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Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
(USSR) competed at the
1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.


Medalists

The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 29 gold and 91 total medals.


Gold

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Natalia Kuchinskaya Natalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya (russian: Наталья Александровна Кучинская; alternative transliteration Natal'ja Alieksandrovna Kutchinskaja), also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya (Russian: Наташа Кучинска ...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam * Larisa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise * Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar *
Natalia Kuchinskaya Natalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya (russian: Наталья Александровна Кучинская; alternative transliteration Natal'ja Alieksandrovna Kutchinskaja), also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya (Russian: Наташа Кучинска ...
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Zinaida Voronina Zinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina (also Druginina), (russian: Зинаида Борисовна Дружинина Воронина; 10 December 1947 – 17 March 2001) was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, Worl ...
, Larisa Petrik, Olga Karaseva,
Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva ( Russian: Людми́ла Ива́новна Тури́щева; also transliterated as Ludmilla Turischeva, Ludmilla Tourischcheva, and Ljudmila Turichtchieva, born 7 October 1952) is a former Russian gymnast, Ukr ...
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Lyubov Burda Lyubov Viktorovna Burda (russian: Любовь Викторовна Бурда; born 11 April 1953) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast. Career In 1967 Burda placed 3rd in the all-around at the USSR Championships (also the USSR Spartakiade t ...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition * Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault *
Vladimir Golubnichy Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy ( ua, Володимир Степанович Голубничий; also spelt Vladimir Golubnichy, 2 June 1936 – 16 August 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian Racewalking, race walker, who competed for the Soviet ...
— Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk *
Yanis Lusis Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greece, Greek given name, a variant of ''John (given name), John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists on ...
— Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw *
Viktor Saneev Viktor Danilovich Saneyev (russian: Виктор Данилович Санеев; ka, ვიქტორ სანეევი, Vikt’or Saneevi; 3 October 1945 – 3 January 2022) was a Georgian triple jumper who competed internationally for ...
— Athletics, Men's triple jump *
Valeri Sokolov Valerian Sergeevich Sokolov (russian: Валериан Серге́евич Соколов; born 30 August 1946) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet bantamweight Boxing at the Summer Olympics, Olympic-class Boxer (boxing), boxer who won the gold me ...
— Boxing, Men's Bantamweight *
Boris Lagutin Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin (russian: Борис Николаевич Лагутин; 24 June 1938 – 4 September 2022)Daniel Poznyak Danas Pozniakas (19 October 1939 – 4 February 2005) was a Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuanian amateur light-heavyweight boxing, boxer who won the European title in 1965, 1967 and 1969 and an Olympic gold medal in 1968. Pozniakas ...
— Boxing, Men's Light-heavyweight *
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva Lyudmila Iosifovna Pinayeva (russian: Людмила Иосифовна Пинаева-Хведосюк, née Khvedosyuk on 14 January 1936) is a retired Soviet sprint canoeist. She competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won four medal ...
— Canoeing, Women's K-1 500m *
Aleksandr Sharapenko Aleksandr Shaparenko (sometimes shown as Aleksandr Shaporenko, born 16 February 1946) is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won th ...
, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000m *
Ivan Kizimov Ivan Kizimov (russian: Иван Михайлович Кизимов; 28 May 1928 – 22 September 2019)
, his horse Ijor — Equestrian, Individual Mixed *
Elena Novikova-Belova Elena Dmitriyevna Novikova-Belova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Новикова-Белова, née ''Novikova'', born 28 July 1947) is a retired Russian foil fencer. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the in ...
— Fencing, Women's Foil Individual *
Aleksandra Zabelina Alexandra Ivanovna Zabelina (russian: Александра Ивановна Забелина; 11 March 1937 – 27 March 2022) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Between 1956 an ...
,
Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Петренко-Самусенко; 2 November 1938 – 24 January 2000) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil event at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer ...
,
Elena Novikova-Belova Elena Dmitriyevna Novikova-Belova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Новикова-Белова, née ''Novikova'', born 28 July 1947) is a retired Russian foil fencer. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the in ...
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Galina Gorokhova Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of f ...
,
Svetlana Tširkova Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as t ...
— Fencing, Women's Foil Team *
Vladimir Nazlymov Vladimir Nazlymov (born November 1, 1945) (russian: Владимир Аливерович Назлымов) (Daghestan, USSR) - Sabre fencer and coach for USSR and later United States, to which he moved in 1991. Born in Makhachkala, Daghestan. ...
, Viktor Sidyak, Eduard Vinokurov,
Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...
, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team *
Anatoli Sass Anatoly Fomich Sass (russian: Анатолий Фомич Сасс, born 22 December 1935) is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moscow. At the 1964 Ol ...
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Aleksandr Timoshinin Aleksandr Ivanovich Timoshinin (russian: Александр Иванович Тимошинин, 20 May 1948 – 26 November 2021) was a Russian Rowing (sport), rower, born in Moscow, who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics ...
— Rowing, Men's Double Sculls *
Valentyn Mankin Valentyn Grigoryevich Mankin (russian: Валентин Григорьевич Манкин; 19 August 1938 – 1 June 2014) was a Soviet/ Ukrainian sailor from Kyiv, three times Olympic champion for the USSR team. Life Mankin was Jewish. He ...
— Sailing, Men's Finn * Grigory Kosykh — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol * Evgeni Petrov — Shooting, Men's Skeet *
Eduard Sibiryakov Eduard Fyodorovich Sibiryakov (russian: Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков; 27 November 1941 – 14 January 2004) was a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the ...
,
Valeri Kravchenko Valeri Ivanovich Kravchenko (russian: Валерий Иванович Кравченко, 2 February 1939 – 3 September 1996) is a Soviet former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 ...
, Vladimir Belyaev, Yevgeni Lapinsky, Oleg Antropov, Vasilius Matushevas,
Viktor Mikhalchuk Viktor Illich Mikhalchuk ( uk, Віктор Ілліч Михальчук, born 5 February 1946) is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Barnaul, Russian SFSR ...
, Yuri Poyarkov,
Boris Tereshchuk Borys Pavlovich Tereshchuk ( uk, Борис Павлович Терещук; 18 March 1945 – 10 June 2011) was a Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Ol ...
, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivan Bugaenkov,
Georgi Mondzolevsky Georgy Grigorevich Mondzolevski (russian: Георгий Григорьевич Мондзолевский, born January 26, 1934) is a Soviet former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 ...
— Volleyball, Men's Team *
Lyudmila Buldakova Lyudmila Stepanovna Buldakova (May 25, 1938 – November 7, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian volleyball player. Buldakova had a long career in the Soviet national team, from 1955 through 1972, serving as the team captain in the last few years. At ...
, Lyudmila Mikhailovskaya,
Tatyana Veinberga Tatjana Veinberga (September 4, 1943 – April 3, 2008), also known as Tatyana, is a former Latvian volleyball player for the Soviet Union. She was a member of the Soviet squad that won a gold medal in women's volleyball at the 1968 Summer ...
, Vera Lantratova, Vera Galushka-Duyunova,
Tatyana Sarycheva Tatyana Sarycheva (born February 7, 1949) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Born in New York City, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of ...
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Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova (born December 13, 1946) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Born in Moscow, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Game ...
,
Nina Smoleeva Nina Smoleyeva (born 28 March 1948) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Smoloyeva was a major player who helped the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to become the most dominant team in the late 1960s to early 1970s, by winni ...
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Inna Ryskal Inna Valerievna Ryskal (russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former Soviet volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s ...
,
Galina Leontyeva Galina Aleksandrovna Leontyeva (russian: Гали́на Алекса́ндровна Лео́нтьева; 6 November 1941 – 4 February 2016) was a Russian volleyball player who represented the USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the U ...
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Roza Salikhova Rosa Galyamovna Salikhova (russian: Роза Галямовна Салихова, tt-Cyrl, Роза Галләм кызы Салихова; born 24 September 1944) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. She was a major player to help Sovi ...
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Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova (May 17, 1943 – July 17, 2002) was a volleyball player for the USSR. Born in Moscow, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos ...
— Volleyball, Women's Team *
Leonid Zhabotinsky Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky ( uk, Леонiд Іванович Жаботинський; 28 January 1938 – 14 January 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian weightlifter who set 19 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals ...
— Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight *
Viktor Kurentsov Viktor Grigoryevich Kurentsov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Куренцов; 5 April 1941 – 7 April 2021) was a Soviet middleweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, re ...
— 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 Roman Vladimirovich Rurua ( ka, რომან რურუა, born 25 November 1942) is a retired featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and won a silver and a go ...
— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight


Silver

* Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-round *
Zinaida Voronina Zinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina (also Druginina), (russian: Зинаида Борисовна Дружинина Воронина; 10 December 1947 – 17 March 2001) was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, Worl ...
— 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 Sergey Viktorovich Diomidov (russian: Сергей Викторович Диомидов; born 9 July 1943) is a Soviet former Gymnastics, gymnast who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won team silver medals ...
, Valery Ilyinykh, Valery Karasyov, Viktor Klimenko, Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition *
Romuald Klim Romuald Iosifovich Klim ( be, Рамуальд Язэпавіч Клім, russian: Ромуальд Иосифович Клим, 25 May 1933 – 28 May 2011) was a Soviet hammer thrower. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold an ...
— Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw * Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva — Athletics, Women's High Jump *
Jonas Chepulis Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of t ...
— Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Aleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, Men's 71–75 kg *
Aleksandr Sharapenko Aleksandr Shaparenko (sometimes shown as Aleksandr Shaporenko, born 16 February 1946) is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won th ...
— 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 Ivan Kizimov (russian: Иван Михайлович Кизимов; 28 May 1928 – 22 September 2019)
, Ijor,
Ivan Kalita Iván I Danilovich Kalitá ( Russian: Ива́н I Данилович Калита́; 1 November 1288 – 31 March 1340 or 1341Basil Dmytryshyn, ''Medieval Russia:A source book, 850-1700'', (Academic International Press, 2000), 194.) was Grand D ...
, Absent — Equestrian, Team Mixed *
Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early ...
— Fencing, Men's Épée Individual *
Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early ...
,
Iosif Vitebskiy Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy (russian: Иосиф Давидович Витебский; born January 9, 1938 in Kiev) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet Ukraine, Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée Fencing, fencer, and current US fen ...
,
Aleksey Nikanchikov Aleksey Vladimirovich Nikanchikov (russian: Алексей Владимирович Никанчиков; 30 July 1940 – 29 January 1972) was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics ...
,
Yury Smolyakov Yury Smolyakov (russian: Юрий Тимофеевич Смоляков; born 20 September 1941) is a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

