 At the 1964 Summer Olympics he finished second, after another Soviet weightlifter, Leonid Zhabotinsky.Vlasov was breaking world records at the 1964 Olympics and was aiming to retire from competitions with the gold medal.He was bitterly disappointed by the tactical tricks played by Zhabotinsky during the final clean-and-jerk event, which he considered dishonest – Zhabotinsky intentionally failed his second attempt, and talked and behaved as if he does not compete for the gold medal.