title: Vyacheslav Ivanenko
text: Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanenko (; 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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  1961 births
  Living people
  Sportspeople from Kemerovo
  Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast
  Soviet male racewalkers
  Russian male racewalkers
  Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
  Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
  Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
  World Athletics Championships medalists
  European Athletics Championships medalists
  Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
  Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)