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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 nationa ...
(USSR) competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, w ...
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Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
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. 272 competitors, 233 men and 39 women, took part in 135 events in 17 sports.


Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 37 gold and 98 total medals.


Gold

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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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise *
Larisa Latynina Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (russian: link=yes, Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise *
Viktor 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 *
Larisa Latynina Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (russian: link=yes, Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round * Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars *
Boris Shakhlin Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse *
Albert Azaryan Albert Azaryan ( hy, Ալբերտ Ազարյան; born 11 February 1929) is a former Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast who competed internationally representing the Soviet Union. He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings. Azarya ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's rings * Victor Chukarin,
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 ...
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Boris Shakhlin Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin (russian: Борис Анфиянович Шахлин; 27 January 1932 – 30 May 2008) was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 ...
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Albert Azaryan Albert Azaryan ( hy, Ալբերտ Ազարյան; born 11 February 1929) is a former Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast who competed internationally representing the Soviet Union. He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings. Azarya ...
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Yuri Titov Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov (russian: Юрий Евлампиевич Титов; born 27 November 1935) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a total of nine Olympic ...
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Pavel Stolbov Pavel Stolbov (30 August 1929 – 16 June 2011) was a gymnast and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union. Olympics Stolbov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercis ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition *
Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina (russian: Тама́ра Ива́новна Ма́нина; born 16 September 1934) is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. Biography Her family lived in Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manin ...
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Larisa Latynina Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (russian: link=yes, Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and ...
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Sofia Muratova Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова, 13 July 1929 – 25 September 2006) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won eight medals. Early life Muratova grew up in Leningrad ...
, Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova,
Polina Astakhova Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova (Полина Григорьевна Астахова, 30 October 1936 – 5 August 2005) was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. Biography Ast ...
, Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition *
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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's vault *
Larisa Latynina Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (russian: link=yes, Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's vault *
Vladimir Kuts Volodymyr Petrovych Kuts ( uk, Володимир Петрович Куц, russian: Владимир Петрович Куц, 7 February 1927 – 16 August 1975) was a Soviet long-distance runner. He won the 5000 and 10000 m races at the 1956 ...
— Athletics, men's 10000 m *
Leonid Spirin Leonid Vasilevich Spirin (russian: Леонид Васильевич Спирин, 21 June 1932 – 23 February 1982) was a Russian athlete who competed for the Soviet Union. He was born in Zhavoronki. He competed for the USSR in the ...
— Athletics, men's 20 km walk *
Vladimir Kuts Volodymyr Petrovych Kuts ( uk, Володимир Петрович Куц, russian: Владимир Петрович Куц, 7 February 1927 – 16 August 1975) was a Soviet long-distance runner. He won the 5000 and 10000 m races at the 1956 ...
— Athletics, men's 5000 m *
Inese Jaunzeme Inese Jaunzeme (21 May 1932 – 13 February 2011) was a Latvian javelin thrower who won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.Tamara Tyshkevich Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich ( be, Тамара Андрэеўна Тышкевіч, russian: Тамара Андреевна Тышкевич; 31 March 1931 – 27 December 1997) was a Soviet shot putter. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 an ...
— Athletics, women's shot put * Vladimir Safronov — Boxing, men's featherweight *
Vladimir Yengibaryan Vladimir Yengibaryan ( hy, Վլադիմիր Ենգիբարյան, 24 April 1932 – 1 February 2013) was a Soviet and Armenian amateur light-welterweight boxer. He was an Olympic champion, three-time European champion and three-time Soviet champ ...
— Boxing, men's light-welterweight *
Gennadi Shatkov Gennadi Ivanovich Shatkov (russian: Геннадий Иванович Шатков, May 27, 1932 – January 14, 2009) was a boxer from the USSR, who competed in the Middleweight division (– 75 kg) during the major part of ...
— Boxing, men's 71–75 kg *
Pavel Kharin Pavel Petrovich Kharin (russian: Павел Петрович Харин; 8 June 1927 – 6 March 2023) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Melbourne in 1956 ...
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Gratsian Botev Gratsian Botev (12 December 1928 – 16 August 1981) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and ...
— Canoeing, men's C-2 10000 m *
Elizaveta Dementyeva Yelizaveta Dementyeva (; 5 March 1928 – 27 July 2022)Lev Yashin Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the h ...
, Nikolai Tishchenko, Mikhail Okonkov, Aleksei Paramonov,
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 1 ...
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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 ...
, Boris Tatushin,
Anatoli Isayev Anatoli Konstantinovich Isayev (russian: Анатолий Константинович Исаев; 14 July 1932 – 10 July 2016) was a Soviet football player and Soviet and Russian coach. Honours * Olympic champion: 1956. * Soviet Top Lea ...
, Eduard Streltsov, Valentin Ivanov, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Boris Kuznetsov, Iosif Betsa,
Sergei Salnikov Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov (russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Сальников; 13 September 1925 – 9 May 1984) was a Soviet footballer who played for Zenit Leningrad, Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. He was part of the Sovi ...
, Boris Razinsky, Anatoli Maslenkin,
Anatoli Ilyin Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin (russian: Анатолий Михайлович Ильин; 27 June 1931 – 10 February 2016) was a Soviet Russian footballer. Honours * Olympic champion: 1956. * Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 19 ...
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Nikita Simonyan Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan ( hy, Նիկիտա Մկրտիչ Սիմոնյան, born ''Mkrtych Pogosovich Simonyan'', 12 October 1926) is a former Soviet football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir. As of 2021 he was ...
— Football (soccer), men's team competition *
Igor Novikov Igor Novikov may refer to: *Igor Novikov (painter) (born 1961), Russian painter living in Switzerland *Igor Novikov (pentathlete) (1929–2007), Soviet Olympic modern pentathlete *Igor Novikov (chess player) (born 1962), Ukrainian then U.S. chess ...
, Ivan Deryugin, Aleksandr Tarasov — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition * Aleksandr Berkutov,
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 double sculls * Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls * Vitali Romanenko — Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots * Vasily Borisov — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions * Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions * Igor Rybak — Weightlifting, men's lightweight * Fedor Bogdanovsky — Weightlifting, men's middleweight *
Arkady Vorobyov 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 middle-heavyweight * Mirian Tsalkalamanidze — Wrestling, men's freestyle flyweight *
Anatoli Parfenov Anatoly Ivanovich Parfyonov (russian: Анатолий Иванович Парфëнов, 17 November 1925 – 28 January 1993) was a Soviet heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics. Biography In his youth Parf ...
— Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super-heavyweight * Nikolai Soloviev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight * Konstantin Vyrupaev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight *
Givi Kartoziya Givi Aleksandrovich Kartozia ( ka, გივი კარტოზია; 29 March 1929 – 3 April 1998) was a Middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus regi ...
— Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight * Valentin Nikolayev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight


