# 1994 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1994 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1994) was the 3rd edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 26–27 February at the JC "Jubilee" Stadium in Lipetsk. A total of 28 events (14 for men and 14 for women) were contested over the two-day competition.

## Championships

In the winter of 1994, Russian championships were also held in the following disciplines:
* 30 January — Russian 12-Hour Run Indoor Championships (Moscow)
* 4–5 February — Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships (Lipetsk)
* 26 February – Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships (Podolsk)

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Pavel Galkin Samara Oblast | 6.56 | Andrey Grigorev Omsk Oblast | 6.59 | Dmitriy Mikhaylovich Saint Petersburg | 6.63 |
| 200 metres | Andrey Fedoriv Moscow | 21.02 | Dmitriy Bartenev Moscow | 21.30 | Vitaliy Ignatov Bryansk Oblast | 21.70 |
| 400 metres | Mikhail Vdovin Penza Oblast | 47.18 | Dmitry Kliger Saint Petersburg | 47.70 | Dmitry Kosov Primorsky Krai | 48.42 |
| 800 metres | Andrey Loginov Moscow | 1:49.08 | Pavel Dolgushev Moscow | 1:50.20 | Sergey Kozhevnikov Ryazan Oblast | 1:50.53 |
| 1500 metres | Vyacheslav Shabunin Moscow | 3:45.97 | Andrey Loginov Moscow | 3:46.43 | Andrey Tikhonov Kemerovo Oblast | 3:47.54 |
| 3000 metres | Andrey Tikhonov Kemerovo Oblast | 8:05.68 | Gennadiy Popov Voronezh Oblast | 8:07.01 | Gennadiy Panin Tatarstan | 8:07.66 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Gennadiy Panin Tatarstan | 5:31.08 | Aleksey Gorbunov Perm Oblast | 5:31.90 | Igor Konyshev Saint Petersburg | 5:32.20 |
| 60 m hurdles | Andrey Dydalin Moscow | 7.63 | Aleksandr Markin Moscow | 7.67 | Gennadiy Dakshevich Ukraine | 7.70 |
| High jump | Grigoriy Fedorkov Moscow | 2.31 m | Leonid Pumalaynen Moscow Oblast | 2.28 m | Sergey Malchenko Moscow | 2.23 m |
| Pole vault | Igor Trandenkov Saint Petersburg | 5.70 m | Petr Bochkarev Moscow | 5.65 m | Valeriy Ishutin Oryol Oblast | 5.60 m |
| Long jump | Dmitry Bagryanov Moscow | 8.10 m | Andrey Ignatov Krasnodar Krai | 7.78 m | Andrey Lyagin Moscow | 7.72 m |
| Triple jump | Denis Kapustin Tatarstan | 17.47 m | Vasiliy Sokov Moscow Oblast | 17.37 m | Yuriy Sotnikov Saint Petersburg | 17.15 m |
| Shot put | Yevgeny Palchikov Irkutsk Oblast | 20.20 m | Sergey Nikolayev Saint Petersburg | 19.61 m | Vyacheslav Lykho Moscow Oblast | 19.60 m |
| 5000 m walk | Mikhail Shchennikov Moscow | 18:47.02 | Vladimir Andreyev Chuvashia | 18:48.13 | Grigoriy Kornev Kemerovo Oblast | 18:49.08 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 metres | Olga Bogoslovskaya Moscow | 7.06 | Natalya Anisimova Saint Petersburg | 7.17 | Natalya Merzlyakova Sverdlovsk Oblast | 7.17 |
| 200 metres | Yuliya Sotnikova Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 23.44 | Elena Dubtsova Ulyanovsk Oblast | 23.75 | Marina Zhirova Moscow Oblast | 24.02 |
| 400 metres | Tatyana Alekseyeva Novosibirsk Oblast | 52.24 | Svetlana Goncharenko Rostov Oblast | 52.53 | Yelena Andreyeva Sverdlovsk Oblast | 53.51 |
| 800 metres | Yekaterina Podkopayeva Moscow Oblast | 2:02.44 | Lyudmila Rogachova Stavropol Krai | 2:02.68 | Olga Kuznetsova Moscow | 2:03.21 |
| 1500 metres | Yekaterina Podkopayeva Moscow Oblast | 4:10.56 | Lyudmila Rogachova Stavropol Krai | 4:10.94 | Olga Kuznetsova Moscow | 4:12.87 |
| 3000 metres | Olga Kovpotina Stavropol Krai | 9:38.92 | Lidiya Vasilevskaya Moscow | 9:43.53 | Tatyana Maslova Stavropol Krai | 9:52.02 |
| 2000 m s'chase | Lyudmila Kuropatkina Yaroslavl Oblast | 6:20.12 | Marina Pluzhnikova Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 6:28.80 | Natalya Cherepanova Omsk Oblast | 6:31.51 |
| 60 m hurdles | Svetlana Laukhova Saint Petersburg | 7.94 | Elena Sinyutina Saint Petersburg | 7.99 | Aleksandra Paskhina Moscow | 8.04 |
| High jump | Yelena Gulyayeva Moscow | 1.92 m | Elena Topchina Saint Petersburg | 1.92 m | Svetlana Zalevskaya Kazakhstan | 1.89 m |
| Pole vault | Svetlana Abramova Moscow | 3.80 m | Marina Andreeva Krasnodar Krai | 3.60 m | Natalya Mekhanoshina Krasnodar Krai | 3.60 m |
| Long jump | Yelena Sinchukova Moscow | 6.69 m | Lyudmila Galkina Saratovskaya Oblast | 6.67 m | Svetlana Moskalets Moscow | 6.60 m |
| Triple jump | Yolanda Chen Moscow | 13.88 m | Galina Chistyakova Moscow | 13.83 m | Natalya Kuzina Karelia | 13.78 m |
| Shot put | Larisa Peleshenko Saint Petersburg | 19.45 m | Anna Romanova Bryansk Oblast | 19.44 m | Irina Khudoroshkina Moscow Oblast | 18.03 m |
| 3000 m walk | Yelena Arshintseva Mordovia | 12:01.81 | Yelena Nikolayeva Chuvashia | 12:02.25 | Yelena Sayko Chelyabinsk Oblast | 12:11.45 |

