Ivan Demyanenko ( uz, Иван Демьяненко; born April 23, 1989) is an Uzbek swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He represented his nation Uzbekistan at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, finishing in the top 60 of the men's 100 m breaststroke. Demyanenko qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the

in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard time of 1:03.59 from the Belarus Swimming Championships in Minsk. He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympians Malick Fall of Senegal and Alwin de Prins of Luxembourg. Demyanenko rounded out the field in last place by two thirds of a second (0.67) behind Barbados'

Andrei Cross Andrei Cross (born 2 June 1984) is a Barbadian former swimmer, who specialized in the breaststroke events. Cross represented his nation Barbados at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and in two editions of the Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006), establis ...

with a time of 1:05.14. Demyanenko failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-sixth overall in the prelims.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1989 births Living people Uzbekistani male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Uzbekistan Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Tashkent 21st-century Uzbekistani sportspeople {{Uzbekistan-swimming-bio-stub