1941 births Living peo ...
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Viktor Modzolevsky Viktor Modzolevsky (russian: Виктор Игоревич Модзолевский; 13 April 1943 – 20 November 2011) was a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in ...
— Fencing, Men's Épée Team *
German Sveshnikov German Sveshnikov (russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin she ...
, Yuri Sharov,
Vasyl Stankovych Vasyl Stankovych ( uk, Василь Васильович Станкович, russian: Василий Васильевич Станкович; born 25 April 1946) is a retired Ukrainian fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and ...
,
Viktor Putyatin Viktor Putyatin ( uk, Віктор Павлович Путятін; 12 September 1941 – 2 November 2021) was a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil (fencing), foil events at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 and 1972 Summ ...
,
Yury Sisikin Yury Sisikin (russian: Юрий Фёдорович Сисикин; born 15 May 1937) is a Soviet fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals at three different Olympic Games. References 1937 births Living people Russian male fencers ...
— Fencing, Men's Foil Team *
Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...
— Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual *
Stasis Shaparnis Stasis (from Greek στάσις "a standing still") may refer to: * A state in stability theory, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other * Stasis (political history), a period of civil war within an ancient ...
, Boris Onishenko,
Pavel Lednev Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov (russian: Павел Серафимович Леднёв; 25 March 1943, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – 23 November 2010, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven ...
— Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition *
Valentin Kornev Valentin Mikhaylovich Kornev (russian: Валентин Михайлович Корнев, 29 August 1942 – 18 November 2016) was a Soviet sport shooter who won the silver medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the 1968 Summer Olympics Th ...
— Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions *
Vladimir Kosinsky Vladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky (russian: Владимир Иванович Косинский; 26 February 1945 – 14 July 2011)Swimming Worl"Passages: Russia's Vladimir Kosinsky, 66" ''Swimming World Magazine'', July 20, 2011, accessed July ...
— Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke *
Vladimir Kosinsky Vladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky (russian: Владимир Иванович Косинский; 26 February 1945 – 14 July 2011)Swimming Worl"Passages: Russia's Vladimir Kosinsky, 66" ''Swimming World Magazine'', July 20, 2011, accessed July ...
— Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke * Georgi Kulikov,
Viktor Mazanov Viktor Georgiyevich Mazanov (russian: Виктор Георгиевич Мазанов; born 8 March 1947) is a retired Russian Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in nine events at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964, 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 an ...
,
Semyon Belits-Geiman Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman (russian: Семён Викторович Белиц-Гейман; born 16 February 1945) is a former Soviet freestyle swimmer. He set a world record in the 800 m freestyle, and won two Olympic medals. Early li ...
, Leonid Ilyichov — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay *
Galina Prozumenshchikova Galina Nikolayevna Prozumenshchikova ( rus, Галина Николаевна Прозуменщикова, p=ɡɐˈlʲinə nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvnə prəzʊˈmʲenʲɕːɪkəvə; 26 November 1948 – 19 July 2015) was a Soviet breaststroke swimme ...
— Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke * Aleksey Barkalov,
Aleksandr Dolgushin Aleksandr Ivanovich Dolgushin (russian: Александр Иванович Долгушин, 7 March 1946 in Moscow – 17 April 2006 in Moscow) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and i ...
, Aleksandr Shidlovsky,
Boris Grishin Boris Dmitriyevich Grishin (russian: Борис Дмитриевич Гришин, born 4 January 1938 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was married to champi ...
,
Givi Chikvanaya Givi Pyotrovich Chikvanaia ( ka, გივი ჩიქვანაია, russian: Гиви Петрович Чикваная; May 29, 1939 – August 2, 2018) was a Georgian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 S ...
,
Leonid Osipov Leonid Mikhaylovich Osipov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Осипов, 6 February 1943 – 5 November 2020) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964, 1968 and in the 1972 Summer Olympic ...
,
Oleg Bovin Oleg Georgiyevich Bovin (russian: Олег Георгиевич Бовин, born 20 June 1946 in Moscow) is a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. ...
,
Vadim Gulyaev Vadim Vladimirovich Gulyayev (russian: Вадим Владимирович Гуляев; 5 February 1941 in Moscow – 12 December 1998 in Moscow) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics ...
, Vladimir Semyonov, Vyacheslav Skok,
Yury Grigorovsky Yury Nikolaevich Grigorovsky (russian: Юрий Николаевич Григоровский, born March 28, 1939) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. ...
— Men's Water polo *
Dito Shanidze Dimit'ri "Dito" Ivanovich Shanidze (8 February 1937 – 18 November 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet weightlifter. He competed and won a silver medal in the men's featherweight for both the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. He wa ...
— Men's Weightlifting, Featherweight * Vladimir Belyaev — Men's Weightlifting, Light Heavyweight *
Jaan Talts Jaan Talts (born 19 May 1944) is a former Estonian weightlifter. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. Throughout his career, Talts won two world and four European titles ...
— Men's Weightlifting, Middle Heavyweight *
Shota Lomidze Shota Lomidze (20 January 1936 – 23 October 1993) was a Georgian wrestler who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially know ...
— Men's Wrestling, Freestyle -97 kg *
Vladimir Bakulin Vladimir Bakulin (3 September 1939 – 10 December 2012) was a Kazakhstani wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Oly ...
— 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 Anatoly Aleksandrovich Roshchin (russian: Анатолий Александрович Рощин, 10 March 1932 – 5 January 2016) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Russia. Between 1962 and 1972 he won nine medals at the Summer Olympi ...
— Men's Wrestling, Greco-Roman +97 kg