## Russian 12-Hour Run Indoor Championships

The Russian 12-Hour Run Indoor Championships was held on 30 January in Moscow in the RGAFK arena. Leonid Krupsky set a world indoor record of 159,736 m.
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 12-hour run | Leonid Krupskiy Sverdlovsk Oblast | 159736 m | Gennadiy Sturov Lipetsk Oblast | 157328 m | Valeriy Mikhaylovskiy Novosibirsk Oblast | 152989 m |

## Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships

The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships were determined on 4–5 February 1994 in Lipetsk in the Yubileiny Palace of Sports. Larisa Turchinskaya set the best season result in the world - 4758 points.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon | Valeriy Belousov Stavropol Krai | 5831 pts | Nikolay Afanasev Sverdlovsk Oblast | 5816 pts | Nikolay Sherin Moscow Oblast | 5632 pts |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Pentathlon | Larisa Turchinskaya Moscow | 4758 pts | Lyudmila Mikhaylova Kirov Oblast | 4596 pts | Lyubov Borisova Smolensk Oblast | 4565 pts |

## Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships

The Russian 24-Hour Run Indoor Championships was held on February 26 in Podolsk on the 133-meter circle of the arena of the local youth sports school.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 24-hour run | Anatoliy Kruglikov Smolensk Oblast | 270,296 m | Nasibulla Khusnullin Tatarstan | 269,560 m | Eduard Khirov Moscow Oblast | 258,301 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 24-hour run | Nadezhda Tarasova Moscow Oblast | 210,660 m | Rimma Paltseva Mari El | 205,738 m | Zinaida Shabalina Moscow | 195,853 m |

## International team selection

According to the results of the championship, taking into account qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships included:

### Men

* 60 m: Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy$^†$, Pavel Galkin
* 200 m: Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy$^†$, Andrey Fedoriv
* 400 m: Mikhail Vdovin
* 800 m: Andrey Loginov
* 1500 m: Vyacheslav Shabunin
* 3000 m: Andrey Tikhonov
* High jump: Grigory Fedorkov, Leonid Pumalainen
* Pole vault: Denis Petushinskiy$^†$, Igor Trandenkov, Pyotr Bochkarev
* Long jump: Stanislav Tarasenko$^†$, Dmitry Bagryanov
* Triple jump: Leonid Voloshin$^†$, Denis Kapustin, Vasiliy Sokov
* Shot put: Yevgeny Palchikov
* 5000 m walk: Mikhail Shchennikov, Vladimir Andreyev

### Women

* 60 m:Olga Bogoslovskaya, Natalya Anisimova
* 200 m: Galina Malchugina$^†$, Olga Bogoslovskaya
* 400 m: Tatyana Alekseyeva, Svetlana Goncharenko
* 1500 m: Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Lyudmila Rogachova
* 3000 m: Olga Kovpotina
* 60 m hurdles: Eva Sokolova$^†$, Svetlana Laukhova
* High jump: Yelena Gulyayeva, Elena Topchina
* Long jump: Yelena Sinchukova, Lyudmila Galkina
* Triple jump: Inna Lasovskaya$^†$, Anna Biryukova$^†$
* Shot put: Larisa Peleshenko, Anna Romanova
* Pentathlon: Larisa Turchinskaya, Lyudmila Mikhailova
* 3000 m walk: Yelena Arshintseva, Yelena Nikolayeva
$^†$ Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships