Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Archery

Individual, Men Viktor Sidoruk 7
Mikhail Peunov 12
Mati Vaikjärv 24
Individual, Women Emma Gapchenko 3 Bronze
Ketevan Losaberidze 4
Alla Peunova 8

Artistic Gymnastics

Individual All-Around, Men Nikolay Andrianov 4
Viktor Klimenko =6
Mikhail Voronin 12
Vladimir Shchukin 16
Aleksandr Maleyev 18
Edvard Mikaelyan =20
Team All-Around, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Nikolay AndrianovMikhail VoroninViktor KlimenkoEdvard MikaelyanAleksandr MaleyevVladimir Shchukin
Floor Exercise, Men Nikolay Andrianov 1 Gold
Edvard Mikaelyan =10 r1/1
Aleksandr Maleyev =14 r1/1
Vladimir Shchukin =16 r1/1
Viktor Klimenko =19 r1/1
Mikhail Voronin =19 r1/1
Horse Vault, Men Viktor Klimenko 2 Silver
Nikolay Andrianov 3 Bronze
Mikhail Voronin =16 r1/1
Edvard Mikaelyan =23 r1/1
Aleksandr Maleyev =30 r1/1
Vladimir Shchukin =41 r1/1
Parallel Bars, Men Viktor Klimenko 4
Nikolay Andrianov 6
Mikhail Voronin =6 r1/1
Edvard Mikaelyan =11 r1/1
Aleksandr Maleyev =17 r1/1
Vladimir Shchukin =45 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men Nikolay Andrianov 6
Edvard Mikaelyan =8 r1/1
Mikhail Voronin =10 r1/1
Vladimir Shchukin =10 r1/1
Aleksandr Maleyev 19 r1/1
Viktor Klimenko =26 r1/1
Rings, Men Mikhail Voronin 2 Silver
Nikolay Andrianov =6 r1/1
Edvard Mikaelyan =12 r1/1
Viktor Klimenko =16 r1/1
Aleksandr Maleyev =22 r1/1
Vladimir Shchukin =22 r1/1
Pommelled Horse, Men Viktor Klimenko 1 Gold
Mikhail Voronin 5
Edvard Mikaelyan =8 r1/1
Nikolay Andrianov =17 r1/1
Aleksandr Maleyev =19 r1/1
Vladimir Shchukin =24 r1/1
Individual All-Around, Women Lyudmila Turishcheva 1 Gold
Tamara Lazakovich 3 Bronze
Lyubov Burda 5
Olga Korbut 7
Elvira Saadi 8
Antanina Koshal 16
Team All-Around, Women Soviet Union 1 Gold
Lyudmila TurishchevaOlga KorbutTamara LazakovichLyubov BurdaElvira SaadiAntanina Koshal
Floor Exercise, Women Olga Korbut 1 Gold
Lyudmila Turishcheva 2 Silver
Tamara Lazakovich 3 Bronze
Lyubov Burda =5
Elvira Saadi =9 r1/1
Antanina Koshal =33 r1/1
Horse Vault, Women Lyudmila Turishcheva 3 Bronze
Lyubov Burda 4
Olga Korbut 5
Tamara Lazakovich 6
Elvira Saadi 9 r1/1
Antanina Koshal =12 r1/1
Uneven Bars, Women Olga Korbut =2 Silver
Lyudmila Turishcheva 4
Tamara Lazakovich 7 r1/1
Lyubov Burda =10 r1/1
Elvira Saadi =18 r1/1
Antanina Koshal =49 r1/1
Balance Beam, Women Olga Korbut 1 Gold
Tamara Lazakovich 2 Silver
Lyudmila Turishcheva 5
Lyubov Burda 8 r1/1
Elvira Saadi =10 r1/1
Antanina Koshal =12 r1/1