Silver

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Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina (russian: Тама́ра Ива́новна Ма́нина; born 16 September 1934) is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. Biography Her family lived in Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manin ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam * Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise *
Yuri Titov Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov (russian: Юрий Евлампиевич Титов; born 27 November 1935) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a total of nine Olympic ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar *
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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's rings *
Larisa Latynina Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (russian: link=yes, Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars *
Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina (russian: Тама́ра Ива́новна Ма́нина; born 16 September 1934) is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. Biography Her family lived in Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manin ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's vault * Antanas Mikenas — Athletics, men's 20 km walk * Leonid Bartenev, Yuriy Konovalov, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev — Athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay * Yevgeniy Maskinskov — Athletics, men's 50 km walk * Irina Beglyakova — Athletics, women's discus throw * Mikhail Krivonosov — Athletics, men's hammer throw * Mariya Pisareva — Athletics, women's high jump *
Galina Zybina Galina Ivanovna Zybina (russian: Гали́на Ива́новна Зы́бина, born 22 January 1931) is a retired Soviet and Russian athlete and coach. She competed in the shot put at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fi ...
— Athletics, women's shot put * Valdis Muizhniek,
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 ...
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Vladimir Torban Vladimir Aleksandrovich Torban (russian: Владимир Александрович Торбан; 10 December 1932 – 19 August 2011) was a Soviet basketball player. He trained as a tennis player in the 1940s and only in the 1950s started playin ...
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Stasys Stonkus Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus (29 December 1931 – 19 February 2012) was a Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 195 ...
, Kazys Petkevičius,
Arkadi Bochkarev Arkady Andreyevich Bochkaryov (russian: Аркадий Андреевич Бочкарёв; 24 February 1931 – 29 March 1988) was a Soviet basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet team between 1953 and 1959 and won a silver medal at the ...
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Jānis Krūmiņš Jānis Krūmiņš (30 January 1930 – 20 November 1994) was a Soviet Union, Soviet-Latvian people, Latvian professional basketball player. Helped by his height (about 220 cm, or 7'3"), he was the first giant Center (basketball), center th ...
, Mikhail Semyonov, Algirdas Lauritenas, Yuri Ozerov,
Viktor Zubkov Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Pr ...
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Mikhail Studenetsky Mikhail Vladimirovich Studenetsky (russian: Михаил Владимирович Студенецкий; 6 March 1934 – 1 March 2021) was a Soviet basketball player. Biography Studenetsky was a point guard of the Soviet team between 1954 and ...
— Basketball, men's team competition *
Lev Mukhin Lev Dmitrievich Mukhin (russian: Лев Дмитриевич Мухин; 15 October 1936 – 25 April 1977) was a Russian, Soviet heavyweight boxer. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, losing the final to Pete Rademacher Thoma ...
— Boxing, men's heavyweight *
Pavel Kharin Pavel Petrovich Kharin (russian: Павел Петрович Харин; 8 June 1927 – 6 March 2023) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Melbourne in 1956 ...
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Gratsian Botev Gratsian Botev (12 December 1928 – 16 August 1981) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and ...
— Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m * Igor Pissarev — Canoeing, men's K-1 1000 m * Mikhail Kaaleste, Anatoli Demitkov — Canoeing, men's K-2 1000 m * Igor Buldakov,
Viktor Ivanov Viktor Petrovich Ivanov (russian: Виктор Петрович Иванов, born May 12, 1950) is a Russian politician and businessman, former KGB officer, who served in the KGB Directorate of Leningrad and its successors in 1977–1994. He ...
— Rowing, men's coxless pair * Yevgeni Cherkasov — Shooting, men's 25 m rapid fire pistol * Allan Erdman — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions * Makhmud Umarov — Shooting, men's 50 m pistol * Vasily Borisov — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle prone * Vladimir Stogov — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight *
Yevgeni Minaev Yevgeny Gavrilovich Minayev (russian: Евгений Гаврилович Минаев; 21 May 1933 – 8 December 1993) was a Russian weightlifter who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold m ...
— Weightlifting, men's featherweight *
Ravil Khabutdinov Ravil Nezamovich Khabutdinov (russian: Равиль Незамович Хабутдинов; 15 December 1928 – 1 November 1997) was a weightlifter from Russia. He started training in weightlifting in 1948 while serving in the Soviet Army. In 1 ...
— Weightlifting, men's lightweight * Vasili Stepanov — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight * Boris Kulayev — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight * Vladimir Maneev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight


Bronze

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Yuri Titov Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov (russian: Юрий Евлампиевич Титов; born 27 November 1935) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a total of nine Olympic ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round *
Sofia Muratova Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова, 13 July 1929 – 25 September 2006) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won eight medals. Early life Muratova grew up in Leningrad ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round * Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse *
Tamara Manina Tamara Ivanovna Manina (russian: Тама́ра Ива́новна Ма́нина; born 16 September 1934) is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. Biography Her family lived in Petersburg (and later in Leningrad), but Manin ...
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Larisa Latynina Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (russian: link=yes, Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and ...
,
Sofia Muratova Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова, 13 July 1929 – 25 September 2006) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won eight medals. Early life Muratova grew up in Leningrad ...
, Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova,
Polina Astakhova Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova (Полина Григорьевна Астахова, 30 October 1936 – 5 August 2005) was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. Biography Ast ...
, Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team, portable apparatus *
Sofia Muratova Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (russian: Софья Ивановна Муратова, 13 July 1929 – 25 September 2006) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won eight medals. Early life Muratova grew up in Leningrad ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars *
Yuri Titov Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov (russian: Юрий Евлампиевич Титов; born 27 November 1935) is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a total of nine Olympic ...
— Artistic gymnastics, men's vault * Bruno Junk — Athletics, men's 20 km walk * Ardalion Ignatyev — Athletics, men's 400 m * Vasili Kuznetsov — Athletics, men's decathlon * Nina Romashkova — Athletics, women's discus throw * Anatoli Samotsvetov — Athletics, men's hammer throw * Igor Kashkarov — Athletics, men's high jump * Viktor Tsybulenko — Athletics, men's javelin throw * Nadezhda Konyaeva — Athletics, women's javelin throw * Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili — Athletics, women's long jump * Vitold Kreer — Athletics, men's triple jump * Anatoli Lagetko — Boxing, men's lightweight * Romualdas Murauskas — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight * Gennady Bukharin — Canoeing, men's C-1 10000 m * Gennady Bukharin — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m * Lev Kuznetsov — Fencing, men's sabre individual * Yakov Rylsky,
David Tyshler David (also "Davyd") Abramovich Tyshler (russian: Давид Абрамович Тышлер; 13 June 1927 – 7 June 2014) was a Russian sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers (Olympic bronze medalist ...
, Lev Kuznetsov, Yevgeni Cherepovsky, Leonid Bogdanov — Fencing, men's sabre team * Igor Emchuk, Heorhiy Zhylin, Vladimir Petrov — Rowing, men's pair-oared shell with coxswain * Vladimir Sevryugin — Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots * Kharis Yunichev — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststroke * Vitali Sorokin,
Vladimir Struzhanov Vladimir Struzhanov (2 August 1932 – 19 April 2014)Gennadi Nikolaev, Boris Nikitin — Swimming, men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay * Boris Goikhman, Valentin Prokopov, Yuri Shlyapin, Vyacheslav Kurennoi,
Pyotr Breus Pyotr Pavlovich Breus russian: Пётр Павлович Бреус, (December 2, 1927 – February 25, 2000) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics, part of the team which won the bronze ...
, Pyotr Mshvenieradze,
Boris Markarov Boris Nikitich Markarov (russian: Борис Никитич Маркаров, 12 March 1935 – 23 April 2023) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Markarov was part of the Soviet te ...
, Mikhail Ryzhak,
Viktor Ageev Viktor Ivanovich Ageev (russian: Виктор Иванович Агеев, 29 April 1936 – 30 January 2023) was a Soviet water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in ...
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Nodar Gvakhariya Nodar Gvakharia ( ka, ნოდარ გვახარია, (February 3, 1932 – November 14, 1996) was a Georgian water polo player, born in Tbilisi.Mikhail Shakhov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight * Alimbeg Bestaev — Wrestling, men's freestyle lightweight *
Vakhtang Balavadze Vakhtang Balavadze (; 20 November 1927 – 25 July 2018) was a Georgian welterweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956. He won the world title in 1954 and 1957, and was a runner-up in ...
— Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight * Georgi Skhirtladze — Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight * Roman Dzeneladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight


Athletics

Men's 110 m hurdles * Boris Stolyarov :* Heat — 14.4s :* Semifinals — 14.5s :* Final — 14.6s (→ 6th place) * Anatoly Mikhailov :* Heat — 14.5s (→ did not advance) Men's marathon * Ivan Filine — 2:30:37 (→ 7th place) * Boris Grichaev — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Albert Ivanov — did not finish (→ no ranking)


Basketball


Boxing


Canoeing


Cycling

; Sprint * Boris Romanov — 7th place ;
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
* Boris Savostin — 1:12.3 (→ 5th place) ;
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 ...
* Rostislav Vargashkin
Vladimir Leonov — 9th place ;
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 ...
* Eduard Gusev
Rodislav Chizhikov
Viktor Ilyin Viktor Ivanovich Ilyin (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Ильи́н; born 26 December 1947) is a Soviet Army deserter who, at the rank of second lieutenant, attempted to assassinate the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev on 22 Janua ...

Volodymyr Mitin — 8th place ; Team road race * Anatoly Cherepovich
Mykola Kolumbet Mykola Fedorovych Kolumbet (also Nikolay Kolumbet; uk, Микола Федорович Колумбет; russian: Николай Фёдорович Колумбет; 10 October 1933 – 21 February 2012)Viktor Kapitonov — 63 points (→ 6th place) ; Individual road race * Anatoly Cherepovich — 5:23:50 (→ 15th place) *
Mykola Kolumbet Mykola Fedorovych Kolumbet (also Nikolay Kolumbet; uk, Микола Федорович Колумбет; russian: Николай Фёдорович Колумбет; 10 October 1933 – 21 February 2012)Viktor Kapitonov — 5:30:45 (→ 32nd place) * Viktor Vershinin — 5:34:21 (→ 35th place)


Diving

Men's 10 m platform * Roman Brener :* Preliminary Round — 76.56 :* Final — 142.95 (→ 5th place) * Mikhail Chachba :* Preliminary Round — 73.02 :* Final — 134.52 (→ 8th place) * Gennady Galkin :* Preliminary Round — 68.92 (→ did not advance, 13th place) Women's 3 m platform * Zoya Blyuvas :* Preliminary Round — 62.12 :* Final — 98.15 (→ 11th place) Women's 10 m platform * Tatyana Karakashyants-Vereina :* Preliminary Round — 52.19 :* Final — 76.95 (→ 9th place) * Lyubov Shigalova :* Preliminary Round — 49.22 :* Final — 76.40 (→ 9th place) * Raisa Gorokhovskaya :* Preliminary Round — 52.64 :* Final — 73.84 (→ 9th place)


Fencing

20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1956. ; Men's foil * Mark Midler *
Yury Rudov Yury Rudov (russian: Юрий Васильевич Рудов, 17 January 1931 – 26 March 2013) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici e ...
* Iuri Osip'ovi ; Men's team foil *
Yury Rudov Yury Rudov (russian: Юрий Васильевич Рудов, 17 January 1931 – 26 March 2013) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici e ...
, Iuri Osip'ovi, Mark Midler, Aleksandr Ovsyankin,
Viktor Zhdanovich Viktor Frantsevich Zhdanovich (russian: Виктор Францевич Жданович) (born 27 January 1938, Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r= ...
, Yury Ivanov ; Men's épée *
Arnold Chernushevich Arnold Chernushevich (russian: Арнольд Петрович Чернушевич; 15 January 1933 – 2 September 1991) was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Su ...
* Revaz Tsirek'idze * Juozas Ūdras ; Men's team épée *
Arnold Chernushevich Arnold Chernushevich (russian: Арнольд Петрович Чернушевич; 15 January 1933 – 2 September 1991) was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Su ...
,
Valentin Chernikov Valentin Chernikov ( hy, Վալենտին Չեռնիկով, 1 April 1937, Yerevan – 5 January 2002, Nizhny Novgorod) was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summe ...
, Lev Saychuk, Revaz Tsirek'idze, Juozas Ūdras, Valentin Vdovichenko ; Men's sabre * Lev Kuznetsov * Yevgeny Cherepovsky * Yakov Rylsky ; Men's team sabre * Lev Kuznetsov, Yakov Rylsky, Yevgeny Cherepovsky,
David Tyshler David (also "Davyd") Abramovich Tyshler (russian: Давид Абрамович Тышлер; 13 June 1927 – 7 June 2014) was a Russian sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers (Olympic bronze medalist ...
, Leonid Bogdanov ; Women's foil * Emma Yefimova * Valentina Rastvorova * Nadezhda Shitikova


Football


Gymnastics


Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1956. The Soviet pentathletes won gold in the team event. ;Individual *
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* Aleksandr Tarasov * Ivan Deriuhin ;Team * Igor Novikov * Aleksandr Tarasov * Ivan Deriuhin


Rowing

The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven
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events in 1956. ; Men's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) * Vyacheslav Ivanov (Вячеслав Иванов) ; Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) * Aleksandr Berkutov (Александр Беркутов) *
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(Юрий Тюкалов) ; Men's coxless pair – 2nd place ( silver medal) * Igor Buldakov (Игорь Булдаков) *
Viktor Ivanov Viktor Petrovich Ivanov (russian: Виктор Петрович Иванов, born May 12, 1950) is a Russian politician and businessman, former KGB officer, who served in the KGB Directorate of Leningrad and its successors in 1977–1994. He ...
(Виктор Иванов) ; Men's coxed pair – 3rd place ( bronze medal) * Ihor Yemchuk ( Ihor Yemchuk, Игорь Емчук) * Heorhiy Zhylin ( Georgy Zhilin, Георгий Жилин) * Vladimir Petrov (Владимир Петров) ; Men's coxless four * Leonid Zakharov (Леонид Захаров) * Aleksandr Sheff (Александр Шефф) * Nikolay Karasyov (Николай Карасёв) *
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(Игорь Иванов) ; Men's coxed four * Andrey Arkhipov (Андрей Архипов) * Yury Popov (Юрий Попов) * Valentin Zanin (Валентин Занин) * Yaroslav Cherstvy (Ярослав Черствый) * Anatoly Fetisov (Анатолий Фетисов) ; Men's eight * Ernest Verbin (Эрнест Вербин) *
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 econ ...
(Борис Фёдоров) *
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 and in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 ...
(Слава Амирагов) * Leonid Gissen (Леонид Гиссен) * Yevgeny Samsonov (Евгений Самсонов) *
Anatoly Antonov Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov (born 15 May 1955) is a Russian military officer and diplomat who is currently the Ambassador of Russia to the United States, formally replacing Sergey Kislyak on 21 August 2017 by presidential decree. With a rep ...
(Анатолий Антонов) * Georgy Gushchenko (Георгий Гущенко) * Vladimir Kryukov (Владимир Крюков) * Vladimir Petrov (Владимир Петров)


Sailing


Shooting

Eleven shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1956. ;
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* Yevgeny Cherkasov * Vasily Sorokin ;
50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...
* Makhmud Umarov * Anton Yasynskiy ; 300 m rifle, three positions * Vasily Borisov * Allan Erdman ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Anatoly Bogdanov * Vasily Borisov ; 50 m rifle, prone * Vasily Borisov * Anatoly Bogdanov ; 100 m running deer * Vitali Romanenko * Vladimir Sevryugin ; Trap * Nikolay Mogilevsky * Yury Nikandrov


Swimming


Water polo


Weightlifting


Wrestling


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


External links


Official Olympic Reports

International Olympic Committee results database
* – for medal stats by republic {{Top Summer Olympics medal-winning nations Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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