Bronze

* Larisa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam *
Natalia Kuchinskaya Natalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya (russian: Наталья Александровна Кучинская; alternative transliteration Natal'ja Alieksandrovna Kutchinskaja), also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya (Russian: Наташа Кучинска ...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise *
Natalia Kuchinskaya Natalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya (russian: Наталья Александровна Кучинская; alternative transliteration Natal'ja Alieksandrovna Kutchinskaja), also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya (Russian: Наташа Кучинска ...
— 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 Zinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina (also Druginina), (russian: Зинаида Борисовна Дружинина Воронина; 10 December 1947 – 17 March 2001) was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, Worl ...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars *
Sergei Diomidov Sergey Viktorovich Diomidov (russian: Сергей Викторович Диомидов; born 9 July 1943) is a Soviet former Gymnastics, gymnast who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won team silver medals ...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault *
Zinaida Voronina Zinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina (also Druginina), (russian: Зинаида Борисовна Дружинина Воронина; 10 December 1947 – 17 March 2001) was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, Worl ...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault *
Nikolai Smaga Nikolay Yakovlevich Smaga (russian: Николай Яковлевич Смага, uk, Микола Якович Смага; 22 August 1938 – 29 March 1981) was a Soviet Union, Soviet athlete from Ukraine who competed mainly in the 20 kilome ...
— Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk * Natalya Pechenkina — Athletics, Women's 400m * Lyudmila Zharkova,
Galina Bukharina Galina Petrovna Bukharina (russian: Галина Петровна Бухарина; born 14 February 1945) is a Soviet track athlete. She competed mainly in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 m relay. She is head coach of 400 m and relay athletes of Ind ...
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Vera Popkova Vera Ivanovna Popkova (russian: Вера Ивановна Попкова) (2 April 1943 – 29 September 2011)Although English language obituaries give her date of death as 2 October, her obituary in Russian (published 29 September) gives 29 S ...
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Lyudmila Samotyosova Lyudmila Samotyosova (russian: Людмила Самотёсова, née , Ignatyeva; born 26 October 1939) is a Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that ...
— Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay *
Valentin Gavrilov Valentin Aleksandrovich Gavrilov (russian: Валентин Александрович Гаврилов, 26 July 1946 – 23 December 2003) was a Russian high jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics. That year he also finished sec ...
— Athletics, Men's High Jump * Valentina Kozyr — Athletics, Women's High Jump *
Tatyana Talysheva Tatyana Talysheva (russian: Татьяна Талышева) (born 15 October 1937) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Long Jump. Talysheva trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mex ...
— Athletics, Women's Long Jump * Eduard Gushchin — Athletics, Men's Shot Put *
Nadezhda Chizhova Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova (russian: Надежда Владимировна Чижова, born 29 September 1945) is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She ...
— Athletics, Women's Shot Put * Anatoli Krikun,
Modestas Paulauskas Modestas Paulauskas (19 March 1945) is a former Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball coach and basketball player. As a player, he was the youngest EuroBasket MVP in history, being only 20 years old at the time he won the award. He is k ...
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Zurab Sakandelidze Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze ( ka, ზურაბ საკანდელიძე; russian: Зураб Александрович Саканделидзе; August 9, 1945 – January 25, 2004) was a Georgian basketball player who won ...
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Vadim Kapranov Vadim Kapranov (26 February 1940 – 4 June 2021) was a Russian basketball player and coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Kapranov died on 4 June 2021, aged 81.Yuri Selikhov Yuri Selikhov (born 10 October 1941) is a Russian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the X ...
, Anatoli Polivoda,
Sergei Belov Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Sovi ...
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Priit Tomson Priit Tomson (November 3, 1942, Tallinn, 193 cm) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two gold medals at the World Championsh ...
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Sergei Kovalenko Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Ковале́нко, uk, Сергій Іванович Коваленко; born 11 August 1947, died 18 November 2004 at age 57 in Kyiv) was a Soviet Ukrainian ...
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Gennadi Volnov Gennadi Georgievich Volnov (russian: Геннадий Георгиевич Вольнов, November 28, 1939 – July 15, 2008) was a Russian basketball player who played for the senior Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950 ...
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Jaak Lipso Jaak Lipso (born April 18, 1940) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games. Lipso has also won two medals at the ...
, Vladimir Andreyev — Basketball, Men's Team * Vladimir Musalimov — Boxing, Men's Welterweight *
Vitaly Galkov Vitaly Aleksandrovich Galkov (russian: Виталий Александрович Галков; May 26, 1939 in Tambov – April 7, 1998 in Moscow) was a Soviet Union, Soviet-born Russian Canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. ...
— Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m *
Naum Prokupets Naum Leybovich Prokupets (born March 20, 1948) is a Moldovan-born Israeli former sprint canoeist who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1960s. He is Jewish. Biography Naum Prokupets was born in Basarabeasca, a small town in Moldova ...
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Mikhail Zamotin Mikhail Zamotin (russian: Михаил Замотин; born 14 November 1937 in Leningrad) is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1 ...
— Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000m * Lyudmila Pinayeva,
Antonina Seredina Antonina Alexandrovna Seredina (russian: Антонина Александровна Середина; 23 December 1929 – 2 September 2016) was a Russian sprint canoeist. She won the 500 m singles and doubles events at the 1960 Olympics, and p ...
— Canoeing, Women's K-2 500m *
Pavel Lednyov Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov (russian: Павел Серафимович Леднёв; 25 March 1943, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – 23 November 2010, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven ...
— Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition *
Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Pranciškus Jukna (13 July 1935 – 7 October 1980) was a Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, and finished in second, fifth and third place in the coxed pairs, eights and eights ...
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Antanas Bagdonavičius Antanas Leonovich Bagdonavičius (born 15 June 1938) is a retired Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the coxed pairs in 1960 (with Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Pra ...
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Volodymyr Sterlik Volodymyr Ivanovych Sterlyk ( uk, Володимир Иванович Стерлик, born 15 October 1940) is a retired Ukrainian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth, third and ...
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Juozas Jagelavičius Juozas Aleksandras Jagelavičius (12 January 1939 – 17 June 2000) was a Lithuanians, Lithuanian rowing (sport), rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the coxed eight and finished in fifth and third plac ...
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Aleksandr Martyshkin Aleksandr Georgievich Martyshkin (russian: Александр Георгиевич Мартышкин, 26 August 1943 – 29 October 2021
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Vytautas Briedis Julius Vytautas Briedis (27 August 1940 – 22 September 2019) was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eight. In this boat class he won three silver medals at the European and world championships of 1962–1964 and finished fifth and thi ...
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Valentyn Kravchuk Valentyn Ivanovych Kravchuk ( uk, Валентин Иванович Кравчук, 12 April 1944 – 12 January 2003) was a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( ...
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Viktor Suslin Viktor Yevseyevich Suslin (russian: Ви́ктор Евсе́евич Су́слин; June 13, 1942, Miass, Ural, Russia – July 10, 2012, Hamburg, Germany) was a Russian composer. An associate of Sofia Gubaidulina's, together with her and Vy ...
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Yuriy Lorentsson Yuriy Evgenevich Lorentsson (russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Лоренцсон, 2 December 1930 – 24 December 2002) was a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian coxswain (rowing), rowing coxswain. He was the second rower, ...
— Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain * Renart Suleimanov — Shooting, Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol *
Vitaly Parkhimovich Vitaly Mikhailovich Parkhimovich (russian: Виталий Михайлович Пархимович, 17 June 1943 – 15 January 1995) was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the th ...
— Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions *
Nikolai Pankin Nikolai Ivanovich Pankin (russian: Николай Иванович Панкин; born 2 January 1949 – 13 October 2018) was a Russian breaststroke swimmer and swimming coach.Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke * Yuri Gromak,
Vladimir Kosinsky Vladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky (russian: Владимир Иванович Косинский; 26 February 1945 – 14 July 2011)Swimming Worl"Passages: Russia's Vladimir Kosinsky, 66" ''Swimming World Magazine'', July 20, 2011, accessed July ...
, Vladimir Nemshilov,
Leonid Ilyichev Leonid Georgiyevich Ilyichov (russian: Леонид Георгиевич Ильичёв; born 30 January 1948) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer. He competed in five events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juego ...
— Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *
Vladimir Bure Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (russian: Владимир Валерьевич Буре, born 4 December 1950) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure is the father of retired NHL players ...
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Semyon Belits-Geiman Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman (russian: Семён Викторович Белиц-Гейман; born 16 February 1945) is a former Soviet freestyle swimmer. He set a world record in the 800 m freestyle, and won two Olympic medals. Early li ...
, Georgi Kulikov,
Leonid Ilyichev Leonid Georgiyevich Ilyichov (russian: Леонид Георгиевич Ильичёв; born 30 January 1948) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer. He competed in five events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juego ...
— Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay *
Ivan Kochergin Ivan Vasilyevich Kochergin (russian: Иван Васильевич Кочергин, 29 December 1935 – 30 May 2015) was a Russian Amateur wrestling, wrestler who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. Reference ...
— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight


Athletics


Basketball


Boxing


Canoeing


Cycling

Fifteen cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1968. ; Individual road race *
Valery Yardy Valery Nikolayevich Yardy (russian: Валерий Николаевич Ярды, 18 January 1948 – 1 August 1994) was a Russian road cyclist who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. In 1968 he placed 17th individually and ninth with the ...
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Yury Dmitriyev Yury Dmitriyev (born 26 August 1946) is a former Soviet cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officia ...
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Vladislav Nelyubin Vladislav Nelyubin (russian: Владислав Викторович Нелюбин; born 8 November 1947) is a former Soviet cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juego ...
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Anatoliy Starkov Anatoly Yefremovich Starkov ( uk, Анатолій Єфремович Старков; russian: Анатолий Ефремович Старков; born 15 October 1946) is a retired Soviet cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1 ...
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Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
* Boris Shukhov *
Aleksandr Dokhlyakov Aleksandr Dokhlyakov (born 26 January 1942) is a Soviet former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the ...
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Yury Dmitriyev Yury Dmitriyev (born 26 August 1946) is a former Soviet cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officia ...
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Valery Yardy Valery Nikolayevich Yardy (russian: Валерий Николаевич Ярды, 18 January 1948 – 1 August 1994) was a Russian road cyclist who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. In 1968 he placed 17th individually and ninth with the ...
; Sprint * Omar Pkhak'adze * Serhiy Kravtsov ; 1000m time trial * Serhiy Kravtsov ;
Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
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Igor Tselovalnikov Ihor Vasilyevich Tselovalnikov (russian: Игорь Васильевич Целовальников; uk, Ігор Васильович Целовальников; 2 January 1944 – 15 March 1986) was a Soviet cyclist. He competed at the 196 ...
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Imants Bodnieks Imants Bodnieks (born 20 May 1941) is a retired Latvian track cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Olympics in the 1000 m sprint and at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines ...
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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
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Dzintars Lācis Dzintars Lācis (18 May 1940 – 17 November 1992) was a Latvian cyclist. He had competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team pursuit and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. He had been part of the Soviet ...
* Stanislav Moskvin * Vladimir Kuznetsov *
Mikhail Kolyushev Mikhail Ivanovich Kolyushev (russian: Михаил Иванович Колюшев; born 28 April 1943) is a retired Soviet cyclist from Tajikistan. He trained in the Dushanbe Dynamo voluntary sports society, and later in Tashkent. He competed at ...
* Viktor Bykov


