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(USSR) competed in the
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for the first time at the
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in
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. 295 competitors, 255 men and 40 women, took part in 141 events in 18 sports.


Medalists

The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 22 gold and 71 total medals.


Gold

* Nina Bocharova — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam *
Victor Chukarin Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (russian: Виктор Иванович Чукарин, uk, Віктор Іванович Чукарін; 9 November 1921 – 25 August 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He won eleven medals including seven gold medals at t ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round *
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, uk, Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 7 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round *
Victor Chukarin Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (russian: Виктор Иванович Чукарин, uk, Віктор Іванович Чукарін; 9 November 1921 – 25 August 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He won eleven medals including seven gold medals at t ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse *
Hrant Shahinyan Hrant Shahinyan ( hy, Հրանտ Շահինյան, 30 July 1923 – 29 May 1996), also known as Grant Shaginyan, was a Soviet Armenian gymnast. Specializing in the still rings and pommel horse, he is a two-time Olympic Champion, two-time World Ch ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's rings *
Victor Chukarin Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (russian: Виктор Иванович Чукарин, uk, Віктор Іванович Чукарін; 9 November 1921 – 25 August 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He won eleven medals including seven gold medals at t ...
,
Hrant Shahinyan Hrant Shahinyan ( hy, Հրանտ Շահինյան, 30 July 1923 – 29 May 1996), also known as Grant Shaginyan, was a Soviet Armenian gymnast. Specializing in the still rings and pommel horse, he is a two-time Olympic Champion, two-time World Ch ...
,
Valentin Muratov Valentin Ivanovich Muratov (russian: Валентин Иванович Муратов, 30 July 1928 – 6 October 2006) was a Russian gymnast and gymnastics coach. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event and wo ...
, Yevgeni Korolkov, Vladimir Belyakov,
Iosif Berdiev Iosif Konstantinovich Berdiev (russian: Иосиф Константинович Бердиев, 26 November 1924, Poltoratsk - 27 February 1992, Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Soviet gymnast. Berdiev was ''High coach school'' of ''Leningrad Military Inst ...
,
Mikhail Perelman Mikhail Romanovich Perlman (also ''Perelman''; russian: Михаил Романович Перльман; 21 March 1923 - 8 August 2002) was a former Soviet gymnast. Perlman was born in Moscow, Russia and was Jewish. Olympics Perlman won a gol ...
,
Dmytro Leonkin Dmytro Leonkin (16 December 1928 – 1980) was a Soviet gymnast who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and presented athletes of the Ukrainian SSR. Dmytro Leonkin was born in Ryazan Governorate, Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federa ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition *
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, uk, Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 7 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the ...
, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva,
Galina Urbanovich Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki games. She was seven times ...
,
Pelageya Danilova Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova (russian: Пелаге́я Алекса́ндровна Дани́лова; 4 May 1918 – 31 July 2001) was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 12 in all artis ...
,
Galina Shamrai Galina Yakovlevna Shamray (russian: Гали́на Я́ковлевна Шамра́й) (also known as ''Galina Rudko'', ''Galina Ilyina'' after marriages; October 5, 1931 – February 12, 2022) was a retired Soviet gymnast. In 1954, she beca ...
,
Ekaterina Kalinchuk Ekaterina Illarionovna Kalinchuk (née Dyomina; russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Калинчук (Дёмина-); 2 December 1922 – 13 July 1997) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition *
Victor Chukarin Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (russian: Виктор Иванович Чукарин, uk, Віктор Іванович Чукарін; 9 November 1921 – 25 August 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He won eleven medals including seven gold medals at t ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's vault *
Ekaterina Kalinchuk Ekaterina Illarionovna Kalinchuk (née Dyomina; russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Калинчук (Дёмина-); 2 December 1922 – 13 July 1997) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's vault *
Nina Romashkova Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova (née ''Romashkova''; russian: Нина Аполлоновна Пономарёва (Ромашкова); 27 April 1929 – 19 August 2016) was a Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion. Career ...
— Athletics, women's discus throw * Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put *
Yuriy Tyukalov Yury Sergeyevich Tyukalov (russian: Юрий Серге́евич Тюкалов, 4 July 1930 – 19 February 2018) was a Russian rower. He started primarily as a single sculler; he also won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a silver medal at th ...
— Rowing, men's single sculls * Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions *
Ivan Udodov Ivan Vasilevich Udodov (russian: Иван Васильевич Удодов; 20 May 1924 – 16 October 1981) was a Russian weightlifter who won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a world title in 1953, both in the bantamweight category (−56&nbs ...
— Weightlifting, men's bantamweight *
Rafael Chimishkyan Rafael Arkadyevich Chimishkyan ( ka, რაფაელ ჩიმიშკიანი, russian: Рафаэль Аркадьевич Чимишкян; 23 March 1929 – 25 September 2022) was a weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union and ...
— Weightlifting, men's featherweight *
Trofim Lomakin Trofim Fyodorovich Lomakin (russian: Трофим Фёдорович Ломакин, 2 August 1924 – 13 June 1973) was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and a silver medal ...
— Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight *
Arsen Mekokishvili Arsen Mekokishvili ( ka, არსენ მეკოკიშვილი, 12 April 1912 – 9 March 1972) was a Georgian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a world title in 1954. Mekokishvili took up wres ...
— Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight *
David Tsimakuridze David Tsimakuridze (29 March 1925 – 9 May 2006) was a Georgian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952, becoming the first Olympic champion from Georgia. Domestically he won the Soviet title in freestyle (1945–1 ...
— Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight *
Johannes Kotkas Johannes Kotkas (3 February 1915 – 8 May 1998) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He held the European title in 1938, 1939 and 1947 and placed second at the 1953 world champion ...
— Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman superheavyweight * Boris Maksovich Gurevich — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight * Yakov Punkin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight *
Shazam Safin Shazam Sergeyevich Safin (russian: Шазам Серге́евич Сафин, tt-Cyrl, Шәзам Сафа улы Сафин; born 17 April 1932 – 1985) was a Soviet wrestler of Tatar heritage who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. ...
— Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight


