The Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

(USSR) competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

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in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

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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 a total of 98 medals.

Gold

• Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises....
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercise
• Larisa Latynina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
• Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-Round
• Larisa Latynina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-Round
• Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
• Boris Shakhlin
  Boris Shakhlin
  Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
• Albert Azaryan
  Albert Azaryan
  Albert Vagharshakovich Azaryan is a Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast who competed internationally representing the Soviet Union. He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic champion on the still rings...
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings
• Victor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises....
  
  , Boris Shakhlin
  Boris Shakhlin
  Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Albert Azaryan
  Albert Azaryan
  Albert Vagharshakovich Azaryan is a Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast who competed internationally representing the Soviet Union. He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic champion on the still rings...
  
  , Yuri Titov
  Yuri Titov
  Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...
  
  , Pavel Stolbov — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition
• Tamara Manina
  Tamara Manina
  Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad....
  
  , Larisa Latynina, Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:...
  
  , Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova, Polina Astakhova
  Polina Astakhova
  Polina Astakhova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast who won ten medals at the Summer Olympics, where she participated as a member of the USSR team in 1956, 1960 and 1964.-Biography:Astakhova became interested in artistic gymnastics at age 13,...
  
  , Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
• Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises....
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
• Larisa Latynina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault
• Vladimir Kuts
  Vladimir Kuts
  Vladimir Petrovich Kuts was a Soviet long distance runner. He is alternatively known as Volodymyr Kuts, the Ukrainian spelling, as Kuts was born in Aleksino, which is in present-day Ukraine....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 10000m
• Leonid Spirin
  Leonid Spirin
  Leonid Vasilevich Spirin was a Russian athlete who competed for the Soviet Union.He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the gold medal....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
• Vladimir Kuts
  Vladimir Kuts
  Vladimir Petrovich Kuts was a Soviet long distance runner. He is alternatively known as Volodymyr Kuts, the Ukrainian spelling, as Kuts was born in Aleksino, which is in present-day Ukraine....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 5000m
• Inese Jaunzeme
  Inese Jaunzeme
  Inese Jaunzeme was a Latvian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.Born in Pļaviņas, she trained with the Dynamo club in Riga. Jaunzeme was third in the javelin at the USSR Championships in 1956, earning herself a place on the Olympic team for the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne,...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Tamara Tyshkevich
  Tamara Tyshkevich
  Tamara Andreevna Tyshkevich was an athlete who mainly competed in the shot put event. She trained in Leningrad at Zenit and represented the Soviet Union....
  
   — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
• Vladimir Safronov
  Vladimir Safronov
  Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov was a featherweight amateur boxer.Safronov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Chita, Irkutsk, Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1957 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Vladimir Engibaryan — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight
• Gennadi Shatkov — Boxing, Men's 71-75kg
• Pavel Kharin
  Pavel Kharin
  Pavel Kharin was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Melbourne in 1956 with a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events.-References:*...
  
  , Gratsian Botev
  Gratsian Botev
  Gratsian Botev was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won two medals with a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events.-References:...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C-2 10000m
• Elizaveta Dementyeva — Canoeing, Women's K-1 500m
• Lev Yashin
  Lev Yashin
  Lev Ivanovich Yashin nicknamed as "The Black Spider", was a Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper, considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game. He was known for his superior athleticism in goal, imposing stature, amazing reflex saves and inventing the idea of...
  
  , Nikolai Tishchenko
  Nikolai Tishchenko
  Nikolai Ivanovich Tishchenko was a Soviet football player.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958....
  
  , , Mikhail Okonkov, Aleksei Paramonov
  Aleksei Paramonov
  Aleksei Aleksandrovich Paramonov is a retired Soviet football player and manager.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1954, 1955....
  
  , Anatoli Bashashkin
  Anatoli Bashashkin
  Anatoli Vasilievich Bashashkin was a Russian footballer in the 1940s and 1950s and a football coach later. He played as a central defender....
  
  , Igor Netto
  Igor Netto
  Igor Aleksandrovich Netto was a footballer from the Soviet Union, considered one of the greatest Soviet players ever. He started out as a left defender but, due to his offensive mentality, dribbling and technical abilities turned into a dynamic central midfielder...
  
  , Boris Tatushin
  Boris Tatushin
  Boris Georgiyevich Tatushin was a Soviet football player and manager.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1953, 1956, 1958.-International career:...
  
  , Anatoli Isayev
  Anatoli Isayev
  Anatoli Konstantinovich Isayev is a retired Soviet football player and Soviet and Russian coach.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962.* Soviet Cup winner: 1958....
  
  , Eduard Streltsov
  Eduard Streltsov
  Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov was a Soviet footballer who represented Torpedo Moscow as a forward. Joining Torpedo at the age of 16 from the Fraser factory team in 1953, Streltsov made his international debut two years later and played a key role in winning the gold medal for the Soviet national...
  
  , Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
  Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
  Valentin Kozmich Ivanov was a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals...
  
  , Vladimir Ryzhkin
  Vladimir Ryzhkin
  Vladimir Alekseyevich Ryzhkin was a Soviet football player. He was born in Moscow.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1954, 1955, 1957.* Soviet Cup winner: 1953....
  
  , Boris Kuznetsov, Iosif Betsa, Sergei Salnikov
  Sergei Salnikov
  Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov was a Soviet football player and manager.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1954, 1956, 1958....
  
  , Boris Razinsky
  Boris Razinsky
  Boris Davidovich Razinsky is a retired Soviet Russian football player and manager. He played both as a goalkeeper and as a striker...
  
  , Anatoli Maslenkin, Anatoli Ilyin
  Anatoli Ilyin
  Anatoli Mikhaïlovitch Ilyin is a former Soviet Russian footballer.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1954, 1955.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1957, 1961....
  
   and Nikita Simonyan — Football (Soccer), Men's Team Competition
• Igor Novikov
  Igor Novikov (pentathlete)
  Igor Novikov is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition Igor Novikov (19 October 1929 – 30 August 2007) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He...
  
  , Ivan Deryugin
  Ivan Deryugin
  Ivan Deryugin was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition Ivan Deryugin (25 November 1928 – 10 January 1996) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at...
  
  , Aleksandr Tarasov
  Aleksandr Tarasov
  Aleksandr Tarasov was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition Aleksandr Tarasov (March 23, 1927 – June 16, 1984) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed...
  
   — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
• Aleksandr Berkutov
  Aleksandr Berkutov
  Aleksandr Nikolaevich Berkutov is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Zubchaninovka, Samara Oblast....
  
  , Yuri Tyukalov
  Yuri Tyukalov
  Yuri Sergeevich Tyukalov was an Olympic Champion Rower who competed for the USSR. He was born in Leningrad.Tyukalov trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
• Vyacheslav Ivanov
  Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov
  Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov is known to most of the non-Russian speaking world as Vyacheslav Ivanov, was one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
• Vitali Romanenko — Shooting, Men's 100m Running Deer, Single/Double Shots
• Vasili Borisov — Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions
• Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
• Igor Rybak — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Fedor Bogdanovsky — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Arkady Vorobyov
  Arkady Vorobyov
  Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov was a Russian Soviet middle-heavyweight, who won two Olympic gold medals in weightlifting.Arkady Vorobyov took part in the German-Soviet War, serving in the Marines. After the war he worked on the restoration of the Odessa sea port and cleared the adjoining area of water...
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
• Mirian Tsalkalamanidze
  Mirian Tsalkalamanidze
  Mirian Tsalkalamanidze is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.-Olympics:...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
• Anatoli Parfenov — 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 — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
• Valentin Nikolayev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight

Silver

• Tamara Manina
  Tamara Manina
  Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad....
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
• Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercise
• Yuri Titov
  Yuri Titov
  Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Muratov
  Valentin Ivanovich Muratov was a Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises....
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings
• Larisa Latynina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
• Tamara Manina
  Tamara Manina
  Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad....
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault
• Antanas Mikenas
  Antanas Mikenas
  Antanas Mikėnas was a Soviet-Lithuanian athlete who competed mainly in the 20 kilometer walk during his career. He trained at Spartak in Vilnius....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
• Leonid Bartenev
  Leonid Bartenev
  Leonid Vladimirovich Bartenev was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Burevestnik in Kiev. He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Yuriy...
  
  , Yuriy Konovalov, Vladimir Sukharev, Boris Tokarev — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
• Yevgeniy Maskinskov — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk
• Irina Beglyakova
  Irina Beglyakova
  Irina Beglyakova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Discus. She trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.She competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the Discus where she won the Silver medal.-References:...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Mikhail Krivonosov
  Mikhail Krivonosov
  Mikhail Petrovich Krivonosov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.Krivonosov graduated from the Byelorussian Institute for Physical Culture in 1953. He trained at Burevestnik in Minsk and competed internationally for the USSR throughout his career...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• Mariya Pisareva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Galina Zybina
  Galina Zybina
  Galina Ivanovna Zybina was a Russian shot-putter and javelin thrower who won three Olympic medals. She trained at VSS Zenit and later at VSS Trud. Her fame rests primarily on eight consecutive world records in the shot put .-External links:*...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
• Valdis Muizhniek, Maigonis Valdmanis
  Maigonis Valdmanis
  Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....
  
