Vladimir Golubnichy
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Men's athletics | |||
Competitor for  USSR |
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| Gold | Rome 1960 | 20km Walk | |
| Bronze | Tokyo 1964 | 20km Walk | |
| Gold | Mexico City 1968 | 20km Walk | |
| Silver | Munich 1972 | 20km Walk | |
Vladimir Stepanovich Golubnichy (Russian:Владимир Степанович Голубничий) (born June 2, 1936 in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet race walker who dominated the 20-kilometre walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning the total of four Olympic medals. He trained at VSS Spartak.
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| Olympic champions in men's 20 km walk |
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| 1956: Leonid Spirin | 1960: Vladimir Golubnichy | 1964: Ken Matthews | 1968: Vladimir Golubnichy | 1972: Peter Frenkel | 1976: Daniel Bautista | 1980: Maurizio Damilano | 1984: Ernesto Canto | 1988: Jozef Pribilinec | 1992: Daniel Plaza | 1996: Jefferson Pérez | 2000: Robert Korzeniowski | 2004: Ivano Brugnetti |
Categories: 1936 births | Living people | Racewalkers | Soviet athletes | Athletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union | Spartak athletes