Silver

*
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, uk, Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 7 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam *
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, uk, Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 7 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise * Grant Shaginyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round * Nina Bocharova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round *
Victor Chukarin Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (russian: Виктор Иванович Чукарин, uk, Віктор Іванович Чукарін; 9 November 1921 – 25 August 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He won eleven medals including seven gold medals at t ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars *
Hrant Shahinyan Hrant Shahinyan ( hy, Հրանտ Շահինյան, 30 July 1923 – 29 May 1996), also known as Grant Shaginyan, was a Soviet Armenian gymnast. Specializing in the still rings and pommel horse, he is a two-time Olympic Champion, two-time World Ch ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse * Yevgeni Korolkov — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse *
Victor Chukarin Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (russian: Виктор Иванович Чукарин, uk, Віктор Іванович Чукарін; 9 November 1921 – 25 August 1984) was a Soviet gymnast. He won eleven medals including seven gold medals at t ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's rings *
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, uk, Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 7 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the ...
, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva,
Galina Urbanovich Galina Napoleonovna Urbanovich (russian: Галина Наполеоновна Урбанович) (September 5, 1917 – May 8, 2011) was a Soviet Olympic gymnast. She won a gold and silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki games. She was seven times ...
,
Pelageya Danilova Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova (russian: Пелаге́я Алекса́ндровна Дани́лова; 4 May 1918 – 31 July 2001) was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 12 in all artis ...
,
Galina Shamrai Galina Yakovlevna Shamray (russian: Гали́на Я́ковлевна Шамра́й) (also known as ''Galina Rudko'', ''Galina Ilyina'' after marriages; October 5, 1931 – February 12, 2022) was a retired Soviet gymnast. In 1954, she beca ...
,
Medeya Dzhugeli Medeya "Mzia" Jugeli ( ka, მედეა ჯუღელი, russian: Медея Николаевна Джугели; August 1, 1925 – January 8, 2016) was a Georgian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing with ...
,
Ekaterina Kalinchuk Ekaterina Illarionovna Kalinchuk (née Dyomina; russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Калинчук (Дёмина-); 2 December 1922 – 13 July 1997) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's team, portable apparatus *
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, uk, Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 7 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars *
Maria Gorokhovskaya Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya (russian: Мария Кондратьевна Гороховская, uk, Марія Кіндратівна Гороховська; 17 October 1921 – 7 July 2001) was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's vault * Vladimir Kazantsev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase *
Yuriy Lituyev Yuriy Nikolaevich Lituyev (russian: Юрий Николаевич Литуев) (April 11, 1925 – March 2, 2000) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad and later in Moscow at the Arme ...
— Athletics, men's 400 m hurdles * Boris Tokarev,
Levan Kalyayev Lev Alekseyevich Kalyayev (russian: Леван Алексеевич Каляев; May 16, 1929 – August 19, 1983) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Kalyayev competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics he ...
,
Levan Sanadze Levan Sanadze ( ka, ლევან სანაძე, russian: Леван Санадзе) (August 16, 1928 – August 24, 1998) was a Georgian athlete, born in Tiflis, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the USSR in ...
,
Vladimir Sukharev Vladimir Sukharev (russian: Владимир Сухарев) (July 10, 1924 – April 30, 1997) was a Soviet athlete, born in Georgievka, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow. He competed for the USSR in th ...
— Athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay *
Maria Golubnichaya Maria Vasilyevna Golubnichaya (russian: Мария Васильевна Голубничая) (24 February 1924 – August 2015)Elizaveta Bagryantseva — Athletics, women's discus throw * Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's javelin throw * Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's long jump *
Leonid Shcherbakov Leonid Mikhailovich Shcherbakov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Щербаков, born 7 April 1927) is a Russian retired triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953 and won the Europ ...
— Athletics, men's triple jump * Stepas Brutautas,
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (or Nodar Jorjikia) ( Georgian: ნოდარ ჯორჯიკია, russian: Нодар Константинович Джорджикия; November 15, 1921 in Kutaisi – June 1, 2008) was a Soviet basketball playe ...
,
Anatoly Konev Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (russian: Анатолий Константинович Конев; January 10, 1921 – November 9, 1965) was a Russian basketball player. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow. Club career Konev ...
,
Otar Korkiya Otar Korkia ( Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 – March 15, 2005) was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Playe ...
,
Heino Kruus Heino Kruus (30 September 1926 in Tallinn – 24 June 2012) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and ...
,
Ilmar Kullam Ilmar Kullam (15 June 1922 in Tartu – 2 November 2011 in Tartu) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played all eigh ...
,
Justinas Lagunavičius Justinas Lagunavičius (September 4, 1924 – July 15, 1997) was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen ...
,
Joann Lõssov Joann Lõssov (September 10, 1921 – August 3, 2000) was an Estonian basketball player. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev, in Tallinn. He was named MVP of the 1947 EuroBasket. Member of the Soviet Union basketball team in 1947–52, from 1949, the ...
, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Yuri Ozerov,
Kazys Petkevičius Kazys (shortened from Kazimieras) is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to: * Kazys Abromavičius (born 1928), Lithuanian painter * Kazys Almenas (born 1935), Lithuanian physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher *Kazys Binkis (1893 ...
, Stasys Stonkus,
Maigonis Valdmanis Maigonis Valdmanis (September 8, 1933 – October 30, 1999) was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in Riga. He played for Rīgas ASK and won three Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and four Soviet national league c ...
, Viktor Vlasov — Basketball, men's team *
Viktor Mednov Viktor Ivanovich Mednov (russian: Виктор Иванович Меднов, 27 November 1927 – 22 June 2009) was a Russian boxer from the Soviet Union who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1952 Olympics. He had a ...
— Boxing, men's light-welterweight * Sergei Scherbakov — Boxing, men's welterweight *
Heorhiy Zhylin Heorhiy Semenovych Zhylin ( ua, Георгій Семенович Жилін, 18 August 1925 – 12 September 1997) was a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolymp ...
, Igor Emchuk — Rowing, men's double sculls * Vladimir Rodimushkin,
Aleksey Komarov Aleksey Filippovich Komarov (russian: Алексей Филиппович Комаров; 10 December 1921 – 10 May 2013) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kes ...
, Igor Borisov,
Slava Amiragov Slava Lvovich Amiragov (russian: Слава Львович Амирагов, 24 March 1926 – 3 September 1990) was a Belarusian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympi ...
, Leonid Gissen, Yevgeni Samsonov, Vladimir Kryukov,
Igor Polyakov Igor Nikolayevich Polyakov (russian: Игорь Николаевич Поляков, 15 July 1912 – 16 May 2008) was a rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union and was the coxswain of the Soviet team that won the ...
, Yevgeny Brago — Rowing, men's eight with coxswain * Boris Andreyev — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle prone *
Nikolai Saksonov Nikolai Nikolaevich Saksonov (russian: Николáй Николáевич Саксóнов; 6 January 1923 – 2 November 2011) was a Russian weightlifter. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 Olympics and won a sil ...
— Weightlifting, men's featherweight * Yevgeni Lopatin — Weightlifting, men's lightweight * Grigori Novak — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight *
Rashid Mamedbekov Rashid Garabey oglu Mammadbeyov ( az, Rəşid Məmmədbəyov, russian: Рашид Мамедбеков; 28 February 1927 – 4 December 1970) was an bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He became the first Olympic Games, Olympic medalist of Azerbaij ...
— Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight *
Shalva Chikhladze Shalva Konstantinovich Chikhladze (12 July 1912 – 14 January 1997) was a Soviet light-heavyweight wrestler from Georgia. He won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Chikhladze became intere ...
— Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight


Bronze

* Dmitri Leonkin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings * Galina Minaicheva — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault * Aleksandr Anufriyev — Athletics, men's 10000 m *
Bruno Junk Bruno Junk (27 September 1929 – 22 September 1995) was an Estonian race walker. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won bronze medals on both occasions. He set a world record in the 15 km in 1951 (1:08:08.0 ...
— Athletics, men's 10000 m walk * Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili — Athletics, women's 200 m *
Nina Dumbadze Nina Yakovlevna Dumbadze ( ka, ნინო დუმბაძე; 23 May 1919 – 14 April 1983) was a discus thrower who represented the Soviet Union. She won the European title in 1946 and 1950, and a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics. Dumbad ...
— Athletics, women's discus throw * Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's high jump *
Yelena Gorchakova Yelena Yegorovna Gorchakova (russian: Елена Егоровна Горчакова; 17 May 1933 – 27 January 2002) was a Russian javelin thrower who won bronze medals at the 1952 and 1964 Olympics. Her 1964 bronze was a disappointment as she ...
— Athletics, women's javelin throw * Klavdia Tochonova — Athletics, women's shot put *
Anatoli Bulakov Anatoly Nikolayevich Bulakov (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Булаков) (February 3, 1930 – September 19, 1994) was a boxer from the USSR, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the ...
— Boxing, men's flyweight * Gennadi Garbuzov — Boxing, men's bantamweight * Boris Tishin — Boxing, men's light-middleweight * Anatoli Perov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight * Nina Savina — Canoeing, women's K1 500 m *
Lev Vainshtein Lev Matveyevich Vainshtein (also "Vaynshteyn" and "Lew Weinstein"; 12 March 1916 – 25 December 2004) was a Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting. Early life Weinstein was born into a Jewish family from Yekaterinbur ...
— Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions * Boris Andreyev — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions *
Arkadi Vorobyov Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov (russian: Аркадий Никитич Воробьёв; 3 October 1924 – 22 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian weightlifter, weightlifting coach, scientist and writer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olym ...
— Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight *
Artem Teryan Artyom Sarkisovich Teryan (russian: Артём Саркисович Терян, 5 March 1930 – April 1970) was a Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He was an Olympic medalist and world champion. Biography Teryan was born in Azerbaijan to a ...
— Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight * Nikolay Belov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight


Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –
Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events


Basketball

;Men's team competition *Main round (Group B) :* Defeated Bulgaria (74–46) :* Defeated Finland (47–35) :* Defeated Mexico (71–62) *Final round (Group B) :* Lost to United States (58–86) :* Defeated Brazil (54–49) :* Defeated Chile (78–60) *Semifinals :* Defeated Uruguay (61–57) *Final :* Lost to United States (25–36) → silver medal *Team roster :* Stepas Brutautas :*
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (or Nodar Jorjikia) ( Georgian: ნოდარ ჯორჯიკია, russian: Нодар Константинович Джорджикия; November 15, 1921 in Kutaisi – June 1, 2008) was a Soviet basketball playe ...
:*
Anatoly Konev Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (russian: Анатолий Константинович Конев; January 10, 1921 – November 9, 1965) was a Russian basketball player. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow. Club career Konev ...
:*
Otar Korkiya Otar Korkia ( Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 – March 15, 2005) was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Playe ...
:*
Heino Kruus Heino Kruus (30 September 1926 in Tallinn – 24 June 2012) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and ...
:*
Ilmar Kullam Ilmar Kullam (15 June 1922 in Tartu – 2 November 2011 in Tartu) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played all eigh ...
:*
Justinas Lagunavičius Justinas Lagunavičius (September 4, 1924 – July 15, 1997) was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen ...
:*
Joann Lõssov Joann Lõssov (September 10, 1921 – August 3, 2000) was an Estonian basketball player. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev, in Tallinn. He was named MVP of the 1947 EuroBasket. Member of the Soviet Union basketball team in 1947–52, from 1949, the ...
:* Aleksandr Moiseyev :* Yuri Ozerov :*
Kazys Petkevičius Kazys (shortened from Kazimieras) is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to: * Kazys Abromavičius (born 1928), Lithuanian painter * Kazys Almenas (born 1935), Lithuanian physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher *Kazys Binkis (1893 ...
:* Stasys Stonkus :*
Maigonis Valdmanis Maigonis Valdmanis (September 8, 1933 – October 30, 1999) was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in Riga. He played for Rīgas ASK and won three Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and four Soviet national league c ...
:* Viktor Vlasov


Boxing


Canoeing


Cycling

;Road competition men's individual road race (190.4 km) *
Yevgeny Klevtsov Yevgeny Petrovich Klevtsov (russian: Евгений Петрович Клевцов; 28 March 1929 – 24 March 2003) was a Russian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road races at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but without much succe ...
— 5:23:34.0 (→ 40th place) *
Anatoly Kolesov Anatoly Ivanovich Kolesov (russian: Анатолий Иванович Колесов, 18 January 1938 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He won the world welterweight title in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic gol ...
— did not finish (→ no ranking) * Nikolay Bobarenko — did not finish (→ no ranking) *
Vladimir Kryuchkov Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Крючко́в, link=no; 29 February 1924 – 23 November 2007) was a Soviet lawyer, diplomat, and head of the KGB, member of the Politburo of the ...
— did not finish (→ no ranking) ;Track competition Men's 1000 m time trial * Lev Tsipursky :* Final — 1:15.2 (→ 13th place) Men's 1000 m sprint scratch race *
Otar Dadunashvili Otar Dadunashvili (21 March 1928 – 28 August 1992) was a Georgian-Soviet cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 19 ...
— 13th place


