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in his hotel room there from all over the Soviet Union and from abroad. One of those telegrams he kept until the end of his life because it was particularly dear to him. It was a short message from the legendary
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Both at home and abroad, Goncharenko was unusually popular for many years, even long after he had retired from speed skating. After winning his first World
Championship in 1953 in
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An overview of medals won by
Goncharenko at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
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299:, Goncharenko won bronze on the 5,000 m and on the 10,000 m. He also participated in the 5,000 m at the
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Goncharenko retired from speed skating in 1962. He died in 1986, at the age of 55, after a painful illness.
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column lists the official world records on the dates that
Goncharenko skated his personal records.
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score of 183.636 points. His highest ranking on the
Adelskalender was a third place.
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Russian State
University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni
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283:, Oleg Goncharenko made his international debut in 1953 and promptly became
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World
Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
619:Results of Soviet Championships at SpeedSkating.ru
462:To put these personal records in perspective, the
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586:Legends of the Soviet sports – Goncharenko
669:World champions in men's allround speed skating
1442:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
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261:) (18 August 1931 – 16 December 1986),
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1427:Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union
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263:Distinguished Master of Sports of the USSR
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1437:Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics
1432:Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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600:(in Russian). Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
588:(in Russian). Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
1467:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
1457:Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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624:Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages
608:Oleg Goncharenko at SkateResults.com
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272:to become World Allround Champion.
13:
1452:Olympic medalists in speed skating
147:10 000 m: 16:36.4 (1956)
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1462:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
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1447:Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
289:European Allround Championships
145:5000 m: 7:57.6 (1956)
143:1500 m: 2:11.6 (1960)
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1417:Ukrainian male speed skaters
613:Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko
598:This Day – 16 December
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243:Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko
44:Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko
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259:Олег Георгійович Гончаренко
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251:Олег Георгиевич Гончаренко
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1407:Soviet male speed skaters
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629:Historical World Records
314:, he received dozens of
285:World Allround Champion
141:500 m: 42.2 (1960)
130:Achievements and titles
754:1906–07: none declared
733:1902–03: none declared
223:1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
202:1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
727:Franz Frederik Wathén
265:, was the first male
1159:Hilbert van der Duim
1143:Hilbert van der Duim
301:1960 Winter Olympics
293:1956 Winter Olympics
36:Personal information
688:1894: none declared
566:Goncharenko has an
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16:Soviet Speed skater
1031:Henk van der Grift
769:Nikolay Strunnikov
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1287:Jochem Uytdehaage
1167:Rolf Falk-Larssen
872:Hans Engnestangen
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959:Hjalmar Andersen
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458:Personal records
389:1956 (10,000 m)
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1343:Koen Verweij
1327:Ivan Skobrev
1303:Chad Hedrick
1295:Gianni Romme
1271:Gianni Romme
1183:Hein Vergeer
1119:Harm Kuipers
1111:Sten Stensen
1071:Kees Verkerk
1063:Per Ivar Moe
1023:Boris Stenin
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951:Kornél Pajor
943:Odd Lundberg
927:World War II
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808:Roald Larsen
792:Harald Strøm
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615:(in Russian)
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518:Squaw Valley
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370:Bronze medal
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365:Silver medal
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305:Squaw Valley
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270:speed skater
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178:Soviet Union
155:Medal record
114:Soviet Union
98:Soviet Union
94:Russian SFSR
84:(1986-12-16)
72:Soviet Union
1402:1986 deaths
1397:1931 births
1351:Sven Kramer
1335:Sven Kramer
1319:Sven Kramer
1311:Shani Davis
1175:Oleg Bozhev
1135:Eric Heiden
1127:Piet Kleine
1087:Dag Fornæss
784:World War I
49:Nationality
1391:Categories
1255:Ids Postma
1207:Leo Visser
1199:Eric Flaim
1095:Ard Schenk
574:References
360:Gold medal
1357:2018–20:
1349:2015–17:
1333:2012–13:
1317:2007–10:
1309:2005–06:
1253:1997–98:
1245:1995–96:
1213:1990–91:
1181:1985–86:
1133:1977–79:
1093:1970–72:
1069:1966–67:
957:1950–52:
838:1928–29:
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767:1910–11:
759:1908–09:
709:1898–99:
695:Jaap Eden
693:1895–96:
682:Jaap Eden
631:from the
321:Norwegian
316:telegrams
255:Ukrainian
135:Personal
52:Ukrainian
560:16:32.6
546:10,000 m
537:Misurina
451:–
429:–
411:–
312:Helsinki
275:Born in
229:10,000 m
549:16:36.4
541:7:45.6
527:5,000 m
522:2:06.3
508:1,500 m
384:–
381:–
281:Ukraine
277:Kharkiv
247:Russian
208:5,000 m
137:best(s)
110:Country
64:Kharkiv
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530:7:57.5
511:2:11.6
475:Result
346:Medals
329:Denver
267:Soviet
185:Men's
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90:Moscow
556:Davos
503:40.2
499:Medeo
489:500 m
481:Venue
472:Event
446:1957
444:1954
442:1953
437:1956
421:1957
406:1954
401:1956
399:1953
120:Sport
105:Sport
492:42.2
478:Date
448:1960
439:1958
426:1955
423:1958
408:1955
403:1958
333:Oslo
331:and
79:Died
57:Born
484:WR
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