Alexander Dityatin

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Dityatin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Дитятин, born 7 August 1957) is a retired Soviet/Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion, and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he set the record for achieving the most medals of any type at a single Olympic Games. The American swimmer Michael Phelps has now twice equalled this record, at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. Dityatin competed for the Leningrad Dinamo sports society.

Aleksandr Dityatin
Personal information
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1957-08-07) 7 August 1957
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
RetiredYes
Medal record
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Team
1980 Moscow All-around
1980 Moscow Rings
1976 Montreal Team
1976 Montreal Rings
1980 Moscow Pommel horse
1980 Moscow Vault
1980 Moscow Parallel bars
1980 Moscow Horizontal bar
1980 Moscow Floor Exercise
World Championships
1979 Ft. WorthTeam competition
1979 Ft. WorthAll-around
1979 Ft. WorthVault
1979 Ft. WorthStill rings
1981 MoscowTeam competition
1981 MoscowParallel bars
1981 MoscowStill rings
1978 StrasbourgTeam competition
1978 StrasbourgStill rings
1978 StrasbourgAll-around
1978 StrasbourgFloor exercise
1979 Ft. WorthHorizontal bar
European Championships
1979 EssenPommel horse
1979 EssenStill rings
1975 BernParallel bars
1979 EssenParallel bars
1975 BernAll-around
1975 BernStill rings
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