Igor Malkov was a Soviet speedskater who became Olympic 10000 m champion at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, winning with a margin of 5 one-hundredths of a second to Tomas Gustafson, becoming the youngest Olympic champion in the history of Olympic speed skating: 19 years and 9 days. Earlier in the games he lost the 5000 m race with a margin of only 2 one-hundredths of a second to Gustafson. Earlier the same winter Malkov sent waves of shock into the speed skating world when he skated 13.54,81 and was the first to break the 14 minutes barrier during the Christmas races at Medeo in december 1983. The time was never recognized as a World Record by ISU. He set a new official World Record later the same season, when he did 14.21,51 at Medeo in March 1984, almost 30 seconds behind his personal best. His official world record lasted for almost 2 years, and his internationally unrecognized record should have been the unbroken for 4 years.
In 1984 he was ranked 3rd in the Adelskalender, only allowing his fellow countrymen Viktor Shasherin and Sergey Bobrov before him.

References

• Speed Skating Results
• Adelskalendern