Athletics

100 metres, Men Valery Borzov 1 Gold
Aleksandr Kornelyuk 4
Vladimir Atamas 8 h5 r2/4
200 metres, Men Valery Borzov 1 Gold
Vladimir Lovetsky 4 h4 r2/4
800 metres, Men Yevgeny Arzhanov 2 Silver
Ivan Ivanov 5 h2 r2/3
Yevgeny Volkov 8 h1 r2/3
1,500 metres, Men Vladimir Panteley 8
Ivan Ivanov 6 h1 r1/3
Yevgeny Arzhanov DNS
5,000 metres, Men Nikolay Sviridov 8
Nikolay Puklakov 6 h4 r1/2
Vladimir Afonin 7 h2 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Pavlo Andreiev 11
Anatoly Badrankov 6 h1 r1/2
Rashid Sharafetdinov 6 h2 r1/2
Marathon, Men Yury Velikorodnykh 14
Anatolijus Baranovas 15
Igor Shcherbak 35
110 metres Hurdles, Men Viktor Myasnikov 5 h2 r1/3
400 metres Hurdles, Men Yevgeny Gavrilenko =6
Yury Zorin 8
Viktor Savchenko 7 h1 r2/3
3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men Romualdas Bitė 7
Sergey Skripka 6 h2 r1/2
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Aleksandr KornelyukVladimir LovetskyJuris SilovsValery BorzovVladimir Atamas (DNS)Viktor Myasnikov (DNS)
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Vladimir Golubnichy 2 Silver
Nikolay Smaga 5
Yevgeny Ivchenko DQ
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Veniamin Soldatenko 2 Silver
Otto Barch 4
Sergey Grigoryev DQ
High Jump, Men Jüri Tarmak 1 Gold
Rustam Akhmetov 8
Kęstutis Šapka =12
Long Jump, Men Leonid Barkovsky 8
Valery Podluzhny 9
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 13 r1/2
Triple Jump, Men Viktor Saneyev 1 Gold
Mikhail Bariban 9
Gennady Bessonov 15 r1/2
Shot Put, Men Rimantas Plungė 14
Aleksandr Baryshnikov 22 r1/2
Hammer Throw, Men Anatoly Bondarchuk 1 Gold
Vasily Khmelevsky 3 Bronze
Iosif Gamsky 18
Javelin Throw, Men Jānis Lūsis 2 Silver
Decathlon, Men Nikolay Avilov 1 Gold
Leonid Litvinenko 2 Silver
Boris Ivanov 13
100 metres, Women Lyudmila Zharkova 8 h2 r3/4
Galina Bukharina 8 h3 r2/4
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya DNS
200 metres, Women Nadezhda Besfamilnaya 5 h2 r3/4
Marina Sidorova 7 h1 r3/4
400 metres, Women Nadezhda Kolesnikova 7 h2 r3/4
Olga Syrovatskaya 7 h3 r2/4
Nataliya Pechonkina-Chistyakova 8 h2 r2/4
800 metres, Women Nijolė Sabaitė 2 Silver
Nina Morgunova 8 h2 r2/3
Raissa Ruus 7 h4 r1/3
1,500 metres, Women Lyudmila Bragina 1 Gold
Tamara Pangelova 7
Tamara Kazachkova 8 h4 r1/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Soviet Union 5
Marina SidorovaGalina BukharinaLyudmila ZharkovaNadezhda BesfamilnayaNadezhda Yudina (DNS)Nadezhda Kolesnikova (DNS)
4 × 400 metres Relay, Women Soviet Union 8
Lyubov RuntsoOlga SyrovatskayaNataliya Pechonkina-ChistyakovaNadezhda KolesnikovaValentina Chichayeva (DNS)Nijolė Sabaitė (DNS)
High Jump, Women Antonina Lazaryeva 26 r1/2
Galina Filatova DNS
Long Jump, Women Lyubov Ilyina 18 r1/2
Shot Put, Women Nadezhda Chizhova 1 Gold
Esfir Dolzhenko 4
Antonina Ivanova 9
Discus Throw, Women Faina Melnik 1 Gold
Tamara Danilova 4
Lyudmila Muravyova 8
Javelin Throw, Women Svetlana Korolyova 8
Nina Marakina 16 r1/2
Pentathlon, Women Valentina Tikhomirova 5
Nadezhda Tkachenko 9

Basketball

Basketball, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Anatoly PolivodaSergey BelovZurab Sak'andelidzeGennady VolnovSergey KovalenkoModestas PaulauskasAlzhan ZharmukhamedovAleksandr BoloshevIvan YedeshkoMikheil KorkiaIvan DvornyAleksandr Belov