Diving


Equestrian


Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1968. ; Men's foil *
German Sveshnikov German Sveshnikov (russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin she ...
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Vasyl Stankovych Vasyl Stankovych ( uk, Василь Васильович Станкович, russian: Василий Васильевич Станкович; born 25 April 1946) is a retired Ukrainian fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and ...
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Viktor Putyatin Viktor Putyatin ( uk, Віктор Павлович Путятін; 12 September 1941 – 2 November 2021) was a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil (fencing), foil events at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 and 1972 Summ ...
; Men's team foil *
Yury Sisikin Yury Sisikin (russian: Юрий Фёдорович Сисикин; born 15 May 1937) is a Soviet fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals at three different Olympic Games. References 1937 births Living people Russian male fencers ...
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Viktor Putyatin Viktor Putyatin ( uk, Віктор Павлович Путятін; 12 September 1941 – 2 November 2021) was a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil (fencing), foil events at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 and 1972 Summ ...
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German Sveshnikov German Sveshnikov (russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin she ...
, Yury Sharov,
Vasyl Stankovych Vasyl Stankovych ( uk, Василь Васильович Станкович, russian: Василий Васильевич Станкович; born 25 April 1946) is a retired Ukrainian fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and ...
; Men's épée *
Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early ...
* Viktor Modzalevsky *
Aleksey Nikanchikov Aleksey Vladimirovich Nikanchikov (russian: Алексей Владимирович Никанчиков; 30 July 1940 – 29 January 1972) was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics ...
; Men's team épée *
Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early ...
, Viktor Modzalevsky, Iosif Vitebsky,
Aleksey Nikanchikov Aleksey Vladimirovich Nikanchikov (russian: Алексей Владимирович Никанчиков; 30 July 1940 – 29 January 1972) was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics ...
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Yury Smolyakov Yury Smolyakov (russian: Юрий Тимофеевич Смоляков; born 20 September 1941) is a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

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Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...
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Vladimir Nazlymov Vladimir Nazlymov (born November 1, 1945) (russian: Владимир Аливерович Назлымов) (Daghestan, USSR) - Sabre fencer and coach for USSR and later United States, to which he moved in 1991. Born in Makhachkala, Daghestan. ...
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Umyar Mavlikhanov Umyar Mavlikhanov (russian: Умяр Абдуллович Мавлиханов; 24 September 1937 – 14 July 1999) was a Soviet fencer. He won gold in the team sabre events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ...
; Men's team sabre *
Umyar Mavlikhanov Umyar Mavlikhanov (russian: Умяр Абдуллович Мавлиханов; 24 September 1937 – 14 July 1999) was a Soviet fencer. He won gold in the team sabre events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ...
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Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...
, Viktor Sidyak,
Vladimir Nazlymov Vladimir Nazlymov (born November 1, 1945) (russian: Владимир Аливерович Назлымов) (Daghestan, USSR) - Sabre fencer and coach for USSR and later United States, to which he moved in 1991. Born in Makhachkala, Daghestan. ...
, Eduard Vinokurov ; Women's foil *
Yelena Novikova-Belova Elena Dmitriyevna Novikova-Belova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Новикова-Белова, née ''Novikova'', born 28 July 1947) is a retired Russian foil fencer. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the in ...
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Galina Gorokhova Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of f ...
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Aleksandra Zabelina Alexandra Ivanovna Zabelina (russian: Александра Ивановна Забелина; 11 March 1937 – 27 March 2022) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Between 1956 an ...
; Women's team foil *
Yelena Novikova-Belova Elena Dmitriyevna Novikova-Belova (Russian: Елена Дмитриевна Новикова-Белова, née ''Novikova'', born 28 July 1947) is a retired Russian foil fencer. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the in ...
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Galina Gorokhova Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of f ...
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Aleksandra Zabelina Alexandra Ivanovna Zabelina (russian: Александра Ивановна Забелина; 11 March 1937 – 27 March 2022) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Between 1956 an ...
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Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Петренко-Самусенко; 2 November 1938 – 24 January 2000) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil event at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer ...
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Svetlana Tširkova Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as t ...


