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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
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, whi ...
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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 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 *
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. Azaryan ...
— 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 ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
,
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. Azaryan ...
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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 ...
, Pavel Stolbov — 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 ...
,
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 As ...
, 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 — 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 — Athletics, women's javelin throw * Tamara Tyshkevich — Athletics, women's shot put *
Vladimir Safronov Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov (russian: Владимир Константинович Сафронов) (29 December 1934 in Ulan-Ude, Buryat-Mongol ASSR — 26 December 1979) was a featherweight amateur boxer. Safronov traine ...
— Boxing, men's featherweight * Vladimir Yengibaryan — Boxing, men's light-welterweight * Gennadi Shatkov — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg * Pavel Kharin,
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 an ...
— Canoeing, men's C-2 10000 m * Elizaveta Dementyeva — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m *
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 ...
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Nikolai Tishchenko Nikolai Ivanovich Tishchenko (russian: Николай Иванович Тищенко) (born 10 December 1926 in Lyublino; died 10 May 1981 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player. Honours * Olympic champion: 1956. * Soviet Top League wi ...
, 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 ...
,
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 ...
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Boris Tatushin Boris Georgiyevich Tatushin (russian: Борис Георгиевич Татушин) (31 March 1933 in Moscow; – 15 January 1998 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player and manager. Honours * Olympic champion: 1956. * Soviet Top Leagu ...
,
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 Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov ( rus, Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲitɕ strʲɪlʲˈtsof, a=Ru-Eduard Streltsov-yzavyalo.ogg; 21 July 1937 – 22 July 1990) was a Soviet footballer ...
, Valentin Ivanov,
Vladimir Ryzhkin Vladimir Alekseyevich Ryzhkin (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Рыжкин; 29 December 1930 – 19 May 2011) was a Soviet football player. Honours * Olympic champion: 1956. * Soviet Top League winner: 1954, 1955, 1957. * S ...
, Boris Kuznetsov, Iosif Betsa, Sergei Salnikov,
Boris Razinsky Boris Davidovich Razinsky (russian: Борис Давидович Разинский; 12 July 1933 — 6 August 2012) was a Soviet Russian Olympic champion football player and manager. Personal life Razinsky was born in Lyubertsy, Russia, a ...
, 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, 196 ...
and
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) Igor Oleksandrovych Novikov (bor ...
, 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 Vitali Romanenko (13 July 1926 – 3 October 2010) was a Ukrainian sport shooter. He was born in Kyiv. Competing for the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal in 100 metre running deer at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ...
— Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots *
Vasily Borisov Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; born 12 December 1922) is a retired Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a b ...
— 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 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (Georgian: მირიან ცალქალამანიძე, 20 April 1927 – 3 August 2000) was a Georgian flyweight freestyle wrestler. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1956 Olympics and won a gold meda ...
— 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 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 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 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 ...
, 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 Mikhail Petrovich Krivonosov (russian: Михаил Петрович Кривоносов, 1 May 1929 – 11 November 1994) was a Belarusian hammer thrower. He competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1956, 18 cm beh ...
— Athletics, men's hammer throw * Mariya Pisareva — Athletics, women's high jump * Galina Zybina — 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 ...
,
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 ...
, Stasys Stonkus,
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 ...
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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 ...
,
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 ...
, Mikhail Studenetsky — Basketball, men's team competition * Lev Mukhin — Boxing, men's heavyweight * Pavel Kharin,
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 an ...
— Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m * Igor Pissarev — Canoeing, men's K-1 1000 m *
Mikhail Kaaleste Mikhail Kaaleste (born Mihail Stolär; 20 August 1931 – 5 May 2018) is an Estonian sprint canoeist who competed in 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Kaaleste changed his last ...
,
Anatoli Demitkov Anatoly Nikolayevich Demitkov (27 May 1926 – 15 August 2005) was a Soviet canoeist. He took the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne together with Mikhail Kaaleste. They went on to win the ...
— Canoeing, men's K-2 1000 m *
Igor Buldakov Igor Vasilevich Buldakov (russian: Игорь Васильевич Булдаков, 26 August 1930 – 30 April 1979) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1956 he and his partner Viktor Ivanov ...
,
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 w ...
— 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 Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; born 12 December 1922) is a retired Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a b ...
— 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 me ...
— Weightlifting, men's featherweight * Ravil Khabutdinov — 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 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 *
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 ...
,
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 As ...
, 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 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 20 km walk *
Ardalion Ignatyev Ardalion Vasilyevich Ignatyev (russian: Ардалион Васи́льевич Игна́тьев; November 24, 1930 – October 24, 1998) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in the village of Novoye To ...
— Athletics, men's 400 m * Vasili Kuznetsov — Athletics, men's decathlon *
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 * 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 Romualdas Murauskas (2 October 1934 in Kaunas, Lithuania – 23 May 1979) was a boxer from the Soviet Union. He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narr ...
— 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 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 ...
, Vladimir Petrov — Rowing, men's pair-oared shell with coxswain * Vladimir Sevryugin — Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots *
Kharis Yunichev Kharis Kharisovich Yunichev (russian: Харис Харисович Юничев; 7 August 1931 – 12 February 2006) was the first Soviet male swimmer to win an Olympic medal – at the 1956 Summer Olympics he finished third in the 200 m breastst ...
— 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, Mikhail Ryzhak, Viktor Ageev and Nodar Gvakhariya — Water polo, men's team competition * 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 Anatoly Arkadyevich Mikhaylov (russian: Анатолий Аркадьевич Михайлов; 14 September 1936 – 13 June 2022) was a Soviet athlete. He competed mainly in the 110-metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad at Zenit and la ...
:* 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
Viktor Kapitonov — 63 points (→ 6th place) ; Individual road race * Anatoly Cherepovich — 5:23:50 (→ 15th place) * Mykola Kolumbet — 5:23:50 (→ 16th place) * 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 Mark Petrovich Midler (russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, and won two gold medals. Early and personal life Midler was b ...
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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 Mark Petrovich Midler (russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, and won two gold medals. Early and personal life Midler was b ...
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Aleksandr Ovsyankin Aleksandr Ovsyankin (russian: Александр Андреевич Овсянкин; 18 October 1924 – 2006) was a Soviet fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially kn ...
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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 S ...
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Revaz Tsirek'idze Revaz Tsirek'idze ( ka, რევაზ ცირეკიძე, born 28 March 1934) is a Soviet former Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heav ...
* 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 S ...
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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 Revaz Tsirek'idze ( ka, რევაზ ცირეკიძე, born 28 March 1934) is a Soviet former Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heav ...
, 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 *
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) Igor Oleksandrovych Novikov (bor ...
* Aleksandr Tarasov * Ivan Deriuhin ;Team * Igor Novikov * Aleksandr Tarasov * Ivan Deriuhin


