Belgrade Marathon]] 
|[[Belgrade]], [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:14:00
|}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics||name=Vladimir Kotov}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071518/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/vladimir-kotov-1.html sports-reference]

{{Footer Eindhoven Marathon Champions Men}}
{{Footer Belgrade Marathon Champions Men}}

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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:South African ultramarathon runners]]
[[Category:Russian male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Belarusian male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Belarusian emigrants]]
[[Category:Soviet male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Belarusian male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Male ultramarathon runners]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Vitebsk]]
[[Category:Athletes from Vitebsk region]]
[[Category:Taipei Marathon male winners]]
[[Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century Belarusian sportsmen]]


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