Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.[1] The use of both the English alphabet and abbreviations threw it directly behind the USA in the Parade of Nations.
Medalists
The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.
Gold
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
- Larisa Latynina, Polina Astakhova, Tamara Manina, Elena Volchetskaya, Tamara Zamotailova, Lyudmila Gromova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Tamara Press — Athletics, women's discus throw
- Romuald Klim — Athletics, men's hammer throw
- Valery Brumel — Athletics, men's high jump
- Irina Press — Athletics, women's pentathlon
- Tamara Press — Athletics, women's shot put
- Stanislav Stepashkin — Boxing, men's featherweight
- Boris Lagutin — Boxing, men's light-middleweight
- Valery Popenchenko — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg
- Andrei Khimich, Stepan Oshchepkov — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m
- Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m
- Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, K-4 1000 m
- Grigori Kriss — Fencing, men's épée individual
- Viktor Zhdanovich, Yuri Sharov, Yuri Sisikin, German Sveshnikov, Mark Midler — Fencing, men's foil team
- Boris Melnikov, Nugzar Asatiani, Mark Rakita, Yakov Rylsky, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre team
- Albert Mokeev, Igor Novikov, Viktor Mineev — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition
- Oleg Tyurin, Boris Dubrovsky — Rowing, men's double sculls
- Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls
- Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke
- Yuri Chesnokov, Yuri Vengerovsky, Eduard Sibiryakov, Dmitry Voskoboinikov, Vazha Katcharava, Stanislav Lyugailo, Vitali Kovalenko, Yuri Poyarkov, Ivan Bugaenkov, Nikolai Burobin, Valery Kalachikhin, Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, men's team
- Leonid Zhabotinsky — Weightlifting, men's heavyweight
- Aleksei Vakhonin — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight
- Rudolf Plyukfelder — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
- Vladimir Golovanov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight
- Alexander Ivanytsky — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight
- Alexander Medved — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight
- Anatoli Kolesov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Silver
- Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
- Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov, Viktor Lisitsky, Yury Tsapenko, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Leontyev — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
- Rein Aun — Athletics, men's decathlon
- Oleg Fyodoseyev — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Valdis Muizhniek, Nikolai Bagley, Armenak Alachachian, Aleksandr Travin, Vyacheslav Khrynin, Jānis Krūmiņš, Levan Moseshvili, Yuri Korneev, Aleksandr Petrov, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Yuris Kalnyns — Basketball, men's team
- Velikton Barannikov — Boxing, men's leightweight
- Yevgeni Frolov — Boxing, men's Light-welterweight
- Rikardas Tamulis — Boxing, men's welterweight
- Aleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight
- Imant Bodnieks, Viktor Logunov — Cycling Track, men's 2000 m Tandem
- Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova, Valentina Rastvorova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Galina Gorokhova — Fencing, women's foil team
- Igor Novikov — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
- Shota Kveliashvili — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
- Pavel Senichev — Shooting, men's trap
- Georgi Prokopenko — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststroke
- Antonina Ryzhova, Astra Biltauer, Ninel Lukanina, Lyudmila Buldakova, Nelli Abramova, Tamara Tikhonina, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova, Inna Ryskal, Marita Katusheva, Tatyana Roshchina, Valentina Mishak, Lyudmila Gureeva — Volleyball, women's team
- Yury Vlasov — Weightlifting, men's heavyweight
- Vladimir Kaplunov — Weightlifting, men's lightweight
- Viktor Kurentsov — Weightlifting, men's middleweight
- Guliko Sagaradze — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight
- Anatoli Roshchin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
- Vladlen Trostyansky — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
- Roman Rurua — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Bronze
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Yury Tsapenko — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Anatoly Mikhailov — Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles
- Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, men's 20 km walk
- Ivan Belyaev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Taisiya Chenchik — Athletics, women's high jump
- Yanis Lusis — Athletics, men's javelin throw
- Yelena Gorchakova — Athletics, women's javelin throw
- Igor Ter-Ovanesyan — Athletics, men's long jump
- Tatyana Shchelkanova — Athletics, women's long jump
- Galina Bystrova — Athletics, women's pentathlon
- Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put
- Viktor Kravchenko — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Vadim Emelyanov — Boxing, men's heavyweight
- Stanislav Sorokin — Boxing, men's flyweight
- Yevgeny Penyaev — Canoenig, men's C-1 1000 m
- Galina Alekseeva — Diving, women's 10 m platform
- Sergei Filatov, his horse Absent — Equestrian, individual mixed
- Sergei Filatov, Absent, Ivan Kizimov, Ikhor, Ivan Kalita, Moar — Equestrian, team mixed
- Guram Kostava — Fencing, men's épée individual
- Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre individual
- Anzor Kiknadze — Judo, men's heavyweight
- Parnaos Chikviladze — Judo, men's heavyweight
- Oleg Stepanov — Judo, men's lightweight
- Aron Bogolyubov — Judo, men's lightweight
- Albert Mokeev — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
- Svetlana Babanina — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke
- Tatyana Savelyeva, Svetlana Babanina, Tatyana Devyatova, Natalya Ustinova — women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
- Igor Grabovsky, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Boris Grishin, Boris Popov, Nikolai Kalashnikov, Zenon Bortkevich, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Vladimir Semyonov, Viktor Ageev, Leonid Osipov, Eduard Egorov — Water polo, men's team
- Aydin Ibrahimov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight
- Nodar Khokhashvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle featherweight
- David Gvanteladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
- Valentina Rastvorova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova, Galina Gorokhova
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented the Soviet Union in 1964. The team won gold, Albert Mokeyev won an individual bronze and Igor Novikov won an individual silver.
- Individual
- Team
- Igor Novikov
- Albert Mokeyev
- Viktor Mineyev
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1964.[2]
- Men's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Vyacheslav Ivanov (Вячеслав Иванов)
- Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Oleg Tyurin (Олег Тюрин)
- Boris Dubrovsky (Борис Дубровский)
- Oleg Golovanov (Олег Голованов)
- Valentin Boreyko (Валентин Борейко)
- Men's coxed pairs – 4th place
- Nikolay Safronov (Николай Сафронов)
- Leonid Rakovshchik (Леонид Раковщик)
- Igor Rudakov (Игорь Рудаков)
- Men's coxless fours – 7th place
- Celestinas Jucys (Tselestinas Yutsis, Целестинас Юцис)
- Eugenijus Levickas (Еугениус Левицкас)
- Jonas Motiejūnas (Yonas Monteyunas, Йонас Матеюнас)
- Anatoly Sass (Анатолий Сасс)
- Men's coxed fours – 5th place
- Anatoliy Tkachuk (Anatoly Tkachuk, Анатолий Ткачук)
- Vitaly Kurdchenko (Виталий Курдченко)
- Boris Kuzmin (Борис Кузьмин)
- Vladimir Yevseyev (Владимир Евсеев)
- Anatoly Luzgin (Анатолий Лузгин)
- Men's coxed eights – 5th place
- Juozas Jagelavičius (Yozas Yagelavichyus, Йозас Ягелавичюс)
- Yury Suslin (Юрий Суслин)
- Petras Karla (Петрас Карла)
- Vytautas Briedis (Vitautas Briedis, Витаутас Бриедис)
- Volodymyr Sterlik (Vladimir Sterlik, Владимир Стерлик)
- Zigmas Jukna (Zigmas Yukna, Зигмас Юкна)
- Antanas Bagdonavičius (Antanas Bagdonavichyus, Антанас Багдонавичюс)
- Ričardas Vaitkevičius (Richardas Vaytkyavichyus, Ричардас Вайткявичус)
- Yury Lorentsson (Юрий Лоренцсон)
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1964. Shota Kveliashvili won a silver in the 300 m rifle, three positions and Pāvels Seničevs won a silver in the trap event.
Swimming
Volleyball
- Men's team competition
- Round robin
- Defeated Romania (3–0)
- Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
- Defeated South Korea (3–0)
- Defeated Hungary (3–0)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
- Lost to Japan (1–3)
- Defeated United States (3–0)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
- Defeated Brazil (3–0) → gold medal
- Team roster
- Women's team competition
- Round robin
- Defeated Romania (3–0)
- Defeated South Korea (3–0)
- Defeated Poland (3–0)
- Defeated United States (3–0)
- Lost to Japan (0–3) → silver medal
- Team roster
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ^ "Soviet Union at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2015.