Viktor Tsybulenko - encyclopedia article about Viktor Tsybulenko.

Men's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1956 Melbourne	Javelin throw
Gold	1960 Rome	Javelin throw

Viktor Sergeevich Tsybulenko (Ukrainian: Цибуленко Віктор Сергійович, Russian: Цыбуленко Виктор Сергеевич) (born 13 July,1930 in the village of Veprik, Fastivskyi Raion, Kiev Oblast) was a Soviet athlete of Ukrainian descent who competed mainly in the javelin throw, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev.

He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the javelin throw where he won the bronze medal. He returned four years later to Rome, Italy where he finally took the gold medal.

He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1960) and the Order of the Badge of Honor (1957).

Olympic champions in men's javelin throw

Athletics, known as Track and Field in the United States, has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

Events

The events contested have varied widely.
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The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations.
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Bobby Joe Morrow

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The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but, after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, had to decline and pass the honours to London.
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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Armin Hary

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Official status
Official language of: Ukraine
Transnistria (Moldova)
Regulated by: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Language codes
ISO 639-1: uk
ISO 639-2: ukr
ISO 639-3: ukr

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Writing system: Cyrillic (Russian variant)
Official status
Official language of: Abkhazia (Georgia)
Belarus
Commonwealth of Independent States (working)
Crimea (de facto; Ukraine)
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July 13 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s
1927 1928 1929 - 1930 - 1931 1932 1933

Year 1930 (MCMXXX
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Fastivskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Фастівський район) is a raion (district) in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Fastiv.
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Kiev Oblast
Київська область
Kyivs’ka oblast’

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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Ukrainians
(Українці)

T. Shevchenko • N. Makhno • L. Ukrainka • B. Khmelnytsky
S. Tymoshenko • A. Dovzhenko • S. Korolyov • A. Shevchenko
Total population 44-45 million (2005 est.
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The Armed Forces sports society (Russian: Вооруженные Силы (ВС)) was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR.
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KIEV was a Los Angeles radio station that first took to the air February, 1933 at 870 kHz.

The station had various formats, including top 40, big bands/standards, and talk. In 1996, KIEV became a talk station permanently, and was eventually sold to Salem Communications.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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Melbourne
Victoria

Location of Melbourne in Australia

Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair ^[1]

Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Comune di Roma

Flag
Seal
Nickname: "The Eternal City"
Motto: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (SPQR) (Latin)
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Anthem
Il Canto degli Italiani
(also known as Fratelli d'Italia)

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The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (Russian: Орден Трудового Красного
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The Order of the Badge of Honor was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.

It was instituted on November 25 1935 and conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in production, scientific research and social, cultural and other forms of social activity, for
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This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in athletics from 1896 to 2004.

See also: , , and

Current Program

100 metres

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 1908 London Freestyle javelin
Gold 1908 London Javelin throw
Gold 1912 Stockholm Javelin throw
1906 Intercalated Games
Gold 1906 Athens Javelin trow
Bronze
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Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Gold 1928 Amsterdam Javelin throw

Erik Hjalmar Lundqvist (June 29, 1908 - January 7, 1963) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.
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Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Gold 1948 London Javelin throw

Kaj Tapio ”Tapsa” Rautavaara (March 8, 1915 in Northern Pirkkala, Finland – September 25, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish athlete, singer and movie actor.
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Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 1952 Helsinki Javelin throw

Cyrus C. Young (born 23 July, 1928) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.

Young competed in the javelin throw for the U.S.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1956 Melbourne Javelin throw

Egil Danielsen (born November 9, 1933 in Hamar) is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. He represented Hamar IL.
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