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Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
(USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in
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, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.


Medalists

The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.


Gold

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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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise *
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 horizontal bar *
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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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 ...
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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 ...
, Elena Volchetskaya, Tamara Zamotailova,
Lyudmila Gromova Lyudmila Pavlovna Gromova (russian: Людмила Павловна Громова; born 4 November 1942) is a retired artistic gymnast from Russia. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal in ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition *
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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars * Tamara Press — Athletics, women's discus throw * Romuald Klim — Athletics, men's hammer throw *
Valery Brumel Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel (russian: Валерий Николаевич Брумель; 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 4, p. 243 was a Russian h ...
— Athletics, men's high jump *
Irina Press Irina Natanovna Press, uk, Ірина Натанівна Пресс, ''Iryna Natanivna Press'', group=nb (10 March 1939 – 21 February 2004) was a multitalented Soviet athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960, she won a gold ...
— Athletics, women's pentathlon * Tamara Press — Athletics, women's shot put * Stanislav Stepashkin — Boxing, men's featherweight *
Boris Lagutin Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin (russian: Борис Николаевич Лагутин; 24 June 1938 – 4 September 2022)Valery Popenchenko — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg *
Andrei Khimich Andrey Ivanovich Khimich (russian: Андрей Иванович Химич; born 14 December 1937 in Makiivka, Varva Raion, Chernihiv Oblast) is a Soviet-born Ukraianian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1964 Summe ...
, Stepan Oshchepkov — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m *
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva Lyudmila Iosifovna Pinayeva (russian: Людмила Иосифовна Пинаева-Хведосюк, née Khvedosyuk on 14 January 1936) is a retired Soviet sprint canoeist. She competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won four medal ...
— Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m * Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, K-4 1000 m *
Grigori Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early life Kriss wa ...
— Fencing, men's épée individual *
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= ...
, Yuri Sharov, Yuri Sisikin,
German Sveshnikov German Sveshnikov (russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin she ...
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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 ...
— Fencing, men's foil team * Boris Melnikov, Nugzar Asatiani,
Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...
, Yakov Rylsky, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre team * Albert Mokeev,
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 ...
, Viktor Mineev — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition * Oleg Tyurin, Boris Dubrovskiy — Rowing, men's double sculls * Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls * Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke * Yuri Chesnokov, Yuri Vengerovsky,
Eduard Sibiryakov Eduard Fyodorovich Sibiryakov (russian: Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков; 27 November 1941 – 14 January 2004) was a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the ...
, Dmitry Voskoboinikov, Vazha Katcharava, Stanislav Lyugailo,
Vitali Kovalenko Vitali Aleksandrovich Kovalenko (russian: Виталий Александрович Коваленко, born March 17, 1934) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially ...
, Yuri Poyarkov, Ivan Bugaenkov, Nikolai Burobin, Valery Kalachikhin, Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, men's team *
Leonid Zhabotinsky Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky ( uk, Леонiд Іванович Жаботинський; 28 January 1938 – 14 January 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian weightlifter who set 19 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals ...
— Weightlifting, men's heavyweight * Aleksei Vakhonin — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight *
Rudolf Plyukfelder Rudolf Vladimirovich Plyukfelder (russian: Рудольф Владимирович Плюкфельдер, born 6 September 1928) is a retired Soviet weightlifter and weightlifting coach. As a competitor he won world titles in 1959 and 1961 and ...
— Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight * Vladimir Golovanov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight * Alexander Ivanytsky — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight * Alexander Medved — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight * Anatoli Kolesov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight


Silver

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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 * Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise *
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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women'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 *
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 individual all-round * Viktor Lisitsky — 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 *
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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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 ...
, Viktor Lisitsky, Yury Tsapenko, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Leontyev — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition * Viktor Lisitsky — 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 *
Rein Aun Rein Aun (5 October 1940 – 11 March 1995) was a multitalented Estonian athlete. He competed for the Soviet Union in the decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlo ...
— Athletics, men's decathlon *
Oleg Fyodoseyev Oleg Georgiyevich Fedoseyev (russian: Олег Георгиевич Федосеев, 4 June 1936 – 14 June 2001) was a Russian athlete. He was a Soviet champion in the long jump in 1956 and 1958, but finished only eighth at the 1956 Olympics an ...
— Athletics, men's triple jump * Valdis Muizhniek, Nikolai Bagley,
Armenak Alachachian Armenak Alachachian (alternate spellings: Armenak Alajajian or Alatchatchan) ( hy, Արմենակ Միսակի Ալաջաջյան, December 25, 1930 – December 4, 2017) was an Armenian-Soviet basketball player and coach. A point ...
, Aleksandr Travin, Vyacheslav Khrynin,
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 ...
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Levan Moseshvili Levan Moseshvili ( ka, ლევან მოსეშვილი; russian: Леван Мосешвили; 23 May 1940 – 5 March 2020) was a Georgian basketball player. Playing for the Soviet team he won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympi ...
,
Yuri Korneev Yuri Korneev (March 26, 1937 in Moscow, Soviet Union – June 17, 2002), was a Russian basketball player.
, Aleksandr Petrov,
Gennadi Volnov Gennadi Georgievich Volnov (russian: Геннадий Георгиевич Вольнов, November 28, 1939 – July 15, 2008) was a Russian basketball player who played for the senior Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950 ...
, Jaak Lipso, Yuris Kalnyns — Basketball, men's team *
Velikton Barannikov Velikton Innokentyevich Barannikov (russian: Виликтон Иннокентьевич Баранников; 4 July 1938 – 29 November 2007) was a Soviet boxer who competed in the lightweight category at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. ...
— Boxing, men's lightweight * Yevgeny Frolov — Boxing, men's light-welterweight * Rikardas Tamulis — Boxing, men's welterweight * Aleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight * Imant Bodnieks, Viktor Logunov — Cycling Track, men's 2000 m tandem * Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova, Valentina Rastvorova,
Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Петренко-Самусенко; 2 November 1938 – 24 January 2000) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil event at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer ...
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Galina Gorokhova Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of f ...
— Fencing, women's foil team *
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 ...
— Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition *
Shota Kveliashvili Shota Kveliashvili (1 January 1938 – 25 April 2004) was a Georgian sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially know ...
— Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions * Pavel Senichev — Shooting, men's trap * Georgi Prokopenko — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststroke * Antonina Ryzhova, Astra Biltauer, Ninel Lukanina, Lyudmila Buldakova, Nelli Abramova, Tamara Tikhonina, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova,
Inna Ryskal Inna Valerievna Ryskal (russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former Soviet volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s ...
, Marita Katusheva, Tatyana Roshchina, Valentina Mishak, Lyudmila Gureeva — Volleyball, women's team *
Yury Vlasov Yury Petrovich Vlasov (russian: Юрий Петрович Власов; 5 December 1935 – 13 February 2021) was a Russian heavyweight weightlifter, writer and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 a ...
— Weightlifting, men's heavyweight * Vladimir Kaplunov — Weightlifting, men's lightweight *
Viktor Kurentsov Viktor Grigoryevich Kurentsov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Куренцов; 5 April 1941 – 7 April 2021) was a Soviet middleweight weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, re ...
— Weightlifting, men's middleweight * Guliko Sagaradze — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight * Anatoli Roshchin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight * Vladlen Trostyansky — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight * Roman Rurua — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight


