Vyacheslav Korovin (; born 8 September 1962) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw for the Soviet Union. He ranks within the all-time top thirty for the event, as of 2016.Senior Outdoor Men's Hammer Throw All Time Best. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
The sole international medal of his career came at the 1981 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he threw to take the bronze medal behind Christoph Sahner and Sergey Dorozhon.European Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29. His greatest achievement came in the 1987 season when he threw a career best of in Chelyabinsk.Vyacheslav KOROVIN. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29. This ranked him third in the world that year behind fellow Soviets Sergey Litvinov and Igor Astapkovich – both of whom were Olympic medallists.World Top Performers 1980-2005: Men (Outdoor). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-05-29. This proved to be a brief peak for Korovin as he did not break eighty metres again and his next highest ranking was twelfth in the 1989 season.Vyacheslav Korovin. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
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