Vladimir Osokin

Vladimir Jurjewitsch Osokin (Russian: Владимир Юрьевич Осокин; born January 8, 1954 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet cyclist who was 1980 Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit.

The Road Cycling World Championships 1975 in Liege Osokin won two silver medals in the final of the individual pursuit he lost to Thomas Huschke from the GDR, in the Team Pursuit documents Vladimir Osokin, Alexander Perov, Vitaly Petrakov and Viktor Sokolov, the foursome from the Federal Republic of Germany. A year later, at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, both teams were again compared to the final of the team pursuit, the Soviet quad, in the same occupation starting as the previous year, subject again to the West German foursome. In the individual pursuit Osokin finished fourth. Again he was defeated Thomas Huschke, this time in the small final.

1977 Osokin was also successful as a road racer. In the Peace Race, he won three stages, including the individual time trial in Berlin, and finished second in the overall standings to second place. In the team competition the Peace Race after 1975 he was already the second time a member of the victorious Soviet team. On the train won 1977-1979 train of four from the GDR the world title three times in a row. During the Soviet team in 1977 won a medal in fourth place when, the foursome 1978 was successful in Munich. Together with Vasily Honest and Igor Pilipenko reached Osokin and Petrakov the final against the GDR. 1979, was composed of four Soviet of Ehrlich, Viktor Manakov, Osokin and Petrakov, these four drivers in Amsterdam reached the World Cup Final and again won silver behind the GDR four.

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow Valeri Movchan was nachgerückt for Ehrlich in the quad. In the quarterfinals of the Soviet won four in 4:14,64 minutes against the Australians and thereby undercutting the nearly twelve -year-old world record set by the Federal German foursome had set up at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. After the semi-final victory against the four of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet four drivers were in the final opponent was changed to two positions world champion from the GDR. The Soviet foursome won the final in 4:15,70 minutes and remained so again under the old world record. Osokin also launched in the individual competition, he came here this time fifth place.