Bronze

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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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam *
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 ...
— Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round * Yury Tsapenko — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse *
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 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 *
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 l ...
— Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles * Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, men's 20 km walk * Ivan Belyayev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase * Taisiya Chenchik — Athletics, women's high jump * Yanis Lusis — Athletics, men's javelin throw * Yelena Gorchakova — Athletics, women's javelin throw *
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan (russian: Игорь Арамович Тер-Ованесян, born 19 May 1938) is a Ukrainian former competitor and coach in the long jump. Competing for the Soviet Union, he was a five-time European and two-time O ...
— Athletics, men's long jump * Tatyana Shchelkanova — Athletics, women's long jump *
Galina Bystrova Galina Petrovna Bystrova (née ''Dolzhenkova''; russian: Галина Петровна Быстрова; 8 February 1934 – 11 October 1999) was a Soviet athlete. She competed in the 80 m hurdles at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best ...
— Athletics, women's pentathlon * Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put * Viktor Kravchenko — Athletics, men's triple jump * Vadim Emelyanov — Boxing, men's heavyweight * Stanislav Sorokin — Boxing, men's flyweight * Yevgeny Penyaev — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m * Galina Alekseeva — Diving, women's 10 m platform * Sergei Filatov, his horse Absent — Equestrian, individual mixed * Sergei Filatov, Absent,
Ivan Kizimov Ivan Kizimov (russian: Иван Михайлович Кизимов; 28 May 1928 – 22 September 2019)
, Ikhor,
Ivan Kalita Iván I Danilovich Kalitá ( Russian: Ива́н I Данилович Калита́; 1 November 1288 – 31 March 1340 or 1341Basil Dmytryshyn, ''Medieval Russia:A source book, 850-1700'', (Academic International Press, 2000), 194.) was Grand D ...
, Moar — Equestrian, team mixed *
Guram Kostava Guram Kostava ( ka, გურამ კოსტავა; born 18 June 1937) is a Soviet fencer. Kostava won a bronze in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
— Fencing, men's épée individual * Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre individual *
Anzor Kiknadze Anzor Kiknadze ( ka, ანზორ კიკნაძე, russian: Анзор Леванович Кикнадзе, 26 March 1934 – 17 November 1977) was a Georgian judoka who won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division (+80 kg) at ...
— Judo, men's heavyweight * Parnaos Chikviladze — Judo, men's heavyweight * Oleg Stepanov — Judo, men's lightweight *
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— Judo, men's lightweight * Albert Mokeev — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition *
Svetlana Babanina Svetlana Viktorovna Babanina (russian: Светлана Викторовна Бабанина; born 4 February 1943) is a retired Soviet swimmer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpico ...
— Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke * Tatyana Savelyeva,
Svetlana Babanina Svetlana Viktorovna Babanina (russian: Светлана Викторовна Бабанина; born 4 February 1943) is a retired Soviet swimmer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpico ...
, Tatyana Devyatova, Natalya Ustinova — women's 4 × 100 m medley relay *
Igor Grabovsky Igor Vladimirovich Grabovsky (russian: Игорь Владимирович Грабовский, born September 2, 1941) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1964 he was a member of t ...
, Vladimir Kuznetsov,
Boris Grishin Boris Dmitriyevich Grishin (russian: Борис Дмитриевич Гришин, born 4 January 1938 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was married to champi ...
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Boris Popov Boris Nikitich Popov (russian: Борис Никитич Попов, born 21 March 1941) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Career In 1964 he was a member of the Soviet team whic ...
, Nikolai Kalashnikov, Zenon Bortkevich, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Vladimir Semyonov, Viktor Ageev,
Leonid Osipov Leonid Mikhaylovich Osipov (russian: Леонид Михайлович Осипов, 6 February 1943 – 5 November 2020) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964, 1968 and in the 1972 Summer Olympic ...
, Eduard Egorov — Water polo, men's team *
Aydin Ibrahimov Aydin Ali oglu Ibrahimov ( az, Aydın Əli oğlu İbrahimov; 17 September 1938 – 2 September 2021) was an Azerbaijani Amateur wrestling, wrestler. Biography He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Ibrahimov die ...
— Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight * Nodar Khokhashvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle featherweight * David Gvanteladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight


Athletics


Basketball


Boxing


Canoeing


Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1964. ; Individual road race * Gaynan Saydkhuzhin * Anatoly Olizarenko *
Yury Melikhov Yury Afanasyevich Melikhov (russian: Юрий Афанасьевич Мелихов; 1 April 1937 – February 2000) was a Russian cyclist. He competed in the road race and 100 km team time trial at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. In ...
* Aleksei Petrov ; Team time trial *
Yury Melikhov Yury Afanasyevich Melikhov (russian: Юрий Афанасьевич Мелихов; 1 April 1937 – February 2000) was a Russian cyclist. He competed in the road race and 100 km team time trial at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. In ...
* Anatoly Olizarenko * Aleksei Petrov * Gaynan Saydkhuzhin ; Sprint * Valery Khitrov * Omar Pkhak'adze ; 1000 m time trial * Viktor Logunov ;
Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
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Imants Bodnieks Imants Bodnieks (born 20 May 1941) is a retired Latvian track cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Olympics in the 1000 m sprint and at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines ...
* Viktor Logunov ;
Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...
* Stanislav Moskvin ;
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
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Dzintars Lācis Dzintars Lācis (18 May 1940 – 17 November 1992) was a Latvian cyclist. He had competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team pursuit and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. He had been part of the Soviet ...
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Leonid Kolumbet Leonid Fedorovych Kolumbet (14 October 1937 – 2 May 1983) was a Soviet track cyclist. Competing in the 4,000 m team pursuit he won a world title in 1963 and bronze medals at the 1960 Olympics and 1962 and 1964 world championships. Kolumbe ...
* Stanislav Moskvin * Sergey Tereshchenkov


Diving


Equestrian


Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1964. ; Men's foil *
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= ...
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German Sveshnikov German Sveshnikov (russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin she ...
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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 ...
; Men's team foil *
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= ...
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Yury Sisikin Yury Sisikin (russian: Юрий Фёдорович Сисикин; born 15 May 1937) is a Soviet fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals at three different Olympic Games. References 1937 births Living people Russian male fencers ...
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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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German Sveshnikov German Sveshnikov (russian: Герман Александрович Свешников; 11 May 1937 – 9 June 2003) was a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin she ...
, Yury Sharov ; Men's épée *
Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early ...
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Guram Kostava Guram Kostava ( ka, გურამ კოსტავა; born 18 June 1937) is a Soviet fencer. Kostava won a bronze in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
* Bruno Habārovs ; Men's team épée * Bruno Habārovs,
Guram Kostava Guram Kostava ( ka, გურამ კოსტავა; born 18 June 1937) is a Soviet fencer. Kostava won a bronze in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...
, Yury Smolyakov,
Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early ...
, Aleksey Nikanchikov ; Men's sabre * Umyar Mavlikhanov * Yakov Rylsky *
Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...
; Men's team sabre * Umyar Mavlikhanov,
Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...
, Yakov Rylsky, Boris Melnikov, Nugzar Asatiani ; Women's foil *
Galina Gorokhova Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of f ...
* Valentina Rastvorova * Valentina Prudskova ; Women's team foil * Valentina Rastvorova,
Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko (russian: Татьяна Дмитриевна Петренко-Самусенко; 2 November 1938 – 24 January 2000) was a Soviet fencer. She won gold medals in the team foil event at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer ...
, Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova,
Galina Gorokhova Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of f ...


Gymnastics


Judo


Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented the Soviet Union in 1964. The team won gold, Albert Mokeyev won an individual bronze and Igor Novikov won an individual silver. ;Individual *
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 ...
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Albert Mokeyev Albert Mokeyev (4 January 1936 – 27 February 1969) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Igor Novikov ...
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Viktor Mineyev Viktor Mineyev (19 June 1937 – 22 July 2002) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Igor Novikov and Al ...
;Team * Igor Novikov * Albert Mokeyev * Viktor Mineyev