Gymnastics


Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1968. They won a team silver and Pavel Lednyov won an individual bronze. ;Individual *
Pavel Lednyov Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov (russian: Павел Серафимович Леднёв; 25 March 1943, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – 23 November 2010, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven ...
* Borys Onyshchenko *
Stasys Šaparnis Stasys Šaparnis (born 2 October 1939) is a former Lithuanian modern pentathlete and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games ...
;Team * Pavel Lednyov * Borys Onyshchenko * Stasys Šaparnis


Rowing

The Soviet Union had 27 male rowers participate in all seven
rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...
events in 1968. ; Men's single sculls * Viktor Melnikov (Виктор Мельников) ; Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) *
Anatoliy Sass Anatoly Fomich Sass (russian: Анатолий Фомич Сасс, born 22 December 1935) is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moscow. At the 1964 Ol ...
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Aleksandr Timoshinin Aleksandr Ivanovich Timoshinin (russian: Александр Иванович Тимошинин, 20 May 1948 – 26 November 2021) was a Russian Rowing (sport), rower, born in Moscow, who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics ...
(Александр Тимошинин) ; Men's coxless pair *
Apolinaras Grigas Apolinaras Grigas (Russian: Аполинарас Григас; born 3 September 1945) is a Lithuanian Rowing (sport), rower who competed for the Soviet Union. Grigas was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. At the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vic ...
(Аполинарас Григас) * Vladimir Rikkanen (Владимир Рикканен) ; Men's coxed pair *
Leonid Drachevsky Leonid Drachevsky (Russian name: Леонид Вадимович Драчевский; born 5 April 1942) is a Soviet rower from Kazakhstan. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxed pair where they qualified for ...
(Леонид Драчевский) *
Tiit Helmja Tiit Helmja (born 19 July 1945) is an Estonian rower who competed for Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxed pair where they qualified for the small final but did not start. At the 1971 European Rowing Champi ...
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Igor Rudakov Igor Aleksandrovich Rudakov (russian: Игорь Александрович Рудаков; born 8 October 1934) is a Russian coxswain who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960, 1964, 1968, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Le ...
(Игорь Рудаков) ; Men's coxless four – 11th place *
Vitolds Barkāns Vitolds Barkāns (born 8 May 1944) is a Soviet Rowing (sport), rower from Latvia. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxless four where they came eleventh. References

1944 births Living people Soviet ...
(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 Zigmas Pranciškus Jukna (13 July 1935 – 7 October 1980) was a Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, and finished in second, fifth and third place in the coxed pairs, eights and eights ...
(Зигмас Юкна) *
Antanas Bagdonavičius Antanas Leonovich Bagdonavičius (born 15 June 1938) is a retired Lithuanian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the coxed pairs in 1960 (with Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Pra ...
(Антанас Багдонавичюс) *
Volodymyr Sterlik Volodymyr Ivanovych Sterlyk ( uk, Володимир Иванович Стерлик, born 15 October 1940) is a retired Ukrainian rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth, third and ...
(Володимир Стерлик) *
Juozas Jagelavičius Juozas Aleksandras Jagelavičius (12 January 1939 – 17 June 2000) was a Lithuanians, Lithuanian rowing (sport), rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the coxed eight and finished in fifth and third plac ...
(Йозас Ягелавичюс) *
Aleksandr Martyshkin Aleksandr Georgievich Martyshkin (russian: Александр Георгиевич Мартышкин, 26 August 1943 – 29 October 2021
(Александр Мартышкин) *
Vytautas Briedis Julius Vytautas Briedis (27 August 1940 – 22 September 2019) was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eight. In this boat class he won three silver medals at the European and world championships of 1962–1964 and finished fifth and thi ...
(Витаутас Бриедис) *
Valentyn Kravchuk Valentyn Ivanovych Kravchuk ( uk, Валентин Иванович Кравчук, 12 April 1944 – 12 January 2003) was a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( ...
(Валентин Кравчук) *
Viktor Suslin Viktor Yevseyevich Suslin (russian: Ви́ктор Евсе́евич Су́слин; June 13, 1942, Miass, Ural, Russia – July 10, 2012, Hamburg, Germany) was a Russian composer. An associate of Sofia Gubaidulina's, together with her and Vy ...
(Виктор Суслин) *
Yuriy Lorentsson Yuriy Evgenevich Lorentsson (russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Лоренцсон, 2 December 1930 – 24 December 2002) was a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian coxswain (rowing), rowing coxswain. He was the second rower, ...
(Юрий Лоренцсон) – cox


Sailing


Shooting

Twelve shooters, all men, represented the Soviet Union in 1968. Between them they won two gold and two bronze medals. ; 25 m pistol * Renart Suleymanov * Anatoly Onishchuk ; 50 m pistol * Grigory Kosykh * Vladimir Stolypin ; 300 m rifle, three positions *
Valentin Kornev Valentin Mikhaylovich Kornev (russian: Валентин Михайлович Корнев, 29 August 1942 – 18 November 2016) was a Soviet sport shooter who won the silver medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the 1968 Summer Olympics Th ...
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Shota Kveliashvili Shota Kveliashvili (1 January 1938 – 25 April 2004) was a Georgian sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially know ...
; 50 m rifle, three positions *
Vitaly Parkhimovich Vitaly Mikhailovich Parkhimovich (russian: Виталий Михайлович Пархимович, 17 June 1943 – 15 January 1995) was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the th ...
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Vladimir Konyakhin Vladimir Konyakhin (born 5 August 1943) is a Soviet former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially k ...
; 50 m rifle, prone *
Valentin Kornev Valentin Mikhaylovich Kornev (russian: Валентин Михайлович Корнев, 29 August 1942 – 18 November 2016) was a Soviet sport shooter who won the silver medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the 1968 Summer Olympics Th ...
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Vitaly Parkhimovich Vitaly Mikhailovich Parkhimovich (russian: Виталий Михайлович Пархимович, 17 June 1943 – 15 January 1995) was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the th ...
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Pāvels Seničevs Pāvels Seničevs (10 June 1924 – 19 May 1997) was a Soviet sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. Biography In October 1962 he was a member of the Soviet team at the 38th World Shooting Ch ...
* Aleksandr Alipov ;
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* Yevgeny Petrov *
Yury Tsuranov Yury Filaretovich Tsuranov (russian: Юрий Филаретович Цуранов, 2 January 1936 – 15 March 2008) was a Soviet Olympic skeet shooter. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Olympics and finished in 4th, 13th and 1 ...


