Vyacheslav Ivanenko
{{Short description|Soviet race walker}}
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{URS}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold| 1988 Seoul | 50 km walk}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze |1987 Rome|50 km walk}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver |1986 Stuttgart|50 km walk}}
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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanenko ({{langx|ru|link=no|Вячеслав Иванович Иваненко}}; born 3 March 1961) is a retired race walker who represented the USSR.
Biography
He won the gold medal over 50 kilometers at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a personal best time of 3:38:29. He also won a silver at the 1986 European Championships and a bronze at the 1987 World Championships.
Born in Kemerovo, Ivanenko was awarded the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1988 and the Order of Friendship of Peoples.
Ivanenko works in the Kemerovo department of the State Inspection For Traffic Security (GIBDD).
Since 2008, every autumn in Kemerovo on the Vyacheslav's initiative and the support of local authorities Ivanenko Race Walking Cup is taking place.
International competitions
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| colspan="5"|Representing {{URS}} |
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| 1987
|New York City, United States |4th |50 km |
External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|iv/vyacheslav-ivanenko-1}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Kemerovo
Category:Athletes from Kemerovo Oblast
Category:Soviet male race walkers
Category:Russian male race walkers
Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen
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