Rowing

The Soviet Union had 26 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 ...
events in 1964. ; Men's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) * Vyacheslav Ivanov (Вячеслав Иванов) ; Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal) * Oleg Tyurin (Олег Тюрин) * Boris Dubrovskiy (Борис Дубровский) ; Men's coxless pair * Oleg Golovanov (Олег Голованов) * Valentin Boreyko (Валентин Борейко) ; Men's coxed pair – 4th place * Nikolay Safronov (Николай Сафронов) * Leonid Rakovshchik (Леонид Раковщик) * Igor Rudakov (Игорь Рудаков) ; Men's coxless four – 7th place * Celestinas Jucys (Целестинас Юцис) * Eugenijus Levickas (Еугениус Левицкас) * Jonas Motiejūnas (Йонас Матеюнас) * Anatoliy Sass (Анатолий Сасс) ; Men's coxed four – 5th place * Anatoliy Tkachuk ( Anatoly Tkachuk, Анатолий Ткачук) * Vitaly Kurdchenko (Виталий Курдченко) * Boris Kuzmin (Борис Кузьмин) * Vladimir Yevseyev (Владимир Евсеев) * Anatoly Luzgin (Анатолий Лузгин) ; Men's eight – 5th place * Juozas Jagelavičius ( Yozas Yagelavichyus, Йозас Ягелавичюс) * Yury Suslin (Юрий Суслин) *
Petras Karla Petras Karla (9 April 1937 – 14 October 1969) was a Lithuanian rower who specialized in the eight event. In this event he won three silver medals at the European and world championships of 1962–1964 and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Oly ...
(Петрас Карла) * Vytautas Briedis ( Vitautas Briedis, Витаутас Бриедис) * Volodymyr Sterlik ( Vladimir Sterlik, Владимир Стерлик) * Zigmas Jukna ( Zigmas Yukna, Зигмас Юкна) * Antanas Bagdonavičius ( Antanas Bagdonavichyus, Антанас Багдонавичюс) * Ričardas Vaitkevičius ( Richardas Vaytkyavichyus, Ричардас Вайткявичус) * Yury Lorentsson (Юрий Лоренцсон)


Sailing


Shooting

Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
Shota Kveliashvili Shota Kveliashvili (1 January 1938 – 25 April 2004) was a Georgian sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially know ...
won a silver in the 300 m rifle, three positions and
Pāvels Seničevs Pāvels Seničevs (10 June 1924 – 19 May 1997) was a Soviet sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. Biography In October 1962 he was a member of the Soviet team at the 38th World Shooting Ch ...
won a silver in the trap event. ;
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Igor Bakalov Igor Bakalov (9 December 1939 – 25 September 1992) was a Soviet sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and ...
* Aleksandr Zabelin ;
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 ...
* Albert Udachin * Yevgeny Rasskazov ; 300 m rifle, three positions *
Shota Kveliashvili Shota Kveliashvili (1 January 1938 – 25 April 2004) was a Georgian sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially know ...
* Aleksandrs Gerasimjonoks ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Viktor Shamburkin * Vladimir Chuyan ; 50 m rifle, prone * Vladimir Chuyan * Viktor Shamburkin ;
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Pāvels Seničevs Pāvels Seničevs (10 June 1924 – 19 May 1997) was a Soviet sports shooter. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. Biography In October 1962 he was a member of the Soviet team at the 38th World Shooting Ch ...
* Sergey Kalinin


Swimming


Volleyball

; Men's team competition * Round robin :* Defeated Romania (3–0) :* Defeated Netherlands (3–0) :* Defeated South Korea (3–0) :* Defeated Hungary (3–0) :* Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2) :* Lost to Japan (1–3) :* Defeated United States (3–0) :* Defeated Bulgaria (3–0) :* Defeated Brazil (3–0) → gold medal * Team roster :* Ivan Bugaenkov :* Nikolai Burobin :* Yuri Chesnokov :* Vascha Kacharava :* Valery Kalatschikhin :* Vitaly Kovalenko :* Stanislav Ljugailo :* Georgy Mondzolevsky :* Yuri Poryarkov :*
Eduard Sibiryakov Eduard Fyodorovich Sibiryakov (russian: Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков; 27 November 1941 – 14 January 2004) was a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the ...
:* Yuri Vengorovsky :* Dimitri Voskoboynikov ; Women's team competition * Round robin :* Defeated Romania (3–0) :* Defeated South Korea (3–0) :* Defeated Poland (3–0) :* Defeated United States (3–0) :* Lost to Japan (0–3) → silver medal * Team roster :* Nelly Abramova :* Astra Biltauere :* Lyudmila Buldakova :* Lyudmila Gureyeva :* Valentina Kamenek :* Marita Katusheva :* Ninel Lukanina :* Valentina Mishak :* Tatyana Roschina :*
Inna Ryskal Inna Valerievna Ryskal (russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former Soviet volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s ...
:* Nina Rishkova :* Tamara Tikhonina


Water polo


Weightlifting


Wrestling


References


External links


Official Olympic Reports

International Olympic Committee results database
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