Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Artistic Gymnastics

All-Around, Individual, Men Mikhail Voronin 2 Silver
Sergey Diomidov 6
Viktor Klimenko 7
Valery Karasyov 10
Viktor Lisitsky 14
Valery Ilyinykh 15
Vladimir Sochin DNS
Team, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Mikhail Voronin • Sergey Diomidov • Viktor Klimenko • Valery Karasyov • Viktor Lisitsky • Valery Ilyinykh • Vladimir Sochin (DNS)
Floor Exercise, Men Valery Karasyov 5
Mikhail Voronin 4 r1/2
Viktor Lisitsky 8 r1/2
Sergey Diomidov =9 r1/2
Viktor Klimenko 13 r1/2
Valery Ilyinykh =55 r1/2
Vault, Men Mikhail Voronin 1 Gold
Sergey Diomidov 3 Bronze
Viktor Klimenko =7 r1/2
Valery Karasyov =7 r1/2
Viktor Lisitsky =10 r1/2
Valery Ilyinykh 12 r1/2
Parallel Bars, Men Mikhail Voronin 2 Silver
Viktor Klimenko 3 Bronze
Valery Karasyov =9 r1/2
Valery Ilyinykh =21 r1/2
Sergey Diomidov =23 r1/2
Viktor Lisitsky =41 r1/2
Horizontal Bar, Men Mikhail Voronin =1 Gold
Sergey Diomidov 5
Valery Ilyinykh =8 r1/2
Viktor Klimenko =11 r1/2
Viktor Lisitsky =25 r1/2
Valery Karasyov 32 r1/2
Rings, Men Mikhail Voronin 2 Silver
Sergey Diomidov 6
Viktor Klimenko =9 r1/2
Viktor Lisitsky =11 r1/2
Valery Karasyov =17 r1/2
Valery Ilyinykh =17 r1/2
Pommel Horse, Men Mikhail Voronin 3 Bronze
Viktor Klimenko 6
Sergey Diomidov =8 r1/2
Valery Karasyov =12 r1/2
Viktor Lisitsky =22 r1/2
Valery Ilyinykh 25 r1/2
All-Around, Individual, Women Zinaida Voronina 2 Silver
Nataliya Kuchinskaya 3 Bronze
Larisa Petrik =4
Olga Karasyova =7
Lyudmila Turishcheva 24
Lyubov Burda 25
Tatyana Kitlzharova DNS
Team, Women Soviet Union 1 Gold
Zinaida Voronina • Nataliya Kuchinskaya • Larisa Petrik • Olga Karasyova • Lyudmila Turishcheva • Lyubov Burda • Tatyana Kitlzharova (DNS)
Floor Exercise, Women Larisa Petrik =1 Gold
Nataliya Kuchinskaya 3 Bronze
Zinaida Voronina 4
Olga Karasyova =5
Lyudmila Turishcheva =8 r1/2
Lyubov Burda =20 r1/2
Vault, Women Zinaida Voronina 3 Bronze
Nataliya Kuchinskaya 5
Larisa Petrik =8 r1/2
Olga Karasyova =10 r1/2
Lyubov Burda 16 r1/2
Lyudmila Turishcheva =20 r1/2
Uneven Bars, Women Zinaida Voronina 3 Bronze
Olga Karasyova =7 r1/2
Larisa Petrik =10 r1/2
Lyudmila Turishcheva =12 r1/2
Nataliya Kuchinskaya =37 r1/2
Lyubov Burda =50 r1/2
Balance Beam, Women Nataliya Kuchinskaya 1 Gold
Larisa Petrik 3 Bronze
Lyubov Burda =10 r1/2
Zinaida Voronina 15 r1/2
Olga Karasyova =18 r1/2
Lyudmila Turishcheva =43 r1/2

