Olga Petrovna Bondarenko (née Krentser, Russian: О́льга Петро́вна Бондаре́нко-Кренцер;[1] born 2 June 1960 in Slavgorod[2]) is a retired Russian track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. She trained at the Armed Forces sports societyinVolgograd and represented the Soviet Union internationally.
She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the gold medal in the first Olympic women's 10,000 metres event, setting a new Olympic record: 31:05.21.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Soviet Union
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| 1985 | World Cross Country Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 7th | 5 km | |
| 1985 | World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 3rd | 10,000 m | 32:07.70 |
| 1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 1st | 3000 m | 8:33.99 |
| 2nd | 10,000 m | 30:57.21 | |||
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:47.08 |
| 1987 | World Cross Country Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 13th | 5 km | |
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | DNS (final) | 3000 m | 8:48.11(heat) |
| 4th | 10,000 m | 31:18.38 | |||
| 1988 | World Cross Country Championships | Auckland, New Zealand | 20th | 6 km | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:05.21 |
Representing  Unified Team
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| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | heats | 10,000 m | DNF |
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| Preceded by | Women's 3000 m season's best 1986 |
Succeeded by |
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 Derartu Tulu (ETH) Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) Derartu Tulu (ETH) Xing Huina (CHN) Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) Almaz Ayana (ETH) Sifan Hassan (NED) |
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| 3000 m (1974–94) |
Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) Olga Bondarenko (URS) Yvonne Murray (GBR) Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) |
| 5000 m (since 1998) |
 Marta Domínguez (ESP) Marta Domínguez (ESP) Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) Olga Golovkina (RUS) Meraf Bahta (SWE) Yasemin Can (TUR) Sifan Hassan (NED) Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) Nadia Battocletti (ITA) |
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Russian Athletics Championships women's 10,000 metres champions
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Russian Athletics Championships women's half marathon champions
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