Romuald Klim
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | Hammer throw | |
| Silver | 1968 Mexico City | Hammer throw | |
Romuald Iosifovich Klim (Russian: Ромуальд Иосифович Клим) (born 25 May 1933 in village Khvoevo, Niasviž District, Minsk Province) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Hammer Throw. He trained at VSS Сhervony Stsyag in Vitebsk and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Minsk.
He competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the hammer throw where he won the gold medal. He retuned four years in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico and nearly defended his title, bing beaten only by Hungarian Gyula Zsivotzky who had won the previous two silver medals.
He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1965).
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| Olympic champions in men's hammer throw |
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| 1900: John Flanagan | 1904: John Flanagan | 1908: John Flanagan | 1912: Matt McGrath | 1920: Patrick Ryan | 1924: Fred Tootell | 1928: Pat O'Callaghan | 1932: Pat O'Callaghan | 1936: Karl Hein | 1948: Imre Németh | 1952: József Csermák | 1956: Harold Connolly | 1960: Vasily Rudenkov | 1964: Romuald Klim | 1968: Gyula Zsivótzky | 1972: Anatoliy Bondarchuk | 1976: Yuriy Sedykh | 1980: Yuriy Sedykh | 1984: Juha Tiainen | 1988: Sergey Litvinov | 1992: Andrey Abduvaliyev | 1996: Balázs Kiss | 2000: Szymon Ziółkowski | 2004: Koji Murofushi |
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