1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Soviet Union)

URS

29	32	30th

The Soviet Union took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 312 athletes (246 men and 66 women) in 164 competitions in 18 sports.

The Soviet athletes won 29 gold, 32 silver and 30 bronze medals, placing the Soviet Union in second place in the medal table. The most successful athlete was the gymnast Mikhail Voronin , who became a two-time Olympic champion and won four silver medals and one bronze medal. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Leonid Schabotinsky .

Participants by sport

basketball

• bronze

  Vladimir Andreyev

  Sergei Below

  Vadim Kapranov

  Jaak Lipso

  Sergei Kovalenko

  Anatoly Krikun

  Zurab Sakandelidze

  Yuri Selichow

  Modestas Paulauskas

  Anatoly Polywoda

  Priit Tomson

  Gennadi Wolnow

Boxing

• Viktor Zaporozhez

  Light flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Nikolai Novikov

  Flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Valerian Sokolov

  Bantamweight: gold

• Valery Plotnikov

  Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Valery Belousov

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Yevgeny Frolov

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Volodymyr Mussalimov

  Welterweight: bronze

• Boris Lagutin

  Light middleweight: gold

• Alexei Kisselev

  Middleweight: silver

• Danas Pozniakas

  Light Heavyweight: Gold

• Jonas Čepulis

  Heavyweight: silver

fencing

Men

• German Sveshnikov

  Foil: 7th place

  Foil team: silver

• Wassyl Stankowytsch

  Foil: 9th place

  Foil team: silver

• Viktor Putyatin

  Foil: 9th place

  Foil team: silver

• Yuri Sissikin

  Foil team: silver

• Yuri Sharov

  Foil team: silver

• Hryhoriy Kriss

  Epee: silver

  Epee team: silver

• Viktor Modsolewski

  Epee: 4th place

  Epee team: silver

• Alexei Nikanchikov

  Epee: 9th place

  Epee team: silver

• Yosyp Vitebskyi

  Epee team: 7th place

• Yuri Smolyakov

  Epee team: 7th place

• Mark Rakita

  Saber: silver

  Saber team: gold

• Vladimir Naslymov

  Saber: 4th place

  Saber team: gold

• Umjar Mawlichanov

  Saber: 7th place

  Saber team: gold

• Viktor Sidjak

  Saber team: gold

• Eduard Vinokurov

  Saber team: gold

Women

• Elena Novikova

  Foil: gold

  Foil team: gold

• Galina Gorochowa

  Foil: 6th place

  Foil team: gold

• Alexandra Sabelina

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: gold

• Tatiana Petrenko

  Foil team: gold

• Svetlana Tširkova

  Foil team: gold

Weightlifting

• Gennady Chetin

  Bantamweight: 4th place

• Ditto Shanidze

  Featherweight: silver

• Viktor Kurentsov

  Middleweight: gold

• Boris Selitsky

  Light Heavyweight: Gold

• Vladimir Belyayev

  Light Heavyweight: Silver

• Jaan Talts

  Middle heavyweight: silver

• Leonid Shabotinsky

  Heavyweight: gold

canoe

Men

• Oleksandr Schaparenko

  Single kayak 1000 m: silver

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: gold

• Volodymyr Morozov

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: gold

• Dmitri Matveyev

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Mykola Chushykov

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Yuri Stetsenko

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Heorhij Karjuchin

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Vitaly Galkow

  Single Canoe 1000 m: bronze

• Naum Prokupets

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

• Mikhail Samotin

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

Women

• Lyudmila Pinaeva

  Single kayak 500 m: gold

  Two-person kayak 500 m: bronze

• Antonina Seredina

  Two-person kayak 500 m: bronze

athletics

Men

• Vladislav Sapeja

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Yevgeny Sinyayev

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Oleksiy Chlopotnov

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Nikolai Ivanov

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Valentin Maslakov

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Yevhen Arshanov

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Oleg Raiko

  1500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Mikhail Schelabouski

  1500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Nikolai Sviridov

  5000 m: 7th place

  10,000 m: 5th place

• Raschid Sharafetdinov

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Leonid Mykytenko

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: 18th place

• Vyacheslav Alanov

  10,000 m: 25th place

• Anatoly Sukharkov

  Marathon: 28th place

• Muchamed Shakirov

  Marathon: race not finished

• Oleg Stepanenko

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Victor Balichin

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Vyacheslav Skomorokhov

  400 m hurdles: 5th place

• Alexander Morozov

  3000 m obstacle: 5th place

• Viktor Kudynskyi

  3000 m obstacle: race not finished

• Volodymyr Holubnychy

  20 km of walking: gold

• Mykola Smaha

  20 km walking: bronze

• Otto Bartsch

  20 km walking: 6th place

• Sergei Grigoryev

  50 km walking: 15th place

• Gennady Agapov

  50 km walking: race not finished

• Ihor Della-Rossa

  50 km walking: race not finished

• Valentin Gavrilov

  High jump: bronze

• Valery Skvortsov

  High jump: 4th place

• Viktor Bolshov

  High jump: 16th place

• Hennadij Blesnizow

  Pole vault: 6th place

• Alexandr Malyutin

  Pole vault: 12th place

• Igor Ter-Ovansyan

  Long jump: 4th place

• Tõnu Lepik

  Long jump: 5th place

• Leonid Barkowskyj

  Long jump: 11th place

• Viktor Saneyev

  Triple jump: gold

• Mikalaj Dudkin

  Triple jump: 5th place

• Alexandr Solotarev

  Triple jump: 29th place

• Eduard Gushchin

  Shot put: bronze

• Guram Gudashvili

  Discus throw: 13th place

• Ramuald Klim

  Hammer throw: silver

• Gennady Kondrashov

  Hammer throw: 6th place

• Anatoly Shchupliakov

  Hammer throw: 9th place

• Jānis Lūsis

  Javelin throw: gold

• Mart Paama

  Javelin throw: 15th place

• Mykola Awilow

  Decathlon: 4th place

• Jānis Lanka

  Decathlon: 14th place

• Purely aun

  Decathlon: competition not finished

Women

• Lyudmila Samotyosova

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Lyudmila Golomasova

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Lyudmila Scharkowa-Maslakowa