Diving

Men's 3 m springboard * Roman Brener :* Final — 165.63 points (→ 5th place) *
Aleksey Zhigalov Aleksey Petrovich Zhigalov (russian: Алексей Петрович Жигалов , 25 February 1915 – 7 July 1963) was a Russian diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäo ...
:* Final — 151.31 points (→ 8th place) * Gennady Udalov :* Preliminary round — 65.99 points (→ 13th place) Men's 10 m platform * Aleksandr Bakatin :* Preliminary round — 71.86 points (→ 7th place) :* Final — 126.86 points (→ 7th place) * Roman Brener :* Preliminary round — 71.86 points (→ 8th place) :* Final — 126.31 (→ 8th place) * Mikhail Chachba :* Preliminary round — 65.02 pts (→ 17th place) Women's 3 m springboard *
Ninel Krutova Ninel Vasilyevna Krutova (later Bezzabotnova; russian: Нинель Васильевна Крутова-Беззаботнова; born 3 January 1926) is a Russian retired diver. She competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. Biogr ...
:* Preliminary round — 56.18 points (→ 3rd place) :* Final — 116.86 points (→ 4th place) *
Lyubov Zhigalova Lyubov Yegorovna Zhigalova (russian: Любовь Егоровна Жигалова, 15 March 1924 – 13 February 1978) was a Russian diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, respectively, ...
:* Preliminary round — 54.18 points (→ 7th place) :* Final — 113.83 points (→ 6th place) * Valentina Chumicheva :* Preliminary round — 52.15 points (→ 10th place) Women's 10 m platform * Tatyana Vereina :* Preliminary round — 43.26 points :* Final — 61.09 points (→ 6th place) *
Ninel Krutova Ninel Vasilyevna Krutova (later Bezzabotnova; russian: Нинель Васильевна Крутова-Беззаботнова; born 3 January 1926) is a Russian retired diver. She competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. Biogr ...
:* Preliminary round — 40.67 points :* Final — 57.50 points (→ 8th place) * Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya :* Preliminary round — 32.35 points (→ 14th place)


Equestrian

;Dressage ;Eventing ;Jumping


Fencing

16 fencers, 13 men and 3 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1952. ;Men ;Women


Football

; Preliminary round ; 1/8 finals ---- *Team roster :* Leonid Ivanov :*
Konstantin Krizhevsky Konstantin Stanislavovich Krizhevsky (russian: Константин Станиславович Крижевский; 20 February 1926 – 18 November 2000) was a Russian football defender. He was born in Odintsovo, Russia. He competed for the So ...
:*
Anatoli Bashashkin Anatoli Vasilyevich Bashashkin (russian: Анатолий Васильевич Башашкин; 23 February 1924, Reutovo, Moscow Governorate, Russia – 27 July 2002, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian footballer in the 1940s and ...
:* Avtandil Chkuaseli :* Yury Nyrkov :* Anatoly Ilyin :* Fridrikh Maryutin :*
Igor Netto Igor Aleksandrovich Netto (russian: Игорь Александрович Нетто; 9 January 1930 – 30 March 1999) was a Soviet footballer, considered one of the greatest Soviet players ever. He started out playing on the left of defense b ...
:* Valentin Nikolayev :* Vasily Trofimov :*
Vsevolod Bobrov Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov ( rus, Все́волод Миха́йлович Бобро́в, p=ˈfsʲevələd bɐˈbrof; 1 December 1922 – 1 July 1979) was a Soviet Union, Soviet athlete, who excelled in football (soccer), football, ban ...
:* Aleksandr Tenyagin :*
Avtandil Gogoberidze Avtandil Nikolozis dze Gogoberidze ( ka, ავთანდილ ნიკოლოზის ძე ღოღობერიძე, russian: Автандил Николаевич Гогоберидзе; 3 August 1922, Sukhumi – 20 November 19 ...
:*
Konstantin Beskov Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (russian: Константи́н Ива́нович Бе́сков; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach. Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, sc ...
:* Aleksandr Petrov


Gymnastics

;Men ;Individual ;Team ;Women ;Individual ;Team


Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1952.


