| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing 
Soviet Union
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| European Junior Championships | ||
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1977 Athens | 10,000 m walk |
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1975 Athens | 10,000 m walk |
| IAAF World Race Walking Cup | ||
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1979 Eschborn | 20 km walk |
Mykola Alekseyevich Vynnychenko ( Russian: Николай Алексеевич Винниченко; born 12 November 1958) [1] is a former Soviet Ukrainian race walker.
Vinnichenko won bronze in men's 10,000 m walk at the 1975 European Junior Championships as a 16-year-old. [2] He was still eligible to compete as a junior in the 1977 championships in Donetsk, and won in the meeting record time of 41:31.6. [2]
In 1979 Vinnichenko won the 20 kilometres race walk at the Soviet Spartakiad, ahead of Anatoliy Solomin and Boris Yakovlev; his time of 1:22:29.0 was a new championship record. [3] [4] Later that year he placed third behind Mexico's Daniel Bautista and Yakovlev in the IAAF Race Walking Cup; his time of 1:20:05 would have been his personal best and well under the previous world record of Reima Salonen, [5] but the measurement of the course was questionable. [6] Track & Field News ranked him fourth in the world at 20 km that year, behind Bautista, Mexico's Domingo Colín and Yakovlev. [7]
Vinnichenko repeated as Soviet champion in 1980 (as his victory at the 1979 Spartakiad also counted as a national title); [1] his time of 1:21:47 was again a meeting record, [4] and he was ranked seventh in the world despite not competing at the Olympics. [7] Vinnichenko won his third Soviet national title at the 1983 Spartakiad. [4]
National titles
References
- ^ a b Chernevich, G. L.; Shkolnikov, E. A. (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 182. ISBN 978-5-22-404399-6.
- ^ a b "European Junior Championships (Men)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Siukonen, Markku; et al. (1980). Urheilutieto 5 (in Finnish). Oy Scandia Kirjat Ab. p. 314. ISBN 951-9466-20-7.
- ^ a b c "Soviet Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ Butler, Mark; IAAF Media & Public Relations Department (2013). IAAF Statistics Handbook Moscow 2013. International Association of Athletics Federations.
- ^ 25th IAAF World Race Walking Cup - Saransk 2012 - Facts & Figures, IAAF, 2012
- ^ a b "World Rankings — Men's 20K Walk" (PDF). Track & Field News. Retrieved 5 December 2014.[ permanent dead link]
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