| Aleksandr Kurochkin | |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1961 |
| Height: | 1.87 m[1] |
| Weight: | 79 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400 metres |
Aleksandr Kurochkin (Cyrillic: Александр Курочкин; born 23 July 1961) is a retired Kazakhstani sprinter specialising in the 400 metres who competed for the Soviet Union. He took part at the 1987 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition, he won the bronze medal at the 1984 Friendship Games which were a competition for countries boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also won several medals with the Soviet 4 × 400 metres relay.
His personal bests in the event are 45.52 outdoors (Moscow 1984) and 47.86 seconds indoors (Moscow 1986).[2] The first result is the standing Kazakhstani record.
| Representing the | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Friendship Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 3rd | 400 m | 45.52 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.16 | ||
| 1986 | Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 5th | 400 m | 45.67 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.25 | ||
| European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 11th (sf) | 400 m | 46.01 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.47 | |||
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 15th (sf) | 400 m | 45.73 |
| 7th (sf) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.611 | |||