Athletics

100 metres, Men Vladislav Sapeya 8 h1 r2/4
Yevgeny Sinyayev 4 h3 r1/4
Aleksey Khlopotnov 4 h4 r1/4
200 metres, Men Nikolay Ivanov 7 h1 r3/4
Valentin Maslakov 6 h4 r2/4
800 metres, Men Yevgeny Arzhanov 3 h6 r1/3
1,500 metres, Men Oleg Rayko 7 h2 r2/3
Mikhail Zhelobovsky 11 h1 r2/3
5,000 metres, Men Nikolay Sviridov 7
Rashid Sharafetdinov 7 h1 r1/2
Leonid Mikitenko 7 h3 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Nikolay Sviridov 5
Leonid Mikitenko 17
Vyacheslav Alanov 24
Marathon, Men Anatoly Sukharkov 28
Mikhail Shakirov DNF
Yury Volkov DNS
110 metres Hurdles, Men Oleg Stepanenko 5 h2 r2/3
Viktor Balikhin 8 h1 r2/3
400 metres Hurdles, Men Vyacheslav Skomorokhov 5
Steeplechase, Men Aleksandr Morozov 5
Viktor Kudinsky AC r2/2
Lazar Naroditsky DNS
4 × 100 metres Relay, Men Soviet Union AC h2 r2/3
Aleksey Khlopotnov • Yevgeny Sinyayev • Nikolay Ivanov • Vladislav Sapeya
20 kilometres Race Walk, Men Vladimir Golubnichy 1 Gold
Nikolay Smaga 3 Bronze
Otto Barch 6
50 kilometres Race Walk, Men Sergey Grigoryev 15
Gennady Agapov DNF
Igor Della-Rossa DNF
High Jump, Men Valentin Gavrilov 3 Bronze
Valery Skvortsov 4
Viktor Bolshov 16 r1/2
Long Jump, Men Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 4
Tõnu Lepik 5
Leonid Barkovsky 11
Pole Vault, Men Gennady Bliznetsov 6
Aleksandr Malyutin 12
Triple Jump, Men Viktor Saneyev 1 Gold
Nikolay Dudkin 5
Aleksandr Zolotarev 29 r1/2
Shot Put, Men Eduard Gushchin 3 Bronze
Discus Throw, Men Guram Gudashvili 13 QR
Hammer Throw, Men Romuald Klim 2 Silver
Gennady Kondrashov 6
Anatoly Shchuplyakov 9
Javelin Throw, Men Jānis Lūsis 1 Gold
Mart Paama 15 QR
Decathlon, Men Nikolay Avilov 4
Jānis Lanka 14
Rein Aun DNF
100 metres, Women Lyudmila Samotesova 5 h2 r3/4
Lyudmila Golomazova 8 h1 r3/4
Lyudmila Zharkova 5 h1 r2/4
200 metres, Women Lyudmila Samotesova 5 h1 r2/3
Vera Popkova 5 h2 r2/3
Lyudmila Golomazova 6 h3 r1/3
400 metres, Women Nataliya Pechenkina 3 Bronze
Ingrīda Verbele 7 h1 r2/3
800 metres, Women Laine Erik 5 h2 r2/3
Anna Zimina 6 h1 r2/3
100 / 80 metres Hurdles, Women Tatyana Talysheva 8
Vera Korsakova 5 h1 r2/3
Liudmyla Ievleva 4 h5 r1/3
4 × 100 metres Relay, Women Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Lyudmila Zharkova • Galina Bukharina • Vera Popkova • Lyudmila Samotesova • Lyudmila Golomazova (DNS) • Liliya Tkachenko (DNS)
High Jump, Women Antonina Okorokova 2 Silver
Valentina Kozyr 3 Bronze
Vera Grushkina 12
Long Jump, Women Tatyana Talysheva 3 Bronze
Helēna Ringa 19 r1/2
Shot Put, Women Nadezhda Chizhova 3 Bronze
Irina Solontsova-Kudryavtseva 9
Discus Throw, Women Antonina Popova 5
Lyudmila Muravyova 9
Javelin Throw, Women Lidiya Tsimosh 10
Valentina Evert 14
Pentathlon, Women Valentina Tikhomirova 4
Galina Sofina 28

Basketball

Basketball, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Anatoli Krikun • Modestas Paulauskas • Zurab Sak'andelidze • Vadim Kapranov • Yury Selikhov • Anatoly Polivoda • Sergey Belov • Priit Tomson • Sergey Kovalenko • Gennady Volnov • Jaak Lipso • Vladimir Andreyev

Boxing

Light-Flyweight, Men Viktor Zaporozhets =9
Flyweight, Men Nikolay Novikov =5
Bantamweight, Men Valerian Sokolov 1 Gold
Featherweight, Men Valery Plotnikov =5
Lightweight, Men Valery Belousov =9
Light-Welterweight, Men Yevgeny Frolov =5
Welterweight, Men Vladimir Musalimov =3 Bronze
Light-Middleweight, Men Boris Lagutin 1 Gold
Middleweight, Men Aleksey Kiselyov 2 Silver
Light-Heavyweight, Men Danas Pozniakas 1 Gold
Heavyweight, Men Jonas Čepulis 2 Silver

