Lyubov Nikitenko

Lyubov Nikitenko (Любовь Ивановна Кононова-Никитенко, married Kononova; born 6 December 1948) is a Kazakhstani former track and field hurdler for the Soviet Union. Born in Kostanay, she competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where she was disqualified in the semi-finals.

Indoors in the 60 metres hurdles she won the gold medal at the 1977 European Athletics Indoor Championships and set a world record (unratified) time of 7.9 seconds in 1975 and 1976.

She also won a bronze medal at the 1977 IAAF World Cup, and was a five-time Soviet national champion.

National titles

 * Soviet Athletics Championships
 * 100 m hurdles: 1971, 1973, 1977
 * Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships
 * 60 m hurdles: 1972, 1975