1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Soviet Union)
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22nd | 30th | 19th |
The Soviet Union took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki with a delegation of 295 athletes (255 men and 40 women) in 141 competitions in 18 sports.
The Soviet athletes won 22 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze medals, which put the Soviet Union in second place in the medal table. The most successful athlete was the gymnast Viktor Tschukarin , who won six medals and was four times Olympic champion . The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Jakow Kuzenko .
Participants by sport
basketball
- silver
Boxing
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Anatoly Bulakov
- Flyweight: bronze
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Gennady Garbusov
- Bantamweight: bronze
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Yuri Sokolov
- Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Alexander Sassuchin
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Viktor Mednow
- Light welterweight: silver
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Sergei Stscherbakov
- Welterweight: silver
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Boris Tischin
- Light middleweight: bronze
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Boris Silchev
- Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Anatoly Perov
- Light Heavyweight: Bronze
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Algirdas Šocikas
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
fencing
- Men
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Mark Midler
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Julen Uralov
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Herman Bokun
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Ivan Komarov
- Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Juozas Udras
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Lev Saitschuk
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Yuri Deksbach
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Akaki Meipariani
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Genrich Bulgakov
- Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Ivan Manajenko
- Saber: eliminated in the semifinals
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Lev Kuznetsov
- Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Boris Belyakov
- Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
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Vladimir Vyshpolski
- Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round
- Women
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Apollinarija Plekhanova
- Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Anna Ponomaryova
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Nadezhda Schitikova
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
Soccer
- knocked out in the round of 16
Weightlifting
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Ivan Udodov
- Bantamweight: gold
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Rafael Tschimischkjan
- Featherweight: gold
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Nikolai Saksonov
- Featherweight: silver
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Yevgeny Lopatin
- Lightweight: silver
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Trofim Lomakin
- Light Heavyweight: Gold
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Arkady Vorobyov
- Light Heavyweight: Bronze
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Grigory Nowak
- Middle heavyweight: silver
canoe
- Men
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Lev Nikitin
- Single kayak 1000 m: 8th place
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Ivan Sotnykov
- Single kayak 10,000 m: 7th place
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Anatoly Troschenkow
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance
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Igor Kuznetsov
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance
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Nikolai Tetyorkin
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 10th place
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Igor Feoktistov
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 10th place
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Vladimir Kotyrev
- Single Canoe 1000 m: 8th place
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Pavel Charin
- Single Canoe 10,000 m: 10th place
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Alexandr Krassawin
- Two-man Canadians 1000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Sergei Chumakov
- Two-man Canadians 1000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Valentin Orishchenko
- Two-man canoe 10,000 m: 4th place
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Nikolai Perevostschikow
- Two-man canoe 10,000 m: 4th place
- Women
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Nina Sawina
- Single kayak 500 m: bronze
athletics
- Men
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Vladimir Sukharev
- 100 m: 5th place
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Mikhail Kazantsev
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Levan Sanadze
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Ardalion Ignatiev
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Yuri Lituev
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m hurdles: silver
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Edmunds Pīlāgs
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Petro Chevhun
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Gennadi Modoi
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Georgi Iwakin
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Mihail Velsvebel
- 1500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Mykola Bjelokurow
- 1500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Nikolai Kuchurin
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Alexander Anufrijew
- 5000 m: 10th place
- 10,000 m: bronze
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Nikifor Popov
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 10,000 m: 11th place
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Ivan Semyonov
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Ivan Poschidajew
- 10,000 m: 9th place
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Yakov Moskachenkov
- Marathon: 20th place
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Feodossi Vanin
- Marathon: 27th place
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Grigory Suchkov
- Marathon: 28th place
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Yevhen Bulantschyk
- 110 m hurdles: 4th place
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Sergei Popov
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Anatoly Julin
- 400 m hurdles: 4th place
