Kammala wannan jumla: 1994 ita ce shekarar da Ivankov ya yi fice. A cikin
A gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1994 a Brisbane, ya lashe zinare a zagaye na gaba, inda ya doke zakaran gasar Olympic da abokin aikinsa Vitaly Scherbo a cikin aikin. A wannan shekarar, Ivankov ya lashe lambar farko ta manyan zakarun Turai kuma ya sami kyakkyawan matsayi a wasu gasa na duniya.