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Vera Popkova

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Natalia Pechonkina

  400 m: bronze

• Ingrīda Verbele

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Laine Erik

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Anna Simina

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Tatiana Talysheva

  80 m hurdles: 8th place

  Long jump: bronze

• Vera Korsakova

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Liudmila Iewlewa

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Galina Bucharina

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Antonina Lazareva

  High jump: silver

• Walentyna Kosyr

  High jump: bronze

• Vera Grushkina

  High jump: 12th place

• Helēna Ringa

  Long jump: 19th place

• Nadezhda Tschischowa

  Shot put: bronze

• Irina Kudrjawzewa-Solonzowa

  Shot put: 9th place

• Antonina Popova

  Discus throw: 5th place

• Lyudmila Muravyova

  Discus throw: 9th place

• Lidija Zymosch

  Javelin throw: 10th place

• Walentyna Ewert

  Javelin throw: 14th place

• Valentina Tikhomirova

  Pentathlon: 4th place

• Galina Sofjina

  Pentathlon: 28th place

Modern pentathlon

• Pavel Lednyov

  Single: bronze

  Team: silver

• Borys Onyshchenko

  Singles: 5th place

  Team: silver

• Stasys Šaparnis

  Singles: 9th place

  Team: silver

Cycling

• Valery Jardy

  Road race: 17th place

  Road race team time trial: 9th place

• Yuri Dmitriev

  Road race: 32nd place

  Road race team time trial: 9th place

• Anatoly Starkov

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Vladislav Nelyubin

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Alexander Dochlyakov

  Road race team time trial: 9th place

• Boris Schuchow

  Road race team time trial: 9th place

• Omar Pchakadze

  Rail sprint: 4th place

• Serhiy Kravtsov

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 6th round

  Track 1000 m time trial: 8th place

• Ihor Zelowalnykow

  Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 5th place

• Imants Bodnieks

  Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 5th place

• Stanislav Moskvin

  Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place

• Viktor Bykau

  Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place

• Dzintars Lācis

  Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place

• Vladimir Kuznetsov

  Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place

• Mikhail Kolyushev

  Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place

horse riding

• Ivan Kisimov

  Dressage: gold

  Dressage team: silver

• Ivan Kalita

  Dressage: 4th place

  Dressage team: silver

• Yelena Petushkova

  Dressage: 6th place

  Dressage team: silver

• Viktor Matveev

  Show jumping: 26th place

  Show jumping team: 12th place

• Yevgeny Kusin

  Show jumping: eliminated

  Show jumping team: 12th place

• Gennady Samosedenko

  Show jumping team: 12th place

• German Gasjumow

  Eventing: 10th place

  Eventing team: eliminated

• Alexander Evdokimov

  Eventing: 21st place

  Eventing team: eliminated

• Pavel Dejew

  Eventing: retired

  Eventing team: eliminated

• Svetosar Glushkov

  Eventing: retired

  Eventing team: eliminated

Wrestling

• Vladimir Bakulin

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Ivan Kochergin

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Roman Rurua

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Gennady Sapunov

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Viktor Igumenov

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Valentin Olenik

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Nikolai Yakovenko

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Silver

• Anatoly Roschtschin

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Nasar Albarjan

  Flyweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Ali Aliyev

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Yelkan Tedeev

  Featherweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Sarbeg Beriashvili

  Lightweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Yuri Shachmuradov

  Welterweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Boris Gurevich

  Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold

• Shota Lomidze

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver

• Alexander Medved

  Heavyweight, freestyle: gold

rowing

• Viktor Melnikov

  One: did not run in the final run

• Anatoly Sass

  Double twos: gold

• Alexander Timoshinin

  Double twos: gold

• Apolinaras Grigas

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Vladimir Rikkanen

  Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals

• Leonid Drachevsky

  Two with helmsman: not started in the final run

• Tiit Helmja

  Two with helmsman: not started in the final run

• Igor Rudakov

  Two with helmsman: not started in the final run

• Vitolds Barkans

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Elmārs Rubins

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Pavel Ilyinsky

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Guntis Niedra

  Four without a helmsman: 11th place

• Anatoly Nemtyrev

  Four with helmsman: 6th place

• Boris Dujunov

  Four with helmsman: 6th place

• Nikolai Surov

