Mykola Vynnychenko
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1977 Athens10,000 m walk
Bronze medal – third place1975 Athens10,000 m walk
IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Bronze medal – third place1979 Eschborn20 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

  1. 1 2 Chernevich, G. L.; Shkolnikov, E. A. (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 182. ISBN 978-5-22-404399-6.
  2. 1 2 "European Junior Championships (Men)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Siukonen, Markku; et al. (1980). Urheilutieto 5 (in Finnish). Oy Scandia Kirjat Ab. p. 314. ISBN 951-9466-20-7.
  4. 1 2 3 "Soviet Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Butler, Mark; IAAF Media & Public Relations Department (2013). IAAF Statistics Handbook Moscow 2013. International Association of Athletics Federations.
  6. ↑ 25th IAAF World Race Walking Cup - Saransk 2012 - Facts & Figures, IAAF, 2012
  7. 1 2 "World Rankings — Men's 20K Walk" (PDF). Track & Field News. Retrieved 5 December 2014.


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