Canoe Sprint

Kayak Singles (K1), 1,000 metres, Men Aleksandr Shaparenko 2 Silver
Kayak Doubles (K2), 1,000 metres, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Aleksandr Shaparenko • Vladimir Morozov
Kayak Fours (K4), 1,000 metres, Men Soviet Union 5 h1 r3/4
Nikolay Chuzhikov • Yury Stetsenko • Dmitry Matveyev • Georgy Karyukhin
Canoe Singles (C1), 1,000 metres, Men Vitaly Galkov 3 Bronze
Canoe Doubles (C2), 1,000 metres, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Naum Prokupets • Mikhail Zamotin
Kayak Singles (K1), 500 metres, Women Lyudmila Pinayeva 1 Gold
Kayak Doubles (K2), 500 metres, Women Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Lyudmila Pinayeva • Antonina Seredina

Cycling Road

Road Race, Men Valery Yardy 17
Yury Dmitriyev 32
Vladislav Nelyubin DNF
Anatoly Starkov DNF
Team Time Trial, Men Soviet Union 9
Boris Shukhov • Aleksandr Dokhlyakov • Yury Dmitriyev • Valery Yardy

Cycling Track

Sprint, Men Omar Pkhak'adze 4
Sergey Kravtsov 3 h2 r6/10
Track Time Trial, Men Sergey Kravtsov 8
Tandem Sprint, Men Soviet Union =5
Igor Tselovalnikov • Imants Bodnieks
Team Pursuit, Men Soviet Union 4
Dzintars Lācis • Stanislav Moskvin • Vladimir Kuznetsov • Mikhail Kolyushev • Viktor Bykov

Diving

Springboard, Men Mikhail Safonov 9
Vladimir Vasin 11
Boris P'oluliakhi 20
Platform, Men Mikhail Safonov 9
Vladimir Vasin 10
Viktor Pogozhev 16
Springboard, Women Tamara Pogozheva 2 Silver
Vera Baklanova 6
Yelena Anokhina 8
Platform, Women Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova 2 Silver
Galina Alekseyeva 14
Nadezhda Karpukhina 22

Equestrian Dressage

Individual, Open Ivan Kizimov 1 Gold
Ivan Kalita 4
Yelena Petushkova 6
Team, Open Soviet Union 2 Silver
Ivan Kizimov • Ivan Kalita • Yelena Petushkova

Equestrian Eventing

Individual, Open German Gazyumov 10
Aleksandr Yevdokimov 21
Pavel Deyev DNF
Svetozar Glushkov DNF
Team, Open Soviet Union DNF
German Gazyumov • Aleksandr Yevdokimov • Pavel Deyev • Svetozar Glushkov

Equestrian Jumping

Individual, Open Viktor Matveyev =26
Yevgeny Kuzin DNQ
Team, Open Soviet Union 12
Viktor Matveyev • Gennady Samosedenko • Yevgeny Kuzin

Fencing

Foil, Individual, Men German Sveshnikov =7
Vasily Stankovich =9
Viktor Putyatin =9
Foil, Team, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Yury Sisikin • Viktor Putyatin • German Sveshnikov • Yury Sharov • Vasily Stankovich
Épée, Individual, Men Grigory Kriss 2 Silver
Viktor Modzalevsky 4
Aleksey Nikanchikov =9
Épée, Team, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Grigory Kriss • Viktor Modzalevsky • Iosif Vitebsky • Aleksey Nikanchikov • Yury Smolyakov
Sabre, Individual, Men Mark Rakita 2 Silver
Vladimir Nazlymov 4
Umyar Mavlikhanov =7
Sabre, Team, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Umyar Mavlikhanov • Mark Rakita • Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Eduard Vinokurov
Foil, Individual, Women Yelena Novikova 1 Gold
Galina Gorokhova 6
Aleksandra Zabelina 6 p1 r2/4
Foil, Team, Women Soviet Union 1 Gold
Yelena Novikova • Galina Gorokhova • Aleksandra Zabelina • Tatyana Samusenko • Svetlana Tširkova

Modern Pentathlon

Individual, Men Pavel Lednyov 3 Bronze
Boris Onishchenko 5
Stasys Šaparnis 9
Team, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Pavel Lednyov • Boris Onishchenko • Stasys Šaparnis