  Four with helmsman: 6th place

• Alexei Mishin

  Four with helmsman: 6th place

• Arkady Kudinov

  Four with helmsman: 6th place

• Viktor Mikheev

  Four with helmsman: 6th place

• Volodymyr Sterlik

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Juri Lorenzson

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Yuri Suslin

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Juozas Jagelavičius

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Alexander Martyshkin

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Vytautas Briedis

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Zigmas Jukna

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Antanas Bagdonavičius

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Valentyn Kravchuk

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

shoot

• Renart Suleimanov

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: bronze

• Anatoly Onishchuk

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 27th place

• Grigory Kossych

  Free pistol 50 m: gold

• Vladimir Stolypin

  Free pistol 50 m: 10th place

• Valentin Kornew

  Free rifle three position fight 300 m: silver

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 16th place

• Shota Kweliashvili

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 4th place

• Vitaly Parchimovich

  Small bore rifle, three position battle 50 m: bronze

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 36th place

• Vladimir Konjachin

  Small bore rifle, three position fight 50 m: 10th place

• Pāvels Seničevs

  Trap: 4th place

• Alexander Alipov

  Trap: 7th place

• Yevgeny Petrov

  Skeet: gold

• Yuri Zuranow

  Skeet: 4th place

swim

Men

• Leonid Ilyichov

  100 m freestyle: 5th place

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 Freestyle Relay: Silver

  4 x 200 Freestyle Relay: Bronze

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Georgijs Kuļikovs

  100 m freestyle: 6th place

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 Freestyle Relay: Silver

  4 x 200 Freestyle Relay: Bronze

• Sergei Gusew

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 Freestyle Relay: Silver

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Semyon Beliz-Geiman

  200 m freestyle: 7th place

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 Freestyle Relay: Silver

  4 x 200 Freestyle Relay: Bronze

• Akhmed Anarbayev

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Vladimir Bure

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 Freestyle Relay: Bronze

• Viktor Masanov

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 Freestyle Relay: Silver

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Yuri Hromak

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Yevgeny Spiridonov

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Leonid Dobroskokin

  200 m back: 6th place

• Vladimir Kossinski

  100 m chest: silver

  200 m chest: silver

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Nikolai Pankin

  100 m chest: bronze

  200 m chest: 4th place

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Yevhen Mychaylov

  100 m chest: 5th place

  200 m chest: 5th place

• Vladimir Nemschilow

  100 m butterfly: 4th place

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Yuri Suzdaltsev

  100 m butterfly: 6th place

  4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze

• Sergei Konov

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Valentin Kuzmin

  200 m butterfly: 4th place

• Viktor Sharygin

  200 m butterfly: 7th place

• Vladimir Kravchenko

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Andrei Dunayev

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: 7th place

Women

• Lidija Hrebez

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up

  4 x 100-layer relay: 4th place

• Natalia Ustinova

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Soy Dus

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Tamara Sosnowa

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Tinatin Lekweischwili

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100-layer relay: 4th place

• Tatiana Savelyeva

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Galina Prosumenschtschikowa

  100 m chest: silver

  200 m chest: bronze

• Svetlana Babanina

  100 m chest: 7th place

  200 m chest: 6th place

• Alla Grebennikova

  100 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

  200 m chest: 4th place

  4 x 100-layer relay: 4th place

• Tetiana Devyatova

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100-layer relay: 4th place

• Larissa Sakharova

  200 m individual medley: 7th place

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100-layer relay: 4th place

sailing

• Valentin Mankin

  Finn dinghy: gold

• Timir Pinegin

  Star: 16th place

• Fyodor Shutkov

  Star: 16th place

• Lev Rvalov

  Flying Dutchman: 15th place

• Viktor Pilchin

  Flying Dutchman: 15th place

• Yuri Anissimov

  Dragons: 11th place

• Valery Afanasiev

  Dragons: 11th place

• Valery Ruzhnikov

  Dragons: 11th place

• Constantine Alexandrov

  5.5 meter class: 9th place

• Konstantin Melgunov

  5.5 meter class: 9th place

• Vladimir Alexandrov

  5.5 meter class: 9th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Mikhail Voronin