  , Vladimir Torban, Stasys Stonkus
  Stasys Stonkus
  Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus is a retired Soviet present day 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 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute...
  
  , Kazys Petkevičius
  Kazys Petkevicius
  Kazimieras Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas and later at Burevestnik in Leningrad.He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He...
  
  , Arkadi Bochkarev, Jānis Krūmiņš
  Janis Kruminš
  Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...
  
  , Mikhail Semyonov
  Mikhail Semyonov
  Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...
  
  , Algirdas Lauritenas, Yuri Ozerov, Viktor Zubkov
  Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
  Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....
  
  , Mikhail Studenetsky — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
• Lev Mukhin
  Lev Mukhin
  Lev Dmitrievich Mukhin was a Soviet boxer, who won the silver medal in the Heavyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, , losing by RSC-1 , to Pete Rademacher of the United States. Radmeacher would score three knockdowns, before the bout was stopped...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Pavel Kharin
  Pavel Kharin
  Pavel Kharin was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Melbourne in 1956 with a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events.-References:*...
  
  , Gratsian Botev
  Gratsian Botev
  Gratsian Botev was a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won two medals with a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events.-References:...
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000m
• Igor Pissarev — Canoeing, Men's K-1 1000m
• Mikhail Kaaleste
  Mikhail Kaaleste
  Mikhail Kaaleste was an Estonian sprint canoer who competed in 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne....
  
  , Anatoli Demitkov
  Anatoli Demitkov
  Anatoli Demitkov was an Estonian sprint canoer who competed in 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000m
• Igor Buldakov
  Igor Buldakov
  Igor Vasilevich Buldakov was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1956 he and his partner Viktor Ivanov won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...
  
  , Viktor Ivanov
  Viktor Ivanov (rower)
  Viktor Nikolaevich Ivanov is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1956 he and his partner Igor Buldakov won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pair
• Yevgeni Cherkasov — Shooting, Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
• Allan Erdman — Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions
• Makhmud Umarov — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol
• Vasili Borisov — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle Prone
• Vladimir Stogov
  Vladimir Stogov
  Vladimir Stepanovich Stogov was a former Russian weightlifter, World champion, and Olympic medalist, who competed for the Soviet Union....
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
• Yevgeni Minaev
  Yevgeni Minaev
  Yevgeni Gavrilovich Minaev is a former Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born in Klin.Minaev received a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne....
  
   — 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

• Yuri Titov
  Yuri Titov
  Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-Round
• Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:...
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-Round
• Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
• Tamara Manina
  Tamara Manina
  Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad....
  
  , Larisa Latynina, Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:...
  
  , Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova, Polina Astakhova
  Polina Astakhova
  Polina Astakhova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast who won ten medals at the Summer Olympics, where she participated as a member of the USSR team in 1956, 1960 and 1964.-Biography:Astakhova became interested in artistic gymnastics at age 13,...
  
  , Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team, Portable Apparatus
• Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Muratova
  Sofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:...
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
• Yuri Titov
  Yuri Titov
  Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...
  
   — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
• Bruno Junk
  Bruno Junk
  Bruno Junk was an Estonian athlete who competed mainly in walking events. He trained in Moscow and later in Tallinn at Dynamo....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
• Ardalion Ignatyev
  Ardalion Ignatyev
  Ardalion Vasilyevich Ignatyev was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in the village of Novoye Toyderyakovo, Yalchiksky District, Chuvash ASSR....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400m
• Vasili Kuznetsov — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Nina Romashkova
  Nina Romashkova
  Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion.She became interested in athletics since 1947, when she entered the Physical Training Faculty of the Stavropol Pedagogical Institute...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Anatoli Samotsvetov
  Anatoli Samotsvetov
  Anatoliy Vasilyevich Samotsvetov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He was born in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• Igor Kashkarov
  Igor Kashkarov
  Igor Kashkarov is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. He trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the high jump where he won the bronze medal....
  
   — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Viktor Tsybulenko
  Viktor Tsybulenko
  Viktor Sergeevich Tsybulenko was a Soviet athlete of Ukrainian descent who competed mainly in the javelin throw, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Nadezhda Konyaeva — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili
  Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili
  Nadezhda Pavlovna Khnykina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres and long jump.Khnykina trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi. She competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 200 metres where she won the bronze medal...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Vitold Kreer — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
• Anatoli Lagetko — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Romualdas Murauskas
  Romualdas Murauskas
  Romualdas Murauskas was a boxer from the Soviet Union.He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the light-heavyweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight
• Gennady Bukharin
  Gennady Bukharin
  Gennady Bukharin is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won bronze medals in the C-1 1000 m and C-1 10000 m events....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C-1 10000m
• Gennady Bukharin
  Gennady Bukharin
  Gennady Bukharin is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won bronze medals in the C-1 1000 m and C-1 10000 m events....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
• Lev Kuznetsov
  Lev Kuznetsov (fencer)
  Lev Kuznetsov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won two bronze medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Yakov Rylsky
  Yakov Rylsky
  Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky was a Jewish sabre fencer of the Soviet Union. He competed in three Olympiads, and won two medals for the Soviet Union's fencing team.-Fencing career:Rylsky began fencing in 1950...
  
  , David Tyshler
  David Tyshler
  David Abramovich Tyshler is a former competitive sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers . He is best known as an extremely successful and innovative fencing coach...
  
  , Lev Kuznetsov
  Lev Kuznetsov (fencer)
  Lev Kuznetsov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won two bronze medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Yevgeni Cherepovsky, Leonid Bogdanov
  Leonid Bogdanov
  Leonid Bogdanov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
• Igor Emchuk, Georgi Zhilin, Vladimir Petrov
  Vladimir Petrov (rower)
  Vladimir Viktorovich Petrov is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow.In 1956 he was the coxswain of the Soviet boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed pairs event. He was also the coxswain of the Soviet boat which was eliminated in...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Pair-Oared Shell With Coxswain
• Vladimir Sevryugin — Shooting, Men's 100m Running Deer, Single/Double Shots
• Kharis Yunichev — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
• Vitali Sorokin, Vladimir Struzhanov, Gennadi Nikolaev, Boris Nikitin — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
• Boris Goikhman, Valentin Prokopov
  Valentin Prokopov
  Valentin Ivanovich Prokopov is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He is perhaps best remembered as the man who struck Hungarian player Ervin Zádor in the Blood in the Water match.In 1952 he was part of the...
  
  , Yuri Shlyapin, Vyacheslav Kurennoi, Pyotr Breus
  Pyotr Breus
  Pyotr Pavlovich Breus , was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Pyotr Mshvenieradze, Boris Markarov
  Boris Markarov
  Boris Nikitich Markarov is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal in the 1956 tournament. He played four matches and scored one goal....
  
  , Mikhail Ryzhak
  Mikhail Ryzhak
  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ryzhak was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR....
  
  , Viktor Ageev
  Viktor Ageev
  Viktor Ivanovich Ageev is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow....
  
   and Nodar Gvakhariya
  Nodar Gvakhariya
  Nodar Gvakharia was a Georgian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal in the 1956 tournament. He played three matches and scored four goals.-References:...
  
   — Water polo, men's team competition
• Mikhail Shakhov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
• Alimbeg Bestaev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
• Vakhtang Balavadze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
• Georgi Skhirtladze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
• Roman Dzeneladze — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Boris Stolyarov
• Heat — 14.4s
• Semifinals — 14.5s
• Final — 14.6s (→ 6th place)

• Anatoly Mikhailov
  Anatoly Mikhailov
  Anatoly Mikhailov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad at Zenit and later at VSS Trud....
  
  
• 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)

Cycling

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint

• Boris Romanov — 7th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Boris Savostin — 1:12.3 (→ 5th place)

Men's 2.000m Tandem

• Rostislav Vargashkin
  Vladimir Leonov — 9th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• Eduard Gussev
  Rotislav Shidzhikov
  Viktor Ilyin
  Vladimir Mytin — 8th place

Men's Team Time Trial

• Anatoly Cherepovich
  Mykola Kolumbet
  Viktor Kapitonov
  Viktor Kapitonov
  Viktor Arsenevich Kapitonov was a Soviet cyclist and Olympic Champion.He was born in Kalinin.He won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome in the Individual Road Race. He also obtained a bronze medal in the Team Road Race....
  
   — 63 points (→ 6th place)

Men's Individual Road Race

• Anatoly Cherepovich — 5:23:50 (→ 15th place)
• Mykola Kolumbet — 5:23:50 (→ 16th place)
• Viktor Kapitonov
  Viktor Kapitonov
  Viktor Arsenevich Kapitonov was a Soviet cyclist and Olympic Champion.He was born in Kalinin.He won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome in the Individual Road Race. He also obtained a bronze medal in the Team Road Race....
  