Rowing

Single Sculls, Men Viktor Melnikov DNS r4/4
Double Sculls, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Anatoly Sass • Aleksandr Timoshinin
Coxless Pairs, Men Soviet Union DNF
Apolinaras Grigas • Vladimir Rikkanen
Coxed Pairs, Men Soviet Union DNS r4/4
Leonid Drachevsky • Tiit Helmja • Igor Rudakov
Coxless Fours, Men Soviet Union 11
Vitolds Barkāns • Elmārs Rubīns • Pavel Ilyinsky • Guntis Niedra
Coxed Fours, Men Soviet Union 6
Anatoly Nemtyryov • Nikolay Surov • Aleksey Mishin • Arkady Kudinov • Viktor Mikheyev • Boris Duyunov
Eights, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Zigmas Jukna • Antanas Bagdonavičius • Vladimir Sterlik • Juozas Jagelavičius • Aleksandr Martyshkin • Vytautas Briedis • Valentin Kravchuk • Viktor Suslin • Yury Lorentsson

Sailing

Two-Person Keelboat, Men Soviet Union 16
Timir Pinegin • Fyodor Shutkov
One-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Men Valentin Mankin 1 Gold
Three-Person Keelboat, Open Soviet Union 9
Konstantin Aleksandrov • Konstantin Melgunov • Vladimir Aleksandrov
Three-Person Keelboat, Open Soviet Union 11
Yury Anisimov • Valery Afanasyev • Valery Ruzhnikov
Two-Person Heavyweight Dinghy, Open Soviet Union 15
Lev Rvalov • Viktor Pilchin

Shooting

Rapid-Fire Pistol, Men Renart Suleymanov 3 Bronze
Anatoly Onishchuk 27
Free Pistol, Men Grigory Kosykh 1 Gold
Vladimir Stolypin 10
Free Rifle, Men Valentin Kornev 2 Silver
Shota Kveliashvili 4
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, Men Vitaly Parkhimovich 3 Bronze
Vladimir Konyakhin 10
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, Men Valentin Kornev 16
Vitaly Parkhimovich 36
Trap, Open Pāvels Seničevs 4
Aleksandr Alipov 7
Skeet, Open Yevgeny Petrov 1 Gold
Yury Tsuranov 4

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Men Leonid Ilyichov 5
Georgijs Kuļikovs 6
Sergey Gusev 17
200 metres Freestyle, Men Semyon Belits-Geyman 7
Leonid Ilyichov =9
Georgijs Kuļikovs 39
400 metres Freestyle, Men Semyon Belits-Geyman =9
Akhmed Anarbayev 25
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Vladimir Bure 17
Semyon Belits-Geyman DNS
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Semyon Belits-Geyman • Viktor Mazanov • Georgijs Kuļikovs • Leonid Ilyichov • Sergey Gusev
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Vladimir Bure • Semyon Belits-Geyman • Georgijs Kuļikovs • Leonid Ilyichov
100 metres Backstroke, Men Yury Gromak =10
Viktor Mazanov 12
Yevgeny Spiridonov =20
200 metres Backstroke, Men Leonid Dobroskokin 6
100 metres Breaststroke, Men Vladimir Kosinsky 2 Silver
Nikolay Pankin 3 Bronze
Yevgeny Mikhaylov 5
200 metres Breaststroke, Men Vladimir Kosinsky 2 Silver
Nikolay Pankin 4
Yevgeny Mikhaylov 5
100 metres Butterfly, Men Vladimir Nemshilov 4
Yury Suzdaltsev 6
Sergey Konov 26
200 metres Butterfly, Men Valentin Kuzmin 4
Viktor Sharygin 7
Sergey Konov 12
200 metres Individual Medley, Men Vladimir Kravchenko 13
Andrey Dunayev 31
400 metres Individual Medley, Men Andrey Dunayev 7
Vladimir Kravchenko 14
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men Soviet Union 3 Bronze
Yury Gromak • Vladimir Kosinsky • Vladimir Nemshilov • Leonid Ilyichov • Viktor Mazanov • Nikolay Pankin • Yury Suzdaltsev • Sergey Gusev
100 metres Freestyle, Women Lidiya Grebets 19
Nataliya Ustinova 24
Zoya Dus =26
200 metres Freestyle, Women Tamara Sosnova 25
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women Soviet Union 10
Zoya Dus • Tamara Sosnova • Nataliya Ustinova • Lidiya Grebets
100 metres Backstroke, Women Tina Lek'veishvili =14
Tatyana Savelyeva 17
200 metres Backstroke, Women Tatyana Savelyeva 12
Tina Lek'veishvili =23
100 metres Breaststroke, Women Galina Prozumenshchikova 2 Silver
Svetlana Babanina 7
Alla Grebennikova =10
200 metres Breaststroke, Women Galina Prozumenshchikova 3 Bronze
Alla Grebennikova 4
Svetlana Babanina 6
100 metres Butterfly, Women Tatyana Devyatova 10
200 metres Butterfly, Women Tatyana Devyatova 9
200 metres Individual Medley, Women Larisa Zakharova 7
400 metres Individual Medley, Women Larisa Zakharova 11
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women Soviet Union 4
Tina Lek'veishvili • Alla Grebennikova • Tatyana Devyatova • Lidiya Grebets • Larisa Zakharova