Boxing

Light-Flyweight, Men Vladimir Ivanov =5
Flyweight, Men Boris Zoriktuyev =5
Bantamweight, Men Vasily Solomin =5
Featherweight, Men Boris Kuznetsov 1 Gold
Lightweight, Men Gennady Dobrokhotov =17
Light-Welterweight, Men Anatoly Kamnev =9
Welterweight, Men Anatoly Khokhlov =5
Light-Middleweight, Men Valery Tregubov =9
Middleweight, Men Vyacheslav Lemeshev 1 Gold
Light-Heavyweight, Men Nikolay Anfimov =5
Heavyweight, Men Yury Nesterov =9

Canoe Slalom

Kayak Singles, Slalom, Men Gogi Nask'idashvili 31
Kayak Singles, Slalom, Women Biruta Hercova-Hercberga 19

Canoe Sprint

Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Aleksandr Shaparenko 1 Gold
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Nikolay GorbachovVikt'or K'rat'asiuk'i
Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Yury FilatovYury StetsenkoVladimir MorozovValery Didenko
Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men Vasily Yurchenko 5
Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Vladas ČesiūnasYury Lobanov
Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Yuliya Ryabchinskaya 1 Gold
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women Soviet Union 1 Gold
Lyudmila PinayevaYekaterina Kuryshko

Cycling Road

Road Race, Individual, Men Valery Likhachov 34
Anatoly Starkov 35
Ivan Trifonov DNF
Valery Yardy DNF
100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Boris ShukhovValery YardyGennady KomnatovValery Likhachov

Cycling Track

Sprint, Men Omar Pkhak'adze 3 Bronze
Sergey Kravtsov 3 h3 r6/10
1,000 metres Time Trial, Men Eduard Rapp 8
Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Vladimir SemenetsIgor Tselovalnikov
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men Soviet Union =5
Viktor BykovVladimir KuznetsovAnatoly StepanenkoAleksandr Yudin

Diving

Springboard, Men Vladimir Vasin 1 Gold
Vyacheslav Strakhov 6
Vladimir Kapirulin 18 r1/2
Platform, Men Davit Hambardzumyan 5
Vladimir Kapirulin 7
Aleksandr Gendrikson 12
Springboard, Women Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova 14 r1/2
Tetiana Shtyreva 16 r1/2
Tamara Fedosova-Safronova 17 r1/2
Platform, Women Alla Selina 10
Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova 13 r1/2
Tetiana Shtyreva 19 r1/2

Equestrian Dressage

Individual, Open Yelena Petushkova 2 Silver
Ivan Kizimov 4
Ivan Kalita 5
Team, Open Soviet Union 1 Gold
Yelena PetushkovaIvan KizimovIvan Kalita

Equestrian Eventing

Individual, Open Sergey Mukhin 12
Valentin Gorelkin 19
Vladimir Lanyugin 39
Mamadzhan Ismailov DNF
Team, Open Soviet Union 7
Sergey MukhinValentin GorelkinVladimir LanyuginMamadzhan Ismailov

Equestrian Jumping

Individual, Open Viktor Matveyev =31
Aleksandr Nebogov 41
Viktor Lisitsyn DNF
Team, Open Soviet Union 14
Aleksandr NebogovViktor MatveyevYury Zyabrev

Fencing

Foil, Individual, Men Vladimir Denisov 5
Anatoly Koteshev 4 p2 r3/5
Vasily Stankovich 4 p4 r3/5
Foil, Team, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Vasily StankovichViktor PutyatinAnatoly KoteshevVladimir DenisovLeonid Romanov
Épée, Individual, Men Igor Valetov 5 p2 r4/5
Sergey Paramonov 6 p1 r4/5
Grigory Kriss 6 p2 r4/5
Épée, Team, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Grigory KrissViktor ModzalevskyGeorgi ZažitskiSergey ParamonovIgor Valetov
Sabre, Individual, Men Viktor Sidyak 1 Gold
Vladimir Nazlymov 3 Bronze
Mark Rakita 5 p2 r1/5
Sabre, Team, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Mark RakitaViktor SidyakVladimir NazlymovEduard VinokurovViktor Bazhenov
Foil, Individual, Women Galina Gorokhova 3 Bronze
Yelena Belova 5
Aleksandra Zabelina 6 p3 r2/4
Foil, Team, Women Soviet Union 1 Gold
Yelena BelovaGalina GorokhovaAleksandra ZabelinaSvetlana TširkovaTatyana Samusenko

