Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained
Noc: | URS |
Nocname: | Soviet Olympic Committee |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 1956 |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the Soviet Union |
Location: | Melbourne/Stockholm |
Competitors: | 272 (233 men, 39 women) |
Sports: | 17 |
Flagbearer: | Aleksey Medvedev |
Rank: | 1 |
Gold: | 37 |
Silver: | 29 |
Bronze: | 32 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1952 |
App End Year: | 1988 |
See also: | (1900–1912) (1920–1936, 1992–) (1924–1936, 1992–) (1924–1928, 1992–) (1992) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1994–) (1996–) (1996–) (1996–) |
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 272 competitors, 233 men and 39 women, took part in 135 events in 17 sports.[1] the Netherlands, Spain, the Netherlands Antilles, Egypt, Lebanon, Cambodia, Iraq and Switzerland protested against this by boycotting the games. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Soviet athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.
Medalists
The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 37 gold and 98 total medals.
Gold
- Valentin Muratov — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
- Viktor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
- Albert Azaryan — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
- Victor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Albert Azaryan, Yuri Titov, Pavel Stolbov — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition
- Tamara Manina, Larisa Latynina, Sofia Muratova, Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova, Polina Astakhova, Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition
- Valentin Muratov — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
- Vladimir Kuts — Athletics, men's 10000 m
- Leonid Spirin — Athletics, men's 20 km walk
- Vladimir Kuts — Athletics, men's 5000 m
- Inese Jaunzeme — Athletics, women's javelin throw
- Tamara Tyshkevich — Athletics, women's shot put
- Vladimir Safronov — Boxing, men's featherweight
- Vladimir Yengibaryan — Boxing, men's light-welterweight
- Gennadi Shatkov — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg
- Pavel Kharin, Gratsian Botev — Canoeing, men's C-2 10000 m
- Elizaveta Dementyeva — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m
- Lev Yashin, Nikolai Tishchenko, Mikhail Okonkov, Aleksei Paramonov, Anatoli Bashashkin, Igor Netto, Boris Tatushin, Anatoli Isayev, Eduard Streltsov, Valentin Ivanov, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Boris Kuznetsov, Iosif Betsa, Sergei Salnikov, Boris Razinsky, Anatoli Maslenkin, Anatoli Ilyin and Nikita Simonyan — Football (soccer), men's team competition
- Igor Novikov, Ivan Deryugin, Aleksandr Tarasov — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition
- Aleksandr Berkutov, Yuriy Tyukalov — Rowing, men's double sculls
- Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls
- Vitali Romanenko — Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots
- Vasily Borisov — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
- Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
- Igor Rybak — Weightlifting, men's lightweight
- Fedor Bogdanovsky — Weightlifting, men's middleweight
- Arkady Vorobyov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight
- Mirian Tsalkalamanidze — Wrestling, men's freestyle flyweight
- Anatoli Parfenov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super-heavyweight
- Nikolai Soloviev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight
- Konstantin Vyrupaev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
- Givi Kartoziya — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight
- Valentin Nikolayev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight
Silver
- Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise
- Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
- Valentin Muratov — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
- Antanas Mikenas — Athletics, men's 20 km walk
- Leonid Bartenev, Yuriy Konovalov, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev — Athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay
- Yevgeniy Maskinskov — Athletics, men's 50 km walk
- Irina Beglyakova — Athletics, women's discus throw
- Mikhail Krivonosov — Athletics, men's hammer throw
- Mariya Pisareva — Athletics, women's high jump
- Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put
- Valdis Muizhniek, Maigonis Valdmanis, Vladimir Torban, Stasys Stonkus, Kazys Petkevičius, Arkadi Bochkarev, Jānis Krūmiņš, Mikhail Semyonov, Algirdas Lauritenas, Yuri Ozerov, Viktor Zubkov, Mikhail Studenetsky — Basketball, men's team competition
- Lev Mukhin — Boxing, men's heavyweight
- Pavel Kharin, Gratsian Botev — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m
- Igor Pissarev — Canoeing, men's K-1 1000 m
- Mikhail Kaaleste, Anatoli Demitkov — Canoeing, men's K-2 1000 m
- Igor Buldakov, Viktor Ivanov — Rowing, men's coxless pair
- Yevgeni Cherkasov — Shooting, men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
- Allan Erdman — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
- Makhmud Umarov — Shooting, men's 50 m pistol
- Vasily Borisov — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle prone
- Vladimir Stogov — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight
- Yevgeni Minaev — Weightlifting, men's featherweight
- Ravil Khabutdinov — Weightlifting, men's lightweight
- Vasili Stepanov — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
- Boris Kulayev — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight
- Vladimir Maneev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Bronze
- Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Sofia Muratova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
- Tamara Manina, Larisa Latynina, Sofia Muratova, Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova, Polina Astakhova, Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team, portable apparatus
- Sofia Muratova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault
- Bruno Junk — Athletics, men's 20 km walk
- Ardalion Ignatyev — Athletics, men's 400 m
- Vasili Kuznetsov — Athletics, men's decathlon
- Nina Romashkova — Athletics, women's discus throw
- Anatoli Samotsvetov — Athletics, men's hammer throw
- Igor Kashkarov — Athletics, men's high jump
- Viktor Tsybulenko — Athletics, men's javelin throw
- Nadezhda Konyaeva — Athletics, women's javelin throw
- Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili — Athletics, women's long jump
- Vitold Kreer — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Anatoli Lagetko — Boxing, men's lightweight
- Romualdas Murauskas — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight
- Gennady Bukharin — Canoeing, men's C-1 10000 m
- Gennady Bukharin — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m
- Lev Kuznetsov — Fencing, men's sabre individual
- Yakov Rylsky, David Tyshler, Lev Kuznetsov, Yevgeni Cherepovsky, Leonid Bogdanov — Fencing, men's sabre team
- Igor Emchuk, Heorhiy Zhylin, Vladimir Petrov — Rowing, men's pair-oared shell with coxswain
- Vladimir Sevryugin — Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots
- Kharis Yunichev — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststroke
- Vitali Sorokin, Vladimir Struzhanov, Gennadi Nikolaev, Boris Nikitin — Swimming, men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
- Boris Goikhman, Valentin Prokopov, Yuri Shlyapin, Vyacheslav Kurennoi, Pyotr Breus, Pyotr Mshvenieradze, Boris Markarov, Mikhail Ryzhak, Viktor Ageev and Nodar Gvakhariya — Water polo, men's team competition
- Mikhail Shakhov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight
- Alimbeg Bestaev — Wrestling, men's freestyle lightweight
- Vakhtang Balavadze — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight
- Georgi Skhirtladze — Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight
- Roman Dzeneladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Athletics
See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Men's 110 m hurdles
- Heat — 14.5s (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon
Basketball
See main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Boxing
See main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Canoeing
See main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Cycling
See main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
- Sprint
- Time trial
- Tandem
- Team pursuit
- Team road race
- Individual road race
Diving
See main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Men's 10 m platform
- Preliminary Round — 76.56
- Preliminary Round — 73.02
- Preliminary Round — 68.92 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 3 m platform
- Preliminary Round — 62.12
- Final — 98.15 (→ 11th place)
Women's 10 m platform
- Preliminary Round — 52.19
- Preliminary Round — 49.22
- Preliminary Round — 52.64
- Final — 73.84 (→ 9th place)
Fencing
See main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1956.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
Football
See main article: Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics
See main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Modern pentathlon
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1956. The Soviet pentathletes won gold in the team event.
- Individual
- Team
- Igor Novikov
- Aleksandr Tarasov
- Ivan Deriuhin
Rowing
See main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1956.[2]
- Men's single sculls – 1st place (gold medal)
- Men's double sculls – 1st place (gold medal)
- Men's coxless pair – 2nd place (silver medal)
- Men's coxed pair – 3rd place (bronze medal)
- Men's coxless four
- Men's coxed four
- Men's eight
Sailing
See main article: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Shooting
See main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Eleven shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1956.
- 25 m pistol
- 50 m pistol
- 300 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, prone
- 100 m running deer
- Trap
Swimming
See main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Water polo
See main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Weightlifting
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Medals by republic
In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
External links
Notes and References
- Soviet Union at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043515/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1956/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 October 2010.
- Soviet Union Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1956/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 June 2015.