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{{Short description|Soviet race walker}}
{{family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Ivanenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{MedalTableTop|medals=
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{URS}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walk|50 km walk]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 Rome]]|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk|50 km walk]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1986 European Championships in Athletics|1986 Stuttgart]]|[[1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk|50 km walk]]}}
}}

'''Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanenko''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Вячеслав Иванович Иваненко}}; born 3 March 1961) is a retired [[race walking|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 in Athletics|1986 European Championships]] and a bronze at the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|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==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{URS}}
|-
|1987
|[[1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]]
|New York City, United States
|4th
|50&nbsp;km
|}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|iv/vyacheslav-ivanenko-1}}

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[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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