Vasily Rudenkov

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Vasily Rudenkov
Vasily Rudenkov
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for the Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
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).

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Olympic champions in men's hammer throw
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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