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Zimafej Lunjou
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Vladimir Kazantsev
- 3000 m obstacle: silver
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Mikhail Saltykov
- 3000 m obstacle: 7th place
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Fyodor Marulin
- 3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Boris Tokarev
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Levan Kalyayev
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Gennady Slepnyov
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Bruno Junk
- 20 km walking: bronze
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Ivan Yarmysh
- 20 km walking: 6th place
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Pēteris Zeltiņš
- 20 km walking: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Sergei Lobastov
- 50 km walking: 5th place
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Vladimir Uchow
- 50 km walking: 6th place
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Pavel Kazankov
- 50 km walking: 23rd place
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Yuri Ilyasov
- High jump: 13th place
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Yevhen Vansovych
- High jump: 28th place
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Petro Denyssenko
- Pole vault: 4th place
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Volodymyr Braschnyk
- Pole vault: 7th place
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Viktor Knyazev
- Pole vault: 8th place
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Leonid Grigoryev
- Long jump: 6th place
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Nikolai Andryushchenko
- Long jump: 22nd place
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Xandadaş Mədətov
- Long jump: without a valid attempt
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Leonid Shcherbakov
- Triple jump: silver
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Oto Grigalka
- Shot put: 4th place
- Discus throw: 6th place
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Georgi Feodorov
- Shot put: 7th place
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Boris Matveev
- Discus throw: 10th place
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Boris Butenko
- Discus throw: 11th place
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Mykola Redkin
- Hammer throw: 5th place
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Heorhij Dybenko
- Hammer throw: 8th place
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Mikhail Krywanossau
- Hammer throw: without a valid attempt in the final
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Viktor Zybulenko
- Javelin throw: 4th place
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Vladimir Kuznetsov
- Javelin throw: 6th place
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Yuri Shcherbakov
- Javelin throw: 13th place
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Vladimir Volkov
- Decathlon: 4th place
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Sergei Kuznetsov
- Decathlon: 10th place
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Pyotr Koshevnikov
- Decathlon: competition not finished
- Women
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Nadezhda Chnykina
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m: bronze
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Wera Krepkina
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Irina Turova
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Yevgenia Sechenova
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Flora Kazantseva
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Maria Golubnichaya
- 80 m hurdles: silver
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Elene Gokieli
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Anna Alexandrowa
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Alexandra Tschudina
- High jump: bronze
- Long jump: silver
- Javelin throw: silver
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Nina Kosova
- High jump: 7th place
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Galina Ganeker
- High jump: 11th place
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Nina Tyurkina
- Long jump: 6th place
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Valentina Litujewa
- Long jump: 11th place
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Galina Sybina
- Shot put: gold
- Javelin throw: 4th place
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Klavdiya Tochonova
- Shot put: bronze
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Tamara Tyschkewitsch
- Shot put: 4th place
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Nina Ponomaryova
- Discus throw: gold
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Yelisaveta Bagrjanzeva
- Discus throw: silver
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Nina Dumbadze
- Discus throw: bronze
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Jelena Gorchakova
- Javelin throw: bronze
Modern pentathlon
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Igor Novikov
- Singles: 4th place
- Team: 5th place
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Pavel Rakitjansky
- Individual: 23rd place
- Team: 5th place
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Alexander Dechayev
- Singles: 28th place
- Team: 5th place
Cycling
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Yevgeny Klewzow
- Road race: 40th place
- Road race team classification: Race not finished
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Anatoly Kolessov
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Road race team classification: Race not finished
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Nikolai Bobarenko
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Road race team classification: Race not finished
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Vladimir Kryuchkov
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Road race team classification: Race not finished
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Otar Dadunashvili
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Lev Zipurski
- Track 1000 m time trial: 12th place
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Viktor Meshkov
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 14th place
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Vasily Fedin
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 14th place
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Nikolai Matvejev
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 14th place
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Valentin Mikhailov
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 14th place
horse riding
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Vladimir Raspopov
- Dressage: 19th place
- Dressage team: 7th place
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Vasily Tikhonov
