Vasily Rudenkov
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1960 Rome | Hammer throw | |
Vasily Vasilievich Rudenkov (Russian: Василий Васильевич Руденков) (born 7 May 1931) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.
He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the hammer throw where he won the gold medal.
He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1960).
| Olympic champions in men's hammer throw |
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| 1900: John Flanagan | 1904: John Flanagan | 1908: John Flanagan | 1912: Matt McGrath | 1920: Patrick Ryan | 1924: Fred Tootell | 1928: Pat O'Callaghan | 1932: Pat O'Callaghan | 1936: Karl Hein | 1948: Imre Németh | 1952: József Csermák | 1956: Harold Connolly | 1960: Vasily Rudenkov | 1964: Romuald Klim | 1968: Gyula Zsivótzky | 1972: Anatoliy Bondarchuk | 1976: Yuriy Sedykh | 1980: Yuriy Sedykh | 1984: Juha Tiainen | 1988: Sergey Litvinov | 1992: Andrey Abduvaliyev | 1996: Balázs Kiss | 2000: Szymon Ziółkowski | 2004: Koji Murofushi |
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