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

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at the

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

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, by clearing a FINA B-standard time of 1:03.59 from the Belarus Swimming Championships in

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. He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympians Malick Fall of Senegal and

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of Luxembourg. Demyanenko rounded out the field in last place by two thirds of a second (0.67) behind Barbados' Andrei Cross 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
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