   — 5:30:45 (→ 32nd place)
• Viktor Verkhinin — 5:34:21 (→ 35th place)

Diving

Men's 10m 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 10m 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

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 26, 1956. 32 fencers from 14 nations competed.-Results:...

• Mark Midler
  Mark Midler
  Mark Petrovich Midler was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.-Fencing career:Midler was a member of the USSR National Fencing Team between 1951 and 1967...
  
  
• Yury Rudov
• Iuri Osip'ovi
  Iuri Osip'ovi
  Iuri Osip'ovi is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held November 23 1956...

• Yury Rudov, Iuri Osip'ovi
  Iuri Osip'ovi
  Iuri Osip'ovi is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Mark Midler
  Mark Midler
  Mark Petrovich Midler was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.-Fencing career:Midler was a member of the USSR National Fencing Team between 1951 and 1967...
  
  , Aleksandr Ovsyankin, Viktor Zhdanovich
  Viktor Zhdanovich
  Viktor Franzovich Zhdanovich is a Soviet fencer.He was World Champion four times , and twice Olympic Champion in the foil individual events and in 1964 in the foil team gold medal....
  
  , Yury Ivanov
  Yury Ivanov
  Yury Ivanov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 30 1956. 41 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Arnold Chernushevich
  Arnold Chernushevich
  Arnold Chernushevich was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Revaz Tsirek'idze
  Revaz Tsirek'idze
  Revaz Tsirek'idze is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Juozas Ūdras
  Juozas Ūdras
  Juozas Ūdras was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team épée

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 28 1956...

• Arnold Chernushevich
  Arnold Chernushevich
  Arnold Chernushevich was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Valentin Chernikov
  Valentin Chernikov
  Valentin Chernikov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Lev Saychuk
  Lev Saychuk
  Lev Saychuk was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the team event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Revaz Tsirek'idze
  Revaz Tsirek'idze
  Revaz Tsirek'idze is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Juozas Ūdras
  Juozas Ūdras
  Juozas Ūdras was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Valentin Vdovichenko
  Valentin Vdovichenko
  Valentin Vdovichenko was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on December 5 1956. 35 fencers from 17 nations competed.-Results:...

• Lev Kuznetsov
  Lev Kuznetsov (fencer)
  Lev Kuznetsov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won two bronze medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Yevgeny Cherepovsky
  Yevgeny Cherepovsky
  Yevgeny Cherepovsky is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Yakov Rylsky
  Yakov Rylsky
  Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky was a Jewish sabre fencer of the Soviet Union. He competed in three Olympiads, and won two medals for the Soviet Union's fencing team.-Fencing career:Rylsky began fencing in 1950...
  
  

Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on December 3 1956...

• Lev Kuznetsov
  Lev Kuznetsov (fencer)
  Lev Kuznetsov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won two bronze medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Yakov Rylsky
  Yakov Rylsky
  Yakov Anufrievich Rylsky was a Jewish sabre fencer of the Soviet Union. He competed in three Olympiads, and won two medals for the Soviet Union's fencing team.-Fencing career:Rylsky began fencing in 1950...
  
  , Yevgeny Cherepovsky
  Yevgeny Cherepovsky
  Yevgeny Cherepovsky is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , David Tyshler
  David Tyshler
  David Abramovich Tyshler is a former competitive sabreur, part of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers . He is best known as an extremely successful and innovative fencing coach...
  
  , Leonid Bogdanov
  Leonid Bogdanov
  Leonid Bogdanov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on November 29 1956. 23 fencers from 11 nations competed.-Results:...

• Emma Yefimova
  Emma Yefimova
  Emma Yefimova was a Soviet fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Valentina Rastvorova
  Valentina Rastvorova
  Valentina Rastvorova is a former Soviet fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.She received a gold medal in foil team and a silver medal in foil individual at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. She received a silver medal in foil team in 1964.-References:...
  
  
• Nadezhda Shitikova

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.

1	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	47	33	36	116
2	Ukrainian SSR	14	4	11	29
3	Armenian SSR	4	0	0	4
4	Georgian SSR	2	0	6	8
5	Latvian SSR	1	4	0	5
6	Lithuanian SSR	0	3	1	4
7	Azerbaijan SSR	0	1	0	1
	Byelorussian SSR	0	1	0	1
9	Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic	0	0	1	1

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database - for medal stats by republic