Gusman Kosanov
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Gusman Kosanov was a Soviet
Soviet Union
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 athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained in Kishinev
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 and later in Alma-ata
Almaty
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 at the Armed Forces Sports Society
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.

He competed for the USSR
Soviet Union
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 in the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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 held in Rome
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, Italy
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 in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Leonid Bartenev
Leonid Bartenev
Leonid Vladimirovich Bartenev was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Burevestnik in Kiev. He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Yuriy...

, Yuriy Konovalov and Edvin Ozolin.
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