  Individual all-around: silver

  Floor: 4th place in qualification

  Horse jump: gold

  Ingot: silver

  Horizontal bar: gold

  Rings: silver

  Pommel horse: bronze

  Team all-around: silver

• Sergei Diomidov

  Individual all-around: 6th place

  Floor: 9th place

  Horse jump: bronze

  Bars: 23rd place

  Horizontal bar: 5th place

  Rings: 6th place

  Pommel horse: 8th place

  Team all-around: silver

• Viktor Klimenko

  Individual all-around: 7th place

  Floor: 13th place

  Horse jump: 7th place

  Ingot: bronze

  Horizontal bar: 11th place

  Rings: 9th place

  Pommel horse: 6th place

  Team all-around: silver

• Valery Karasev

  Individual all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 5th place

  Horse jump: 7th place

  Bars: 9th place

  Horizontal bar: 32nd place

  Rings: 17th place

  Pommel horse: 12th place

  Team all-around: silver

• Viktor Lissitsky

  Individual all-around: 14th place

  Floor: 8th place

  Horse jump: 10th place

  Bars: 41st place

  Horizontal bar: 25th place

  Rings: 11th place

  Pommel horse: 22nd place

  Team all-around: silver

• Valery Ilyinykh

  Individual all-around: 15th place

  Floor: 55th place

  Horse jump: 12th place

  Bars: 21st place

  Horizontal bar: 8th place

  Rings: 17th place

  Pommel horse: 25th place

  Team all-around: silver

Women

• Sinaida Voronina

  Individual all-around: silver

  Floor: 4th place

  Horse jump: bronze

  Uneven bars: bronze

  Balance beam: 15th place

  Team all-around: gold

• Natalia Kuchinskaya

  Individual all-around: bronze

  Bottom: bronze

  Horse jump: 5th place

  Uneven bars: 37th place

  Balance beam: gold

  Team all-around: gold

• Larissa Petrik

  Individual all-around: 4th place

  Bottom: gold

  Horse jump: 8th place

  Uneven bars: 10th place

  Balance beam: bronze

  Team all-around: gold

• Olga Karassyova

  Individual all-around: 7th place

  Floor: 5th place

  Horse jump: 10th place

  Uneven bars: 7th place

  Balance beam: 18th place

  Team all-around: gold

• Lyudmila Turishcheva

  Individual all-around: 24th place

  Floor: 8th place

  Horse jump: 20th place

  Uneven bars: 12th place

  Balance beam: 43rd place

  Team all-around: gold

• Lyubov Burda

  Individual all-around: 25th place

  Floor: 20th place

  Horse jump: 16th place

  Uneven bars: 50th place

  Balance beam: 10th place

  Team all-around: gold

volleyball

Men

• gold

  Eduard Sibiryakov

  Viktor Mychalchuk

  Borys Tereshchuk

  Volodymyr Ivanov

  Yevhen Lapynskyi

  Volodymyr Bjeljajew

  Yuri Poyarkov

  Ivans Bugajenkovs

  Oļegs Antropovs

  Vasilijus Matuševas

  Valery Kravchenko

  Georgi Mondsolewski

Women

• gold

  Valentina Vinogradova

  Inna Ryskal

  Lyudmila Buldakova

  Vera Galuschka-Dujunova

  Nina Smoleeva

  Rosa Salichowa

  Tatiana Sarycheva

  Lyudmila Mikhailovskaya

  Tatiana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova

  Galina Leontjewa

  Vera Lantratova

Water polo

• silver

  Alexei Barkalov

  Oleg Bowin

  Alexander Dolgushin

  Yuri Grigorovsky

  Boris Grischin

  Vadim Gulyayev

  Leonid Osipov

  Alexander Schidlowski

  Vladimir Semyonov

  Vyacheslav Skok

  Giwi Chikwanaja

Diving

Men

• Mikhail Safonov

  3 m jumping: 9th place

  10 m high diving: 9th place

• Vladimir Wassin

  3 m jumping: 11th place

  10 m high diving: 10th place

• Boris Polulyach

  3 m jumping: 10th place

• Viktor Pogoshev

  10 m high diving: 16th place

Women

• Tamara Fedosova

  3 m jumping: silver

• Vera Baklanova

  3 m jumping: 6th place

• Jelena Anochina

  3 m jumping: 8th place

• Natalia Lobanova

  10 m high diving: silver

• Galina Alexeyeva

  10 m high diving: 14th place

• Nadezhda Karpuchina

  10 m high diving: 22nd place

Web links

• Soviet Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Remarks

1. ↑ Voronin was qualified for the final, but did not compete there, which is why his starting place went to the best gymnast placed behind him.