Vyacheslav Ivanenko

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanenko (Russian Вячеслав Иванович Иваненко, March 3, 1961 in Kemerovo, Russia ) is a former Russian track and field athlete and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union. At a height of 1.64 m his competition weight was 56 kg.

Vyacheslav Ivanenko belonged in the 1980s to the best -goers the world on the 50 - kilometer distance.

At the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1986, he won in 3:41:54 h silver, 59 seconds behind Hartwig Gauder from the GDR and a half minute lead over his teammate Valeri Sunzow. 1987 at the World Championships in Rome in hot weather, the distances were significantly larger. Again won Hartwig Gauder, this time in 3:40:53 hours before Ronald Weigel, also DDR, in 3:41:30 h Ivanenko won bronze in 3:44:02 with three and a half minute gap to fourth place.

At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul the same goers stood on the podium as in Rome, but the order had turned around. Vyacheslav Ivanenko won with the second fastest time of 3:38:29 to departed h before Ronald Weigel in 3:38:56 h and above Hartwig Gauder in 3:39:45 h

Bests

  • 20 km Walking: 1:21:28 h (1987 )
  • 50 km Walking: 3:38:29 h (1988 )
1986 European Athletics Championships East Germany 1987 World Championships in Athletics 1988 Summer Olympics 50 kilometres race walk Tommy Green (athlete) Harold Whitlock Pino Dordoni Norman Read Don Thompson (athlete) Abdon Pamich Bernd Kannenberg Andrey Perlov Robert Korzeniowski Athletics (sport)
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