Rowing

The Soviet Union had 26 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 atta ...
events in 1952. Men's single sculls *
Yuriy Tyukalov Yury Sergeyevich Tyukalov (russian: Юрий Серге́евич Тюкалов, 4 July 1930 – 19 February 2018) was a Russian rower. He started primarily as a single sculler; he also won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a silver medal at th ...
— 8:12.8 → gold medal Men's double sculls *
Heorhiy Zhylin Heorhiy Semenovych Zhylin ( ua, Георгій Семенович Жилін, 18 August 1925 – 12 September 1997) was a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolymp ...
,
Ihor Yemchuk Igor Fedorovich Yemchuk ( ua, Ігор Федорович Ємчук, 2 December 1930 – 5 March 2008) was a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1952 he won the silv ...
— 7:38.3 → silver medal Men's coxless pair * Mikhail Plaksin, Vasily Bagretsov — 2 h1 repêchage (→ did not advance) Men's coxed pair * Yevgeny Morozov, Viktor Shevchenko, Mikhail Prudnikov — 3 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance) Men's coxless four * Roman Zakharov, Yury Rogozov, Ivan Makarov, Vladimir Kirsanov — 2 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance) Men's coxed four * Kirill Putyrsky, Yevgeny Tretnikov, Georgy Gushchenko,
Boris Fyodorov Boris Grigoryevich Fyodorov (russian: Борис Григорьевич Фёдоров) (13 February 1958 in Moscow – 20 November 2008 in London) was a Russian economist, politician, and reformer. Early life He was awarded a doctor of economi ...
, Boris Brechko — 2 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance) Men's eight * Yevgeny Brago, Vladimir Rodimushkin,
Aleksey Komarov Aleksey Filippovich Komarov (russian: Алексей Филиппович Комаров; 10 December 1921 – 10 May 2013) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kes ...
, Igor Borisov,
Slava Amiragov Slava Lvovich Amiragov (russian: Слава Львович Амирагов, 24 March 1926 – 3 September 1990) was a Belarusian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympi ...
, Leonid Gissen, Yevgeny Samsonov, Vladimir Kryukov,
Igor Polyakov Igor Nikolayevich Polyakov (russian: Игорь Николаевич Поляков, 15 July 1912 – 16 May 2008) was a rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union and was the coxswain of the Soviet team that won the ...
— 6:31.2 → silver medal


Sailing


Shooting

;Men


Swimming


Water polo

;Men's team competition * Qualifying round :* Lost to Netherlands (2–3) :* Defeated India (12–0) * Preliminary round (Group B) :* Lost to Hungary (3–5) :* Defeated Egypt (3–2) :* Defeated Germany (6–2) * Semi-final round (Group B) :* Drew with Yugoslavia (3–3) :* Lost to Netherlands (2–4) * Classification round (5–8) :* Defeated Spain (4–2) :* Drew with Belgium (3–3) → 7th place * Team roster :* Boris Goikhman :* Evgeny Semyonov :* Yury Teplov :* Lev Kokorin :* Valentin Prokopov :*
Aleksandr Liferenko Aleksandr Liferenko (born 1930) is a Soviet water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as th ...
:* Pyotr Mshvenieradze :* Yury Shlyapin :* Vitaly Ushakov :*
Anatoly Yegorov Anatoly Yegorov (born 1922) was a Soviet water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the G ...


Weightlifting

;Men


Wrestling

;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman


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.


References


Further reading

* – for medal stats by republic


External links


Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1952
Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...