Rowing

The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in 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 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) *
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 ...
(Юрий Тюкалов) ; Men's coxless pair – 2nd place ( silver medal) *
Igor Buldakov Igor Vasilevich Buldakov (russian: Игорь Васильевич Булдаков, 26 August 1930 – 30 April 1979) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1956 he and his partner Viktor Ivanov ...
(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 w ...
(Виктор Иванов) ; Men's coxed pair – 3rd place ( bronze medal) *
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 ...
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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 ...
, Игорь Емчук) *
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 ...
( Georgy Zhilin, Георгий Жилин) * Vladimir Petrov (Владимир Петров) ; Men's coxless four * Leonid Zakharov (Леонид Захаров) * Aleksandr Sheff (Александр Шефф) * Nikolay Karasyov (Николай Карасёв) *
Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...
(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 economi ...
(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 The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympi ...
(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 Decree of the President of Russia, ...
(Анатолий Антонов) * Georgy Gushchenko (Георгий Гущенко) * Vladimir Kryukov (Владимир Крюков) * Vladimir Petrov (Владимир Петров)


Sailing


Shooting

Eleven shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1956. ; 25 m pistol * Yevgeny Cherkasov * Vasily Sorokin ; 50 m pistol * Makhmud Umarov * Anton Yasynskiy ; 300 m rifle, three positions *
Vasily Borisov Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; born 12 December 1922) is a retired Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a b ...
* Allan Erdman ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Anatoly Bogdanov *
Vasily Borisov Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; born 12 December 1922) is a retired Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a b ...
; 50 m rifle, prone *
Vasily Borisov Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; born 12 December 1922) is a retired Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a b ...
* Anatoly Bogdanov ; 100 m running deer *
Vitali Romanenko Vitali Romanenko (13 July 1926 – 3 October 2010) was a Ukrainian sport shooter. He was born in Kyiv. Competing for the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal in 100 metre running deer at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ...
* Vladimir Sevryugin ;
Trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...
* Nikolay Mogilevsky *
Yury Nikandrov Yury Nikandrov (russian: Юрий Никандров, ; 22 November 1923 – 21 December 2018) was a Soviet sport shooter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summ ...


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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