| Lyudmila Bragina | |
| Birth Name: | Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina |
| Birth Place: | Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.65m (05.41feet) |
| Weight: | 57kg (126lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 1500 m, 3000 m |
| Club: | Dynamo Krasnodar |
| Pb: | 1500 m – 4:01.38 (1972) 3000 m – 8:27.12 (1976) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina (ru|Людмила Ивановна Брагина, born 24 July 1943) is a retired Soviet and Russian middle distance runner. She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1500 m at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics; she won the event in 1972 and finished fifth in 1976. In July 1972 she set a new 1500 m world record of 4:06.9, at the Soviet championships, and then progressively improved it in round 1 (4:06.47), the semi-finals (4:05.07}, and the final (4:01.38), of the 1972 Olympics.[1] The same year she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She also set three world records in the 3000 m: 8:53.0 in 1972, 8:52.74 in 1974 and 8:27.12 in 1976.[2] At the European Championships, Bragina won four silver medals: in the 3,000 m outdoors (1974), and in the 800 m (1970) and 1,500 m indoors (1971–72).
In 1960 Bragina started training in the high jump, and changed to running only in 1964. She had a career-threatening bout of pneumonia in 1966. After recovering she moved to the south of Russia, in Krasnodar,[3] where she later worked as an athletics coach.[4]