Rudolf Pavlovich Povarnitsyn (Russian: Рудольф Павлович Поварницын; born 13 June 1962, in Votkinsk, Udmurtia) is a Ukrainian high jumper.

Competing in the high jump, his greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR.

His personal best jump of 2.40 metres, set in Donetsk, was also the world record from 11 August to 4 September 1985, when Igor Paklin beat it by one centimetre.

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