Yevgeny Maskinskov

Yevgeny Ivanovich Maskinskow (Russian: Евгений Иванович Маскинсков, born December 19, 1930; † 25 January 1985) was a track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union. It was 1958 European Champion in 50 km walk.

In 1956 he presented his personal best with 4:08:57 hours. At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 but was rather his fellow Grigori Klimov as a favorite, who had improved the world record to 4:05:13 hours in August. Klimov gave up in the Olympic final, while Maskinskow could keep Pamich in the top along with the John Ljunggren Sweden and the Italians Abdon. However, gold gained an outsider, the New Zealander Norman Read. In 4:32:57,0 hours Maskinskow won by 2 minutes behind Silver Read before Ljunggren and Pamich.

1958 Maskinskow went at the European Championships in Stockholm from the beginning in the lead group. Already in the 20 - kilometer mark, he was alone in the lead and held to the finish through. He won in 4:17:15,4 hours with a three-quarter minute ahead Pamich, third was Max Weber.