- Dressage: 24th place
- Dressage team: 7th place
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Nikolai Sitko
- Dressage: 25th place
- Dressage team: 7th place
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Mikhail Vlasov
- Show jumping: 43rd place
- Show jumping team: 14th place
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Nikolai Shelenkov
- Show jumping: 46th place
- Show jumping team: 14th place
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Gavriil Budjonny
- Show jumping: 47th place
- Show jumping team: 14th place
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Valerian Kuibyshev
- Eventing: 10th place
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Yuri Andreyev
- Eventing: retired
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Boris Lilow
- Eventing: retired
- Eventing team: eliminated
Wrestling
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Boris Gurevich
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Artyom Terjan
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Yakov Punkin
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Shazam Safin
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Semyon Marushkin
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Nikolai Below
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Shalva Chikladze
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Silver
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Johannes Kotkas
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Georgi Sayadov
- Flyweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Rəşid Məmmədbəyov
- Bantamweight, freestyle: silver
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İbrahimpaşa Dadaşov
- Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round
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Armenak Yaltyrjan
- Lightweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Wassyl Rybalko
- Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Dawit Chimakuridze
- Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold
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August Englas
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Arsen Mekokishvili
- Heavyweight, freestyle: gold
rowing
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Yuri Tyukalov
- One: gold
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Georgi Schilin
- Double twos: silver
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Igor Yemchuk
- Double twos: silver
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Mikhail Plaksin
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the 2nd run
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Vasily Bagrezov
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the 2nd run
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Yevgeny Morozov
- Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Viktor Shevchenko
- Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Mikhail Prudnikov
- Two with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Vladimir Kirsanov
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Ivan Makarov
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Yuri Rogozov
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Roman Sakharov
- Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Boris Bretschko
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Boris Feodorov
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Georgi Gushchenko
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Yevgeny Tretnikov
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Kirill Putyrski
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals
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Yevgeny Brago
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Vladimir Rodimushkin
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Alexei Komarov
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Igor Borisov
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Slava Amiragov
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Leonid Gissen
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Yevgeny Samsonov
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Vladimir Kryukov
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
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Igor Polyakov
- Eighth with helmsman: silver
shoot
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Vasily Frolov
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 8th place
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Vasily Novikov
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 11th place
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Konstantin Martasov
- Free pistol 50 m: 4th place
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Lew Wainschtein
- Free pistol 50 m: 5th place
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: bronze
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Anatoly Bogdanov
- Free rifle three position fight 300 m: gold
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Boris Andreyev
- Small bore rifle, three position battle 50 m: bronze
- Small caliber rifle lying 50 m: silver
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Pyotr Avilov
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: 5th place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 24th place
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Pyotr Nikolayev
- Running stag 100 m: 7th place
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Vladimir Sevryugin
- Running stag 100 m: 8th place
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Ivan Issayev
- Trap: 10th place
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Yuri Nikandrov
- Trap: 15th place
swim
- Men
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Lev Balandin
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Endel Edasi
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Vladimir Skomarowski
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Viktor Drobinsky
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Anatoly Raznochintsev
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Endel Press
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Vladimir Lavrinenko
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Vasily Karmanov
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Leonid Meshkov
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Viktor Solovyov
- 100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Leonid Sagaiduk
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Vladimir Lopatin
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Vladimir Borisenko
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
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Pyotr Scriptschenkow
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Yuri Kurchashov
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Women
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Marija Hawrysch
