Yakov Grigoryevich Tolstikov (; born 20 May 1959) is a former Russian distance runner. Tolstikov rose to worldwide prominence following his surprise upset of favorite Gelindo Bordin in the 1991 London Marathon.International Marathons. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19. He set a personal best of 2:09:17 hours at the race which went unbeaten as a Soviet record. This time was the fastest by any European in the 1991 season, and the third fastest time in the world after Kōichi Morishita and Takeyuki Nakayama of Japan.World Top Performers. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.European Top Performers. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
In international competition he represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, coming in a distant 22nd.Yakov Tolstikov. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2020-04-19. He twice ran at the World Championships in Athletics, coming eleventh in 1987 but failing to finish in 1991. He was a marathon bronze medallist at the 1986 Goodwill Games.Goodwill Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
In individual races, he won the Uzhhorod Marathon three times (1983, 1986, 1987), the 1984 Moscow International Peace Marathon, the 1995 Siberian International Marathon, and the 1990 Humarathon.Yakov Tolstikov. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-19. He was a one-time national champion, winning the marathon at the Soviet Athletics Championships in 1988.Yakov Tolstikov. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
International competitions Representing the 1983UniversiadeEdmonton, Canada6thMarathon2:22:311986Goodwill GamesMoscow, Soviet Union3rdMarathon2:16:221987World ChampionshipsRome, Italy11thMarathon2:16:551988European Marathon CupHuy, Belgium9thMarathon2:14:101stMarathon team31 pts1989World Marathon CupMilan, Italy4thMarathon team6:39:181990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia —MarathonDNF1991World Marathon CupLondon, United Kingdom8thMarathon team6:40:09World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan—MarathonDNFRepresenting the 1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain22ndMarathon2:17:04Representing 1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland20thMarathon2:15:32
Marathons 1983Uzhhorod MarathonUzhhorod, Soviet Union1stMarathon2:13:351984Moscow Peace MarathonMoscow, Soviet Union1stMarathon2:10:481985Soviet ChampionshipsMogilev, Soviet Union4thMarathon2:13:141986Uzhhorod MarathonUzhhorod, Soviet Union1stMarathon2:11:431987Uzhhorod MarathonUzhhorod, Soviet Union1stMarathon2:11:05Soviet ChampionshipsMogilev, Soviet Union7thMarathon2:13:50Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan8thMarathon2:12:311988Soviet ChampionshipsTallinn, Soviet Union1stMarathon2:14:29Chicago MarathonChicago, United States2ndMarathon2:09:201989Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu–Ōita, Japan2ndMarathon2:12:35Milano City MarathonMilan, Italy19thMarathon2:15:351990London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom6thMarathon2:11:071991London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom 1stMarathon2:09:17 Italian MarathonCarpi, Italy11thMarathon2:13:05Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan9thMarathon2:12:071992London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom6thMarathon2:10:49Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan6thMarathon2:12:061993Siberian International MarathonOmsk, Russia2ndMarathon2:13:311994Vienna City MarathonVienna, Austria3rdMarathon2:12:551995Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan5thMarathon2:11:34Siberian International MarathonOmsk, Russia1stMarathon2:14:371997Siberian International MarathonOmsk, Russia4thMarathon2:17:46 The Friendship Games Marathon was hosted within the Moscow International Peace Marathon in 1984 and Tolstikov was the second fastest runner there, but did not receive a Friendship Games medal as he was not entered for the team.
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