Vladimir Pavlovich Muravyov (
Russian: Владимир Павлович Муравьёв) (born 30 September 1959 in
Karaganda,
Kazakh SSR) is a former
Soviettrack and field athlete who competed in the
sprints. He was the winner of two gold medals in
4×100 m relay at the
Olympic Games. He was also three times Soviet champion outdoors, and two times indoor champion.
At the
1980 Summer Olympics, Vladimir Muravyov was sixth in the
100 metres final, but went out in the heats of the
200 metres, but he ran the opening leg in the Soviet 4×100 m relay team, which won the gold medal. At the
1982 European Championships, Muravyov was seventh in 200 m. At the
first World Championships he reached the semifinal in 200 m and was a member of Soviet 4×100 m relay team, which won the bronze.
Muravyov missed the
1984 Summer Olympics due to the boycott. In 1985 he was second behind Poland's
Marian Woronin in the European Cup, but went on to win the relay, but was sixth at the 1985
IAAF World Cup in 200 m and third in 4×100 m relay. He won the gold medal at the
1986 European Championships as a member of Soviet 4×100 m relay team.
At the
1987 World Championships, Muravyov was eliminated in the quarterfinal of 100 m, but was second with the Soviet 4×100 m relay team. At the
1988 Summer Olympics, Muravyov was again in the Soviet 4×100 m relay team, which, in the absence of
United States, which was disqualified in the heats, won the gold medal.