Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | URS |
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
in Mexico City, Mexico 12 October 1968 – 27 October 1968 | |
Competitors | 312 (246 men, 66 women)[1] in 18 sports |
Flag bearer | Leonid Zhabotinsky |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.[2]
Medalists
[edit]The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 29 gold and 91 total medals.
Gold
[edit]- Natalia Kuchinskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Larisa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Natalia Kuchinskaya, Zinaida Voronina, Larisa Petrik, Olga Karaseva, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Lyubov Burda — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
- Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
- Yanis Lusis — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
- Viktor Saneev — Athletics, Men's triple jump
- Valeri Sokolov — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Boris Lagutin — Boxing, Men's Light-middleweight
- Daniel Poznyak — Boxing, Men's Light-heavyweight
- Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva — Canoeing, Women's K-1 500m
- Aleksandr Sharapenko, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000m
- Ivan Kizimov, his horse Ijor — Equestrian, Individual Mixed
- Elena Novikova-Belova — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Aleksandra Zabelina, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Elena Novikova-Belova, Galina Gorokhova, Svetlana Tširkova — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
- Vladimir Nazlymov, Viktor Sidyak, Eduard Vinokurov, Mark Rakita, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
- Anatoli Sass, Aleksandr Timoshinin — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Valentyn Mankin — Sailing, Men's Finn
- Grigory Kosykh — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol
- Evgeni Petrov — Shooting, Men's Skeet
- Eduard Sibiryakov, Valeri Kravchenko, Vladimir Belyaev, Yevgeni Lapinsky, Oleg Antropov, Vasilius Matushevas, Viktor Mikhalchuk, Yuri Poyarkov, Boris Tereshchuk, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivan Bugaenkov, Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, Men's Team
- Lyudmila Buldakova, Lyudmila Mikhailovskaya, Tatyana Veinberga, Vera Lantratova, Vera Galushka-Duyunova, Tatyana Sarycheva, Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova, Nina Smoleeva, Inna Ryskal, Galina Leontyeva, Roza Salikhova, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova — Volleyball, Women's Team
- Leonid Zhabotinsky — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Viktor Kurentsov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Boris Selitsky — Weightlifting, Men's Light-heavyweight
- Aleksandr Medved — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
- Boris Gurevich — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
- Roman Rurua — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Silver
[edit]- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-round
- Zinaida Voronina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Mikhail Voronin, Sergey Diomidov, Valery Ilyinykh, Valery Karasyov, Viktor Klimenko, Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition
- Romuald Klim — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Jonas Chepulis — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Aleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, Men's 71–75 kg
- Aleksandr Sharapenko — Canoeing, Men's K-1 1000m
- Natalya Lobanova — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
- Tamara Pogozheva — Diving, Women's 3m Platform
- Yelena Petushkova, Pepel, Ivan Kizimov, Ijor, Ivan Kalita, Absent — Equestrian, Team Mixed
- Grigory Kriss — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Grigory Kriss, Iosif Vitebskiy, Aleksey Nikanchikov, Yury Smolyakov, Viktor Modzolevsky — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
- German Sveshnikov, Yuri Sharov, Vasyl Stankovych, Viktor Putyatin, Yury Sisikin — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
- Mark Rakita — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Stasis Shaparnis, Boris Onishenko, Pavel Lednev — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- Valentin Kornev — Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions
- Vladimir Kosinsky — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Vladimir Kosinsky — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Georgi Kulikov, Viktor Mazanov, Semyon Belits-Geiman, Leonid Ilyichov — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay
- Galina Prozumenshchikova — Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Aleksey Barkalov, Aleksandr Dolgushin, Aleksandr Shidlovsky, Boris Grishin, Givi Chikvanaya, Leonid Osipov, Oleg Bovin, Vadim Gulyaev, Vladimir Semyonov, Vyacheslav Skok, Yury Grigorovsky — Men's Water polo
- Dito Shanidze — Men's Weightlifting, Featherweight
- Vladimir Belyaev — Men's Weightlifting, Light Heavyweight
- Jaan Talts — Men's Weightlifting, Middle Heavyweight
- Shota Lomidze — Men's Wrestling, Freestyle -97 kg
- Vladimir Bakulin — Men's Wrestling, Greco-Roman -52 kg
- Valentin Oleynik — Men's Wrestling, Greco-Roman -87 kg
- Nikolai Yakovenko — Men's Wrestling, Greco-Roman -97 kg
