[3] He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a bronze in 1956, while finishing fourth in 1952.

[2] After finishing his athletics career Tsybulenko served in the Soviet Army, retiring in 1985 with a rank of colonel.

[1] In Vepryk, the Tsybulenko family used to own 20 a (0.49 acres) of land and horses that died in three months following their confiscation and transfer to a collective farm (kolkhoz).

[1] When questioned by Viktor why his father did not foresee the outcome of the seizure and join the collective farm, he answered that after being labeled as "kulak", he was unable to do so.

[1] Viktor Tsybulenko testified that in 1933 a lot of people died from Holodomor, but his grandma unlike most villagers had a root cellar in her house, which the Soviet prodotryads (food requisitioning detachment) were not aware of and therefore the family could survive.