Football

Football, Men Soviet Union =3 Bronze
Yevgeny RudakovYury IstominMurtaz KhurtsilavaVladimir KaplichnyYevgeny LovchevViktor KolotovSergey OlshanskyHovhannes ZanazanyanGennady YevryuzhikhinAndrey YakubikVyacheslav SemyonovArkadi AndriasyanOleg BlokhinAnatoly KuksovYozhef SaboVladimir PilguyRevaz DzodzuashviliVladimir OnishchenkoYury Yeliseyev

Handball

Handball, Men Soviet Union 5
Albert OganezovAleksandr PanovAleksandr RezanovAnatoly ShevchenkoIvan UsatyJānis VilsonsMikhail IshchenkoMikhail LutsenkoNikolay SemyonovValentin KulyovValery GassyVasily IlyinVladimir MaksimovYury KlimovYury LagutinPavel Kuyavsky (DNS)

Judo

Lightweight, Men Sergey Suslin =13
Half-Middleweight, Men Anatoly Novikov =3 Bronze
Middleweight, Men Guram Gogolauri =5
Half-Heavyweight, Men Shota Chochishvili 1 Gold
Heavyweight, Men Givi Onashvili =3 Bronze
Open Class, Men Vitaly Kuznetsov 2 Silver

Modern Pentathlon

Individual, Men Boris Onishchenko 2 Silver
Pavel Lednyov 3 Bronze
Vladimir Shmelyov 5
Team, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Boris OnishchenkoPavel LednyovVladimir Shmelyov

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Yury Malyshev 1 Gold
Double Sculls, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Aleksandr TimoshininGennady Korshikov
Coxless Pairs, Men Soviet Union 8
Vladimir PolyakovNikolay Vasilyev
Coxed Pairs, Men Soviet Union 5
Vladimir YeshinovNikolay IvanovYury Lorentsson
Coxless Fours, Men Soviet Union 4
Anatoly TkachukIgor KashurovAleksandr MotinVitaly Sapronov
Coxed Fours, Men Soviet Union 4
Vladimir SterlikVladimir SolovyovAleksandr LyubaturovYury ShamayevIgor Rudakov
Eights, Men Soviet Union 4
Aleksandr RyazankinViktor DementyevSergey KolyaskinAleksandr ShitovValery BisarnovBoris VorobyovVladimir SavelovAleksandr MartyshkinViktor Mikheyev

Sailing

One Person Dinghy, Open Viktor Potapov 3 Bronze
Two Person Keelboat, Open Soviet Union 1 Gold
Valentin MankinVitaly Dyrdyra
Two Person Keelboat, Open Soviet Union 9
Boris BudnikovVladimir Vasilyev
Three Person Keelboat, Open Soviet Union 7
Rais GalimovTimir PineginValentin Zamotaykin
Three Person Keelboat, Open Soviet Union 14
Boris KhabarovNikolay GromovVladimir Yakovlev
Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Open Soviet Union 6
Valery ZubanovVladimir Leontyev

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Open Viktor Torshin 3 Bronze
Igor Bakalov 24
Free Pistol, 50 metres, Open Grigory Kosykh 8
Vladimir Stolypin 17
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Open Boris Melnik 2 Silver
Valentin Kornev 8
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Open Vladimir Agishev 5
Vitaly Parkhimovich 11
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open Vitaly Parkhimovich 18
Valentin Kornev 34
Running Target, 50 metres, Open Yakov Zheleznyak 1 Gold
Valery Postoyanov 4
Trap, Open Aleksandr Alipov 13
Aleksandr Androshkin 15
Skeet, Open Yevgeny Petrov 2 Silver
Yury Tsuranov 13