- Anatoly Roshchin — Men's Wrestling, Greco-Roman +97 kg
Bronze
[edit]- Larisa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Natalia Kuchinskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
- Natalia Kuchinskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round
- Viktor Klimenko — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
- Zinaida Voronina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
- Sergei Diomidov — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
- Zinaida Voronina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault
- Nikolai Smaga — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
- Natalya Pechenkina — Athletics, Women's 400m
- Lyudmila Zharkova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Samotyosova — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Valentin Gavrilov — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Valentina Kozyr — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Tatyana Talysheva — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Eduard Gushchin — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Nadezhda Chizhova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Anatoli Krikun, Modestas Paulauskas, Zurab Sakandelidze, Vadim Kapranov, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Polivoda, Sergei Belov, Priit Tomson, Sergei Kovalenko, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Vladimir Andreyev — Basketball, Men's Team
- Vladimir Musalimov — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Vitaly Galkov — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
- Naum Prokupets, Mikhail Zamotin — Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000m
- Lyudmila Pinayeva, Antonina Seredina — Canoeing, Women's K-2 500m
- Pavel Lednyov — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
- Zigmas Jukna, Antanas Bagdonavičius, Volodymyr Sterlik, Juozas Jagelavičius, Aleksandr Martyshkin, Vytautas Briedis, Valentyn Kravchuk, Viktor Suslin, Yuriy Lorentsson — Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain
- Renart Suleimanov — Shooting, Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Vitaly Parkhimovich — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
- Nikolai Pankin — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Yuri Gromak, Vladimir Kosinsky, Vladimir Nemshilov, Leonid Ilyichev — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Vladimir Bure, Semyon Belits-Geiman, Georgi Kulikov, Leonid Ilyichev — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Ivan Kochergin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
Athletics
[edit]Basketball
[edit]Boxing
[edit]Canoeing
[edit]Cycling
[edit]Fifteen cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1968.
Diving
[edit]Equestrian
[edit]Fencing
[edit]20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1968.
- Yelena Novikova-Belova, Galina Gorokhova, Aleksandra Zabelina, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Svetlana Tširkova
Gymnastics
[edit]Modern pentathlon
[edit]Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1968. They won a team silver and Pavel Lednyov won an individual bronze.
- Individual
- Team
- Pavel Lednyov
- Borys Onyshchenko
- Stasys Šaparnis
Rowing
[edit]The Soviet Union had 27 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1968.[3]
- Viktor Melnikov (Виктор Мельников)
- Men's double sculls – 1st place (
gold medal)
- Anatoliy Sass (Анатолий Сасс)
- Aleksandr Timoshinin (Александр Тимошинин)
- Apolinaras Grigas (Аполинарас Григас)
- Vladimir Rikkanen (Владимир Рикканен)
- Leonid Drachevsky (Леонид Драчевский)
- Tiit Helmja (Тийт Хельмя)
- Igor Rudakov (Игорь Рудаков)
- Men's coxless four – 11th place
- Vitolds Barkāns (Витольдс Барканс)
- Elmārs Rubīns (Эльмар Рубинс)
- Pavel Ilyinsky (Павел Ильинский)
- Guntis Niedra (Гунтис Ниедра)
- Men's coxed four – 6th place
- Anatoly Nemtyryov (Анатолий Немтырёв)
- Nikolay Surov (Николай Суров)
- Aleksey Mishin (Алексей Мишин)
- Arkady Kudinov (Аркадий Кудинов) – competed in the semi-final only
- Boris Duyunov (Борис Дуюнов) – did not compete in the semi-final
- Viktor Mikheyev (Виктор Михеев) – cox
- Men's eight – 3rd place (
bronze medal)
- Zigmas Jukna (Зигмас Юкна)
- Antanas Bagdonavičius (Антанас Багдонавичюс)
- Volodymyr Sterlik (Володимир Стерлик)
- Juozas Jagelavičius (Йозас Ягелавичюс)
- Aleksandr Martyshkin (Александр Мартышкин)
- Vytautas Briedis (Витаутас Бриедис)
- Valentyn Kravchuk (Валентин Кравчук)
- Viktor Suslin (Виктор Суслин)
- Yuriy Lorentsson (Юрий Лоренцсон) – cox
Sailing
[edit]Shooting
[edit]Twelve shooters, all men, represented the Soviet Union in 1968. Between them they won two gold and two bronze medals.
Swimming
[edit]Volleyball
[edit]- Men's Team Competition
- Round Robin
- Team Roster
- Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
- Team Roster
Water polo
[edit]- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Cuba (11:4)
- Defeated West Germany (6:3)
- Defeated Spain (5:0)
- Lost to Hungary (5:6)
- Defeated United States (8:3)
- Defeated Brazil (8:2)
- Semifinals
- Defeated Italy (8:5)
- Final
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
[edit]Wrestling
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ^ "Soviet Union at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2018.