- 200 m chest: 6th place
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Wera Kostina
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Rosa Sensivieva
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
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Pyotr Gorelikov
- Finn dinghy: 12th place
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Alexander Chumakov
- Star: 17th place
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Konstantin Melgunov
- Star: 17th place
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Ivan Matveev
- Dragons: 15th place
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Andrei Masovka
- Dragons: 15th place
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Yuri Golubev
- Dragons: 15th place
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Constantine Alexandrov
- 5.5 meter class: 16th place
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Pavel Pankrashkin
- 5.5 meter class: 16th place
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Lev Alexeyev
- 5.5 meter class: 16th place
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Boris Lobashkov
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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Fyodor Shutkov
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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Kirill Koschewnikow
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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Nikolai Matveev
- 6-meter class: 11th place
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Nikolai Yermakov
- 6-meter class: 11th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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Viktor Chukarin
- Individual all-around: gold
- Floor: 29th place
- Horse jump: gold
- Ingot: silver
- Horizontal bar: 5th place
- Rings: silver
- Pommel horse: gold
- Team all-around: gold
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Hrant Shahinyan
- Individual all-around: silver
- Floor: 8th place
- Horse jump: 35th place
- Bars: 4th place
- Horizontal bar: 14th place
- Rings: gold
- Pommel horse: silver
- Team all-around: gold
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Valentin Muratov
- Individual all-around: 4th place
- Floor: 11th place
- Horse jump: 19th place
- Bars: 8th place
- Horizontal bar: 9th place
- Rings: 5th place
- Pommel horse: 32nd place
- Team all-around: gold
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Yevgeny Korolkov
- Individual all-around: 6th place
- Floor: 35th place
- Horse jump: 44th place
- Bars: 5th place
- Horizontal bar: 23rd place
- Rings: 7th place
- Pommel horse: silver
- Team all-around: gold
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Vladimir Belyakov
- Individual all-around: 6th place
- Floor: 14th place
- Horse jump: 35th place
- Bars: 8th place
- Horizontal bar: 23rd place
- Rings: 14th place
- Pommel horse: 7th place
- Team all-around: gold
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Josif Berdyev
- Individual all-around: 10th place
- Floor: 19th place
- Horse jump: 7th place
- Bars: 11th place
- Horizontal bar: 38th place
- Rings: 11th place
- Pommel horse: 15th place
- Team all-around: gold
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Mikhail Perelman
- Individual all-around: 11th place
- Floor: 41st place
- Horse jump: 65th place
- Bars: 15th place
- Horizontal bar: 29th place
- Rings: 13th place
- Pommel horse: 4th place
- Team all-around: gold
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Dmytro Leonkin
- Individual all-around: 78th place
- Floor: 27th place
- Horse jump: 19th place
- Bars: 127th place
- Horizontal bar: 43rd place
- Rings: bronze
- Pommel horse: 164th place
- Team all-around: gold
- Women
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Maria Gorokhovskaya
- Individual all-around: gold
- Bottom: silver
- Horse jump: silver
- Uneven bars: silver
- Balance beam: silver
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
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Nina Bocharova
- Individual all-around: silver
- Floor: 10th place
- Horse jump: 6th place
- Uneven bars: 4th place
- Balance beam: gold
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
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Galina Minaicheva
- Individual all-around: 4th place
- Floor: 6th place
- Horse jump: bronze
- Uneven bars: 8th place
- Balance beam: 10th place
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
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Galina Urbanowitsch
- Individual all-around: 5th place
- Floor: 4th place
- Horse jump: 5th place
- Uneven bars: 12th place
- Balance beam: 5th place
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
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Pelageia Danilova
- Individual all-around: 7th place
- Floor: 11th place
- Horse jump: 12th place
- Uneven bars: 4th place
- Balance beam: 9th place
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
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Galina Shamrai
- Individual all-around: 8th place
- Floor: 8th place
- Horse jump: 23rd place
- Uneven bars: 7th place
- Balance beam: 8th place
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
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Medea Jugeli
- Individual all-around: 9th place
- Floor: 12th place
- Horse jump: 4th place
- Uneven bars: 9th place
- Balance beam: 15th place
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
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Ekaterina Kalinchuk
- Individual all-around: 13th place
- Floor: 47th place
- Horse jump: gold
- Uneven bars: 10th place
- Balance beam: 18th place
- Team all-around: gold
- Group gymnastics: silver
Water polo
- 7th place
Diving
- Men
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Roman Brener
- 3 m jumping: 5th place
- 10 m high diving: 8th place
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Alexei Shigalov
- 3 m jumping: 8th place
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Gennady Udalov
- 3 m jumping: 13th place
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Alexandr Bakatin
- 10 m high diving: 7th place
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Mikhail Chachba
- 10 m high diving: 17th place
- Women
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Ninel Krutova
- 3 m jumping: 4th place
- 10 m high diving: 14th place
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Lyubov Zhigalova
- 3 m jumping: 6th place
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Valentina Chumicheva
- 3 m jumping: 10th place
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Tatiana Wereina-Karakashjanz
- 10 m high diving: 6th place
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Yevgenia Bogdanovskaya
- 10 m high diving: 8th place
Web links
- Soviet Olympic team from 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )