1956 Olympics 1x Ivanov Rowing Archives/Lenny O'Donnell · April 17, 2019 Vyacheslav Ivanov wins his first Olympic gold medal in single sculls in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, defeating Australia's Stuart MacKenzie and American Jack Kelly Jr. in the final. Ivanov's finishing kick was, as you can see here, devastating. The Soviet sculler went on to take gold in this event twice more, in Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, to become the first winner of the same rowing event in three consecutive Olympiads.
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