Tennis

Singles, Men Vladimir Korotkov =3
Anatoly Volkov =5
Singles, Men Teimuraz K'ak'ulia =9
Singles, Men Teimuraz K'ak'ulia =9
Singles, Men Vladimir Korotkov =17
Anatoly Volkov =17
Doubles, Men Mixed team 2 =3
Francisco Guzmán (ECU) • Teimuraz K'ak'ulia (URS)
Soviet Union =3
Vladimir Korotkov • Anatoly Volkov
Doubles, Men Soviet Union =5
Anatoly Volkov • Vladimir Korotkov
Mixed team 3 =9
Hans Nerell (SWE) • Teimuraz K'ak'ulia (URS)
Doubles, Women Mixed team 3 4
Cecilia Rosado (MEX) • Zaiga Jansone (URS)
Singles, Women Zaiga Jansone =5
Singles, Women Zaiga Jansone =9
Doubles, Mixed Soviet Union 1 1
Zaiga Jansone • Vladimir Korotkov
Mixed team 2 4
Suzana Petersen (BRA) • Teimuraz K'ak'ulia (URS)
Doubles, Mixed Soviet Union =5
Zaiga Jansone • Vladimir Korotkov

Volleyball

Volleyball, Men Soviet Union 1 Gold
Eduard Sibiryakov • Yury Poyarkov • Georgy Mondzolevsky • Valery Kravchenko • Vladimir Belyayev • Yevgeny Lapinsky • Ivans Bugajenkovs • Oļegs Antropovs • Vasilijus Matuševas • Viktor Mikhalchuk • Boris Tereshchuk • Vladimir Ivanov
Volleyball, Women Soviet Union 1 Gold
Lyudmila Buldakova • Lyudmila Mikhaylovskaya • Vera Lantratova • Vera Galushka • Tatyana Sarycheva • Tatyana Ponyayeva • Nina Smoleyeva • Galina Leontyeva • Inna Ryskal • Roza Salikhova • Valentina Vinogradova • Tatjana Veinberga (DNS)

Water Polo

Water Polo, Men Soviet Union 2 Silver
Vadim Gulyayev • Givi Chikvanaia • Boris Grishin • Aleksandr Dolgushin • Aleksey Barkalov • Yury Grigorovsky • Vladimir Semyonov • Aleksandr Shidlovsky • Vyacheslav Skok • Leonid Osipov • Oleg Bovin

Weightlifting

Bantamweight, Men Gennady Chetin 4
Featherweight, Men Dito Shanidze 2 Silver
Middleweight, Men Viktor Kurentsov 1 Gold
Light-Heavyweight, Men Boris Selitsky 1 Gold
Vladimir Belyayev 2 Silver
Middle-Heavyweight, Men Jaan Talts 2 Silver
Heavyweight, Men Leonid Zhabotinsky 1 Gold

Wrestling

Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Vladimir Bakulin 2 Silver
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men Ivan Kochergin 3 Bronze
Rustem Kazakov DNS
Featherweight, Greco-Roman, Men Roman Rurua 1 Gold
Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men Gennady Sapunov =6
Welterweight, Greco-Roman, Men Viktor Igumenov 10
Middleweight, Greco-Roman, Men Valentin Olenik 2 Silver
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Nikolay Yakovenko 2 Silver
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men Anatoly Roshchin 2 Silver
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Nazar Albaryan 4
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men Ali Aliyev 4
Featherweight, Freestyle, Men Yelkan Tedeyev 6
Lightweight, Freestyle, Men Zarbeg Beriashvili 5
Welterweight, Freestyle, Men Yury Shakhmuradov 6
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Boris Gurevich 1 Gold
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Shota Lomidze 2 Silver
Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Aliaksandr Miadved 1 Gold