Swimming


Volleyball

;Men's Team Competition *Round Robin :* Lost to United States (2–3) :* Defeated Brazil (3–2) :* Defeated Bulgaria (3–0) :* Defeated Poland (3–0) :* Defeated East Germany (3–2) :* Defeated Japan (3–1) :* Defeated Mexico (3–1) :* Defeated Belgium (3–0) :* Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–0) → Gold Medal *Team Roster :*
Eduard Sibiryakov Eduard Fyodorovich Sibiryakov (russian: Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков; 27 November 1941 – 14 January 2004) was a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the ...
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Valeri Kravchenko Valeri Ivanovich Kravchenko (russian: Валерий Иванович Кравченко, 2 February 1939 – 3 September 1996) is a Soviet former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 ...
:* Vladimir Belyayev :* Yevgeni Lapinsky :* Oleg Antropov :* Vasilius Matushevas :*
Viktor Mikhalchuk Viktor Illich Mikhalchuk ( uk, Віктор Ілліч Михальчук, born 5 February 1946) is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Barnaul, Russian SFSR ...
:* Yuri Poyarkov :*
Boris Tereshchuk Borys Pavlovich Tereshchuk ( uk, Борис Павлович Терещук; 18 March 1945 – 10 June 2011) was a Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Ol ...
:* Vladimir Ivanov :* Ivan Bugaenkov :*
Georgi Mondzolevsky Georgy Grigorevich Mondzolevski (russian: Георгий Григорьевич Мондзолевский, born January 26, 1934) is a Soviet former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 ...
;Women's Team Competition *Round Robin :* Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–1) :* Defeated Poland (3–0) :* Defeated South Korea (3–0) :* Defeated Peru (3–0) :* Defeated United States (3–1) :* Defeated Mexico (3–0) :* Defeated Japan (3–0) → Gold Medal *Team Roster :*
Lyudmila Buldakova Lyudmila Stepanovna Buldakova (May 25, 1938 – November 7, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian volleyball player. Buldakova had a long career in the Soviet national team, from 1955 through 1972, serving as the team captain in the last few years. At ...
:* Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya :*
Tatyana Veinberga Tatjana Veinberga (September 4, 1943 – April 3, 2008), also known as Tatyana, is a former Latvian volleyball player for the Soviet Union. She was a member of the Soviet squad that won a gold medal in women's volleyball at the 1968 Summer ...
:* Vera Lantratova :* Vera Galushka-Duyunova :*
Tatyana Sarycheva Tatyana Sarycheva (born February 7, 1949) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Born in New York City, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of ...
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Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova (born December 13, 1946) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Born in Moscow, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Game ...
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Nina Smoleeva Nina Smoleyeva (born 28 March 1948) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Smoloyeva was a major player who helped the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to become the most dominant team in the late 1960s to early 1970s, by winni ...
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Inna Ryskal Inna Valerievna Ryskal (russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former Soviet volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s ...
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Galina Leontyeva Galina Aleksandrovna Leontyeva (russian: Гали́на Алекса́ндровна Лео́нтьева; 6 November 1941 – 4 February 2016) was a Russian volleyball player who represented the USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the U ...
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Roza Salikhova Rosa Galyamovna Salikhova (russian: Роза Галямовна Салихова, tt-Cyrl, Роза Галләм кызы Салихова; born 24 September 1944) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. She was a major player to help Sovi ...
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Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova (May 17, 1943 – July 17, 2002) was a volleyball player for the USSR. Born in Moscow, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos ...


Water polo

;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 :* Lost to Yugoslavia (11:13) → Silver Medal *Team Roster :* Aleksey Barkalov :*
Aleksandr Dolgushin Aleksandr Ivanovich Dolgushin (russian: Александр Иванович Долгушин, 7 March 1946 in Moscow – 17 April 2006 in Moscow) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and i ...
:* Aleksandr Shidlovsky :*
Boris Grishin Boris Dmitriyevich Grishin (russian: Борис Дмитриевич Гришин, born 4 January 1938 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was married to champi ...
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Givi Chikvanaya Givi Pyotrovich Chikvanaia ( ka, გივი ჩიქვანაია, russian: Гиви Петрович Чикваная; May 29, 1939 – August 2, 2018) was a Georgian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 S ...
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Leonid Osipov Leonid Mikhaylovich Osipov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Осипов, 6 February 1943 – 5 November 2020) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964, 1968 and in the 1972 Summer Olympic ...
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Oleg Bovin Oleg Georgiyevich Bovin (russian: Олег Георгиевич Бовин, born 20 June 1946 in Moscow) is a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. ...
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Vadim Gulyaev Vadim Vladimirovich Gulyayev (russian: Вадим Владимирович Гуляев; 5 February 1941 in Moscow – 12 December 1998 in Moscow) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics ...
:* Vladimir Semyonov :* Vyacheslav Skok :*
Yury Grigorovsky Yury Nikolaevich Grigorovsky (russian: Юрий Николаевич Григоровский, born March 28, 1939) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. ...


Weightlifting


Wrestling


References


External links


Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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