Oleg Goncharenko
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Birth name | Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||
Born | August 18, 1931 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Died | December 16, 1986(1986-12-16) (aged 55) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 500 m: 42.2 (1960) 1500 m: 2:11.6 (1960) 5000 m: 7:57.6 (1956) 10 000 m: 16:36.4 (1956) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko (Russian: Олег Георгиевич Гончаренко, Ukrainian: Олег Георгійович Гончаренко) (18 August 1931 – 16 December 1986), Distinguished Master of Sports of the USSR, was the first male Soviet speed skater to become World Allround Champion.
Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Oleg Goncharenko made his international debut in 1953 and promptly became World Allround Champion. He would win two more World Allround Championships after that, as well as two European Allround Championships. In 1958, he won the "triple", becoming World, European, and Soviet Allround Champion. At the 1956 Winter Olympics of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Goncharenko won bronze on the 5,000 m and on the 10,000 m. He also participated in the 5,000 m at the 1960 Winter Olympics of Squaw Valley, but finished only sixth.
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 Helsinki, he received dozens of telegrams 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 Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen, reading "Congratulations. Oscar Mathisen." – written just one year before Mathisen's death. Goncharenko's achievements also prompted two cities, Denver and Oslo, to name him an honorary citizen.[1] He also was awarded the Order of Lenin.[2]
Goncharenko retired from speed skating in 1962. He died in 1986, at the age of 55, after a painful illness.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Goncharenko at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
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Winter Olympics | – | – | 1956 (5,000 m) 1956 (10,000 m) |
World Allround | 1953 1956 1958 | 1954 1955 | – |
European Allround | 1957 1958 | 1955 | – |
Soviet Allround | 1956 1958 | 1953 1954 1957 1960 | – |
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Goncharenko skated his personal records.
Event | Result | Date | Venue | WR |
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500 m | 42.2 | 4 January 1960 | Medeo | 40.2 |
1,500 m | 2:11.6 | 28 February 1960 | Squaw Valley | 2:06.3 |
5,000 m | 7:57.5 | 29 January 1956 | Misurina | 7:45.6 |
10,000 m | 16:36.4 | 21 January 1956 | Davos | 16:32.6 |
Goncharenko has an Adelskalender score of 183.636 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a third place.
References
- Oleg Goncharenko at SkateResults.com
- Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko (in Russian)
- Results of Soviet Championships at SpeedSkating.ru
- Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages
- Historical World Records from the International Skating Union
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- 1893: Jaap Eden
- 1894: none declared
- 1895–96: Jaap Eden
- 1897: Jack McCulloch
- 1898–99: Peder Østlund
- 1900: Edvard Engelsaas
- 1901: Franz Frederik Wathén
- 1902–03: none declared
- 1904: Sigurd Mathisen
- 1905: Coen de Koning
- 1906–07: none declared
- 1908–09: Oscar Mathisen
- 1910–11: Nikolay Strunnikov
- 1912–14: Oscar Mathisen
- World War I
- 1922: Harald Strøm
- 1923: Clas Thunberg
- 1924: Roald Larsen
- 1925: Clas Thunberg
- 1926: Ivar Ballangrud
- 1927: Bernt Evensen
- 1928–29: Clas Thunberg
- 1930: Michael Staksrud
- 1931: Clas Thunberg
- 1932: Ivar Ballangrud
- 1933: Hans Engnestangen
- 1934: Bernt Evensen
- 1935: Michael Staksrud
- 1936: Ivar Ballangrud
- 1937: Michael Staksrud
- 1938: Ivar Ballangrud
- 1939: Birger Wasenius
- World War II
- 1947: Lassi Parkkinen
- 1948: Odd Lundberg
- 1949: Kornél Pajor
- 1950–52: Hjalmar Andersen
- 1953: Oleg Goncharenko
- 1954: Boris Shilkov
- 1955: Sigvard Ericsson
- 1956: Oleg Goncharenko
- 1957: Knut Johannesen
- 1958: Oleg Goncharenko
- 1959: Juhani Järvinen
- 1960: Boris Stenin
- 1961: Henk van der Grift
- 1962: Viktor Kosichkin
- 1963: Jonny Nilsson
- 1964: Knut Johannesen
- 1965: Per Ivar Moe
- 1966–67: Kees Verkerk
- 1968: Fred Anton Maier
- 1969: Dag Fornæss
- 1970–72: Ard Schenk
- 1973: Göran Claeson
- 1974: Sten Stensen
- 1975: Harm Kuipers
- 1976: Piet Kleine
- 1977–79: Eric Heiden
- 1980: Hilbert van der Duim
- 1981: Amund Sjøbrend
- 1982: Hilbert van der Duim
- 1983: Rolf Falk-Larssen
- 1984: Oleg Bozhev
- 1985–86: Hein Vergeer
- 1987: Nikolay Gulyayev
- 1988: Eric Flaim
- 1989: Leo Visser
- 1990–91: Johann Olav Koss
- 1992: Roberto Sighel
- 1993: Falko Zandstra
- 1994: Johann Olav Koss
- 1995–96: Rintje Ritsma
- 1997–98: Ids Postma
- 1999: Rintje Ritsma
- 2000: Gianni Romme
- 2001: Rintje Ritsma
- 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage
- 2003: Gianni Romme
- 2004: Chad Hedrick
- 2005–06: Shani Davis
- 2007–10: Sven Kramer
- 2011: Ivan Skobrev
- 2012–13: Sven Kramer
- 2014: Koen Verweij
- 2015–17: Sven Kramer
- 2018–20: Patrick Roest
- 2022: Nils van der Poel
- 2024: Jordan Stolz