Anatoly Mikhailov

Anatoli Mikhailov Arkadyevitch (Russian Анатолий Аркадьевич Михайлов, English transcription Anatoliy Mikhaylov; . Born 14 September 1936 in Leningrad, now St Petersburg) is a former Soviet athlete. At a height of 1.83 m his competition weight was 79 kg.

Anatoly was 1957-1966 times. Consecutive Soviet champion in 110- meter hurdles

At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 Mikhailov was eliminated in the flow. At the European Championships 1958 in Stockholm he won the bronze medal in 14.4 s behind the victorious European record with Germany's Martin Lauer in 13.7 s and the Yugoslavs Stanko Lorger in 14.1 s in Rome in 1960 at the Olympic Games he ran the quarter-finals 13.9 s, the second fastest time behind the Americans Willie May In the semifinals Mikhailov crashed and retired.

His biggest international success came Mikhailov at the European Championships 1962 in Belgrade. With new Soviet record of 13.8 s, he won the title before the Italian Giovanni Cornacchia in 14.0 seconds. Two years later, at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo Mikhailov ran again in the final 13.7 s ( were stopped electronically 13.78 s ), what would be his fastest time. This time he won bronze behind the two Americans Hayes Jones in 13.67 s and 13.74 s in Blaine Lindgren

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 Mikhailov was fourth in 14.1 s. At the European Indoor Games 1967 in Prague, the Italian European Champion Budapest Eddy Ottoz won the 50 - meter hurdles in 6.4 s in 6.7 s Mikhailov won third place behind his fellow countryman Valentin Chistyakov.