Martti Vainio

Martti Vainio Sakari ( born December 30, 1950 in Vehkalahti, Kymi ) is a former Finnish long-distance runner, the 1978 European Champion in the 10,000 - meter race was.

Career

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal were three Finnish runners on the 10,000 - meter course. While Vainio and Pekka Päivärinta could not qualify for the final, repeated Lasse Virén in both the 5000 -meter run and 10,000 m his Olympic victories of 1972. Vainio in 1977 won the first of his nine Finnish championship title.

On August 29, 1978, the 10,000 -meter final of the European Championships was held in Prague. Favorite was the British European record Brendan Foster, whose record stood at 27:30,3 min. In today (as of 2007 ) the fastest European Championship race itself Vainio improved by 28 seconds 27:30,99 min. Just behind him ran the Italians Venanzio Ortis and Aleksandra Antipovas from the Soviet Union over the finish line, while Foster only fourth. In the 5000 -meter final on September 2, a rather moderate pace was struck. In the final sprint Ortis won in front of the Swiss Markus Ryffel, in 13:29,7 minutes reached Vainio sixth goal with 1.2 seconds back.

At the Olympic Games in 1980 Vainio reached on both distances the finals, but finished only 13th place in the 10,000 meters and Eleventh than 5000 m, while his compatriot won Kaarlo Maaninka silver and bronze.

The final race in the 10,000 m at the European Championships 1982 in Athens saw from the middle of the race a group of four front: For the pace ensured Portugal's Carlos Lopes. In addition to Vainio also sign Werner Hauer ran from the GDR and the Italian Alberto Cova in wait. 200 meters before the finish Vainio sat at a long -drawn sprint, but was first overtaken on the home stretch of plate Hauer and then Cova. It was not until just before the finish line took over the leadership Cova, and one and a half seconds back Vainio finished third in 27:42,51 minutes. Five days later, in the 5000 -meter final Vainio was powerless in the sprint and finished in eighth place 13:33,69 minutes.

At the World Athletics Championships 1983 in Helsinki Vainio reached before a home crowd on both long distance the finals, each as a single fin. In the 10,000 -meter final 400 meters before the finish broke five runners from the rest of the top group. Werner plate Hauer and Hansjörg Kunze from the GDR tried to solve what was not possible together with Vainio Cova and the Tanzanians Gidamis Shahanga. Immediately prior to the target over the two runners sprinted Cova from the GDR, Vainio was in 28:01,37 min with 0.33 s behind Cova fourth. The 5000 -meter final was held five days later. After slow race course took the sprint Dmitry Dmitriev of the Soviet Union the lead, but was crowded down the stretch from the Irish Eamonn Coghlan. Sign Hauer once won more silver, and Vainio secured with a pike jump to the finish before the bronze medal Dmitriev.

In 1983 Vainio eighth in the Philadelphia Half Marathon and third at the 1984 Rotterdam Marathon. Through the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc sign Hauer and Kunze were not at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles at the start. In the 10,000 meter final, Vainio replaced with equally fast pace early from the rest of the field. Only Cova was able to follow the pace and ran effortlessly in the wind shadow of the long fins. Cova initially put the home stretch his sprint, went loose past Vainio and had the finish three and a half seconds ahead of Vainio, the tip of the remaining field was back over 100 meters. Vainio lost his silver medal, however, after he tested positive for anabolic steroids. At first he was locked for life, but pardoned after 18 months.

At the European Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart, he was seventh in the 10,000 meters and sixth over 5000 meters. In Rome at the World Cup 1987 he gave up in the finals in the 10,000 meters.

Martti Vainio is 1,90 m tall and weighed 74 kg in his playing days.

Finnish Champion title

  • 3000 m (Hall ): 1982, 1984
  • 5000 m: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987
  • 10,000 m: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988
  • Cross Country: 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987

Bests

  • 3000 m: 7:44,42 min, July 12, 1984 Varkaus Hall: 7:55,84 min, February 11, 1984, Turku
Kymenlaakso Finland Long-distance running 5000 metres 1978 European Athletics Championships 1982 European Athletics Championships Werner Schildhauer 1983 World Championships in Athletics Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon Rotterdam-Marathon 1986 European Athletics Championships 1987 World Championships in Athletics 3000 metres Cross country running Ilmari Salminen Manfred Kuschmann Stefano Mei Jan Fitschen
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