Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | URS |
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
Competitors | 53 (47 men, 6 women)[1] in 6 sports |
Flag bearer | Oleg Goncharenko |
Medals Ranked 1st |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Medalists
[edit]Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
Gennady Chertishchev | Giant slalom | 3:48.9 | 55 | ||
Downhill | DSQ | DNF | |||
Aleksandr Filatov | Giant slalom | 3:27.8 | 33 | ||
Slalom | 1:33.5 | 2:36.0 | 4:09.5 | 30 | |
Downhill | 3:16.6 | 16 | |||
Vyacheslav Melnikov | Slalom | TNK | DSQ | did not finish | |
Yury Sharkov | Giant slalom | 3:41.8 | 46 | ||
Slalom | DSQ | did not finish | |||
Sergey Shustov | Downhill | DSQ | DNF | ||
Viktor Talyanov | Giant slalom | 3:45.2 | 52 | ||
Slalom | 1:49.2 | 2:06.9 | 3:56.1 | 24 | |
Downhill | 3:26.5 | 21 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Final | |||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
Aleksandra Artyomenko | Giant slalom | 4:04.5 | 44 | ||
Slalom | DSQ | did not finish | |||
Downhill | 1:51.1 | 14 | |||
Yevgeniya Sidorova | Giant slalom | 2:31.3 | 40 | ||
Slalom | 56.9 | 59.8 | 1:56.7 | ![]() | |
Downhill | 1:59.8 | 37 |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Nikolay Anikin | 15 km | 50:58 | 7 |
Viktor Baranov | 50 km | 3:03:55 | 7 |
Minnevali Galiyev | 15 km | 52:49 | 18 |
Pavel Kolchin | 15 km | 50:17 | ![]() |
30 km | 1:45:45 | ![]() | |
50 km | 2:58:00 | 6 | |
Vladimir Kuzin | 15 km | 51:36 | 10 |
30 km | 1:46:09 | 5 | |
Anatoly Shelyukhin | 30 km | 1:45:46 | 4 |
50 km | 2:56:40 | 5 | |
Fyodor Terentyev | 30 km | 1:46:43 | 6 |
50 km | 2:53:32 | ![]() | |
Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin |
Relay 4 x 10 km | 2:15:30 | ![]() |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Anna Kaaleste | 10 km | 40:29 | 9 |
Alevtina Kolchina | 10 km | 38:46 | 4 |
Lyubov Kozyreva | 10 km | 38:11 | ![]() |
Radya Yeroshina | 10 km | 38:16 | ![]() |
Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina |
Relay 3 x 5 km | 1:09:28 | ![]() |
Ice hockey
[edit]- Men
- Head coach:
Arkady Chernyshev
Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
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GK | Nikolai Puchkov | ||
GK | Grigory Mkrtychan | ||
D | Nikolai Sologubov | ||
D | Dmitry Ukolov | ||
D | Ivan Tregubov | ||
D | Genrikh Sidorenkov | ||
D | Alfred Kuchevsky | ||
F | Yevgeny Babich | ||
F | Viktor Shuvalov | ||
F | Vsevolod Bobrov | ||
F | Yuri Krylov | ||
F | Aleksandr Uvarov | ||
F | Valentin Kuzin | ||
F | Yuri Pantyukhov | ||
F | Alexei Guryshev | ||
F | Nikolay Khlystov | ||
F | Viktor Nikiforov |
- Preliminary round
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
27 January 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union ![]() | 5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0) | ![]() |
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29 January 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union ![]() | 10–3 (4–1, 2–0, 4–2) | ![]() |
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- Final round
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
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5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
30 January 1956 19:00 | Soviet Union ![]() | 4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0) | ![]() |
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31 January 1956 19:00 | Soviet Union ![]() | 8–0 (0–0, 7–0, 1–0) | ![]() |
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2 February 1956 22:00 | Soviet Union ![]() | 7–4 (2–1, 3–0, 2–3) | ![]() |
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3 February 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union ![]() | 4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0) | ![]() |
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4 February 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union ![]() | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() |
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Nordic combined
[edit]Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||
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Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Leonid Fyodorov | Individual 15 km | 201.0 | 12 | 59:17 | 228.500 | 12 | 429.500 | 10 |
Nikolay Gusakov | Individual 15 km | 200.0 | 14 | 58:17 | 232.300 | 8 | 432.300 | 7 |
Uno Kajak | Individual 15 km | 186.5 | 27 | 1:00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 409.100 | 26 |
Yury Moshkin | Individual 15 km | 217.5 | 1 | 1:04:18 | 209.100 | 31 | 426.600 | 13 |
Ski jumping
[edit]Athlete | Event | First round | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
Yury Moshkin | Normal hill | 91.5 | 35 | 92.5 | 184.0 | 34 |
Nikolay Shamov | Normal hill | 103.0 | 14 | 98.0 | 201.0 | 16 |
Koba Zakadze | Normal hill | 107.0 | 8 | 78.0 | 185.0 | 30 |
Speed skating
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Oleg Goncharenko | 5000 m | 7:57.5 | ![]() |
10000 m | 16:42.3 | ![]() | |
Rafayel Grach | 500 m | 40.8 | ![]() |
Yevgeny Grishin | 500 m | 40.2 WR | ![]() |
1500 m | 2:08.6 WR | ![]() | |
Robert Merkulov | 1500 m | 2:10.3 | 5 |
Yuri Mikhaylov | 500 m | did not finish | |
1500 m | 2:08.6 WR | ![]() | |
Dmitry Sakunenko | 5000 m | 8:10.5 | 16 |
Yuri Sergeev | 500 m | 41.1 | 4 |
Boris Shilkov | 1500 m | 2:11.9 | 8 |
5000 m | 7:48.7 OR | ![]() | |
Vladimir Shilykovsky | 10000 m | 17:17.6 | 16 |
Boris Tsybin | 10000 m | 17:03.4 | 9 |
Boris Yakimov | 5000 m | 8:12.6 | 19 |
10000 m | 16:59.7 | 7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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The Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Soviet Union did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott. |
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