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Sergey Belov

Full name: Sergey Aleksandrovich Belov
Original name: Сергей Александрович Белов
Gender: Male
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Weight: 181 lbs (82 kg)
Born: January 23, 1944 in Nashchyokova, Tomsk, Russia
Affiliations: Trud Sverdlovsk, Yekaterinburg (RUS) / CSKA Moskva, Moskva (RUS)
Country: URS Soviet Union
Sport: Basketball

Related Olympians: Husband of Svetlana Zaboluyeva-Antipova.

Medals: 1 Gold, 3 Bronze (4 Total)

Biography

Sergey Belov played guard for the Soviet national basketball team from 1967 until 1980. He won four Olympic medals, bronzes in 1968, 1976, and 1980, and a gold medal in the controversial final of 1972. In addition, Belov played on teams that won the World Championships in 1967 and 1974 and European Championships in 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1979. He was very popular in his home country, and picked to light the Olympic Fire during the opening of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, during the last year of his career. In the Soviet league, he intially played for Uralmash, before switching to CSKA Moskva. With that side, he won 11 national titles, as well as two Euroleague victories (1969, 1971). Already a playing coach during his career, Belov took up coaching. In 1982, he won the Soviet title with CSKA, and later the Russian title with Perm in 2001. AS the coach of Russia, he won two World Championship silvers (1993 and 1998), and a bronze at the European Championships. In 1992, Belov became the first European to be inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Men's Basketball Soviet Union URS 3 Bronze
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Men's Basketball Soviet Union URS 1 Gold
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Men's Basketball Soviet Union URS 3 Bronze
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Men's Basketball Soviet Union URS 3 Bronze

Men's Basketball

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result PTS TRB TOV AST STL BLK
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Final Round Match 3/4 1 1968-10-23 URS 70, BRA 53 4
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Semi-Finals Match #2 2 1968-10-22 YUG 63, URS 62 14
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #2 1 1968-10-13 URS 91, POL 50 8
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #5 1 1968-10-14 URS 123, MAR 51 4
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #11 1 1968-10-15 URS 89, KOR 58 9
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #13 1 1968-10-16 URS 81, BUL 56 16
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #18 1 1968-10-18 URS 100, CUB 66 10
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #24 1 1968-10-19 URS 82, MEX 62 8
1968 Summer 24 Ciudad de México Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #28 1 1968-10-20 URS 76, BRA 65 4
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Final Round Match 1/2 1 1972-09-09 URS 51, USA 50 20 2
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Semi-Finals Match #1 1 1972-09-07 URS 67, CUB 61 16 2
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #3 1 1972-08-27 URS 94, SEN 52 12 1
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #6 1 1972-08-28 URS 87, FRG 63 15 3
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #10 1 1972-08-29 URS 79, ITA 66 10 5
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #13 1 1972-08-30 URS 94, POL 64 16 2
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #20 1 1972-09-01 URS 100, PUR 87 9 4
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #23 1 1972-09-02 URS 111, PHI 80 6 1
1972 Summer 28 München Basketball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #27 1 1972-09-03 URS 74, YUG 67 22 1
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Soviet Union URS Final Round Match 3/4 1 1976-07-27 URS 100, CAN 72 22 3 2 6
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Soviet Union URS Semi-Finals Match #1 2 1976-07-26 YUG 89, URS 84 16 4 0 1
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #3 1 1976-07-18 URS 120, MEX 77 12 3 1 4
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #5 1 1976-07-19 URS 93, AUS 77 18 2 2 1
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #9 1 1976-07-21 URS 108, CAN 85 6 0 1 3
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #10 1 1976-07-23 URS 129, JPN 63 23 5 1 1
1976 Summer 32 Montréal Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #13 1 1976-07-24 URS 98, CUB 72 6 2 1 2
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Final Round Match 3/4 1 1980-07-30 URS 117, ESP 94 29 2 3 1 0
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Semi-Final Group Match #2 1 1980-07-25 URS 119, ESP 102 23 1 3 3 0
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Semi-Final Group Match #6 2 1980-07-26 ITA 87, URS 85 20 0 3 1 0
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Semi-Final Group Match #8 2 1980-07-27 YUG 101, URS 91 20 4 2 0 0
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Semi-Final Group Match #11 1 1980-07-29 URS 109, CUB 90 10 1 1 0 1
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #2 1 1980-07-20 URS 121, IND 65 16 5 2 1 0
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #4 1 1980-07-21 URS 101, BRA 88 25 2 6 3 0
1980 Summer 36 Moskva Basketball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #6 1 1980-07-23 URS 99, TCH 82 26 3 5 1 0