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Men Vladimir Bure 3 Bronze
Igor Grivennikov 6
Georgijs Kuļikovs 11
200 metres Freestyle, Men Vladimir Bure 7
Georgijs Kuļikovs 11
Viktor Mazanov 15
400 metres Freestyle, Men Aleksandr Samsonov 15
Viktor Aboimov 24
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Aleksandr Samsonov 32
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Vladimir BureViktor MazanovViktor AboimovIgor GrivennikovGeorgijs Kuļikovs
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Igor GrivennikovViktor MazanovGeorgijs KuļikovsVladimir BureViktor AboimovAleksandr Samsonov
100 metres Backstroke, Men Igor Grivennikov 5
100 metres Breaststroke, Men Nikolay Pankin 7
Viktor Stulikov 9
Vladimir Kosinsky 12
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Igor Cherdakov 7
Nikolay Pankin =9
Vladimir Kosinsky 13
100 metres Butterfly, Men Viktor Sharygin 17
Georgijs Kuļikovs 22
Vladimir Krivtsov 25
200 metres Butterfly, Men Viktor Sharygin 10
200 metres Individual Medley, Men Mikhail Sukharev 6
Valentn Partyka 11
400 metres Individual Medley, Men Mikhail Sukharev 9
Valentn Partyka 18
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men Soviet Union 4
Igor GrivennikovNikolay PankinViktor SharyginVladimir BureViktor StulikovViktor Aboimov
100 metres Freestyle, Women Tatyana Zolotnitskaya 14
Yelena Timoshenko 22
Nadezhda Matyukhina 29
200 metres Freestyle, Women Tatyana Zolotnitskaya 16
Nadezhda Matyukhina 20
Yelena Timoshenko 21
800 metres Freestyle, Women Olga Petrusyova 30
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women Soviet Union 9
Tatyana ZolotnitskayaYelena TimoshenkoNadezhda MatyukhinaIrina UstimenkoOlga Petrusyova (DNS)
100 metres Backstroke, Women Tina Lek'veishvili 10
Nataliya Yershova 20
200 metres Backstroke, Women Tina Lek'veishvili 20
Nataliya Yershova 25
100 metres Breaststroke, Women Galina Stepanova 2 Silver
Lyudmila Porubayko 9
Tatyana Prudnikova 15
200 metres Breaststroke, Women Galina Stepanova 3 Bronze
Lyudmila Porubayko 7
Tatyana Prudnikova 24
100 metres Butterfly, Women Irina Ustimenko 16
200 metres Individual Medley, Women Nina Petrova 9
Birutė Užkuraitytė 21
400 metres Individual Medley, Women Nina Petrova 8
Birutė Užkuraitytė 16
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women Soviet Union 4
Tina Lek'veishviliGalina StepanovaIrina UstimenkoTatyana ZolotnitskayaNina Petrova (DNS)

Volleyball

Volleyball, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Valery KravchenkoYury PoyarkovYevgeny LapinskyYefim ChulakVladimir PutyatovVladimir PatkinLeonid ZaykoYury StarunskyVladimir KondraVyacheslav DomaniViktor BorshchAleksandr Saprykin
Volleyball, Women Soviet Union 1 Gold
Vera DuyunovaTatyana TretyakovaNina SmoleyevaRoza SalikhovaLyudmila BuldakovaTatyana GonoboblevaLyubov TyurinaGalina LeontyevaInna RyskalTatyana SarychevaLyudmila BoroznaNataliya Kudreva

Water Polo

Water Polo, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Vadim GulyayevAnatoly AkimovAleksandr DrevalAleksandr DolgushinVladimir ZhmudskyAleksandr KabanovAleksey BarkalovAleksandr ShidlovskyNikolay MelnikovLeonid OsipovVyacheslav Sobchenko

Weightlifting

Bantamweight, Men Gennady Chetin 3 Bronze
Featherweight, Men Dito Shanidze 2 Silver
Lightweight, Men Mukharby Kirzhinov 1 Gold
Middleweight, Men Vladimir Kanygin AC
Light-Heavyweight, Men Boris Pavlov DNF
Valery Shary DNF
Middle-Heavyweight, Men David Rigert AC
Heavyweight, Men Jaan Talts 1 Gold
Super-Heavyweight, Men Vasily Alekseyev 1 Gold

Wrestling

Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Vladimir Zubkov AC
Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Vitaly Konstantinov AC
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men Rustem Kazakov 1 Gold
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men Jemal Megrelishvili 5
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men Shamil Khisamutdinov 1 Gold
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men Viktor Igumenov AC
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men Anatoly Nazarenko 2 Silver
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Valery Rezantsev 1 Gold
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Nikolay Yakovenko 2 Silver
Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Anatoly Roshchin 1 Gold
Light-Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Roman Dmitriyev 1 Gold
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Arsen Alakhverdiyev 2 Silver
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men Ivan Kuleshov AC
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Zagalav Abdulbekov 1 Gold
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men Ruslan Ashuraliyev 3 Bronze
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Yury Gusov AC
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Levan Tediashvili 1 Gold
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Gennady Strakhov 2 Silver
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Ivan Yarygin 1 Gold
Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Aliaksandr Miadved 1 Gold