1960 Summer Olympics / Participants (Soviet Union)
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The Soviet Union took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with a delegation of 283 athletes (233 men and 50 women) in 145 competitions in 17 sports.
The Soviet athletes won 43 gold, 29 silver and 31 bronze medals, with the Soviet Union taking first place in the medal table. The most successful athlete was the gymnast Boris Schachlin , who won seven medals and was a four-time Olympic champion . The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Yuri Vlasov .
Participants by sport
basketball
- silver
Boxing
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Sergei Sivko
- Flyweight: silver
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Oleg Grigoryev
- Bantamweight: gold
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Boris Nikonorov
- Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Wilikton Barannikov
- Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Vladimir Jengibarjan
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Yuri Radonjak
- Welterweight: silver
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Boris Lagutin
- Light middleweight: bronze
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Yevgeny Feofanov
- Middleweight: bronze
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Gennady Shatkov
- Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Andrei Abramov
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
fencing
- Men
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Viktor Zhdanovich
- Foil: gold
- Foil team: gold
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Yuri Sissikin
- Foil: silver
- Foil team: gold
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Mark Midler
- Foil: 5th place
- Foil team: gold
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German Sveshnikov
- Foil team: gold
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Yuri Rudov
- Foil team: gold
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Bruno Habārovs
- Epee: bronze
- Epee team: bronze
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Guram Kostawa
- Epee: eliminated in the semifinals
- Epee team: bronze
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Arnold Tscharnuschewitsch
- Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Epee team: bronze
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Aljaksandr Paulouski
- Epee team: bronze
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Valentin Chernikov
- Epee team: bronze
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Dawid Tyschler
- Saber: 7th place
- Saber team: 5th place
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Jakow Rylski
- Saber: 8th place
- Saber team: 5th place
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Nugsar Assatiani
- Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Saber team: 5th place
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Yevhen Cherepovskyi
- Saber team: 5th place
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Umjar Mawlichanov
- Saber team: 5th place
- Women
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Valentina Rastvorova
- Foil: silver
- Foil team: gold
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Galina Gorochowa
- Foil: 4th place
- Foil team: gold
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Alexandra Sabelina
- Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Foil team: gold
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Tatiana Petrenko
- Foil team: gold
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Valentina Prudskova
- Foil team: gold
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Lyudmila Schischowa
- Foil team: gold
Weightlifting
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Yevgeny Minaev
- Featherweight: gold
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Viktor Buschuyev
- Lightweight: gold
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Alexander Kurynov
- Middleweight: gold
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Arkady Vorobyov
- Middle Heavyweight: Gold
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Trofim Lomakin
- Middle heavyweight: silver
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Yuri Vlasov
- Heavyweight: gold
canoe
- Men
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Ibragim Khasanov
- Single kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Mykolas Rudzinskas
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Ivan Holovachev
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Igor Pissarev
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Anatoly Kononenko
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Fedir Lyachowskyj
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Volodymyr Natalucha
- Quad kayak 1000 m: 5th place
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Alexander Silayev
- Single Canoe 1000 m: silver
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Leanid Hejschtar
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: gold
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Serhiy Makarenko
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: gold
- Women
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Antonina Seredina
- Single kayak 500 m: gold
- Two-person kayak 500 m: gold
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Marija Schubina
- Two-person kayak 500 m: gold
athletics
- Men
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Edwin Osolin
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Yuri Konovalov
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Ghusman Qossanow
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Wadym Archyptschuk
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Leonid Bartenjew
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: silver
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Konstantin Grachev
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Abram Kryvosheev
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Valery Bulyshev
- 800 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Vasily Savinkov
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Yevgeny Momotkov
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Alexander Artynyuk
- 5000 m: 9th place
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Yuri Sakharov
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Boris Yefimov
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Pyotr Bolotnikov
- 10,000 m: gold
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Alexei Dessyatchikov
- 10,000 m: 4th place
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Yevgeny Zhukov
- 10,000 m: 16th place
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Konstantin Vorobyov
- Marathon: 4th place
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Sergei Popov
- Marathon: 5th place
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Nikolai Rumyantsev
- Marathon: 11th place
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Valentin Chistyakov
- 110 m hurdles: 6th place
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Mykola Berezuzkyj
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Anatoly Mikhailov
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Georgi Chevychalov
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Boris Kriunow
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Arnold Mazulevych
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Nikolai Sokolov
- 3000 m obstacle: silver
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Semyon Rshishchin
- 3000 m obstacle: bronze
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Alexei Konow
- 3000 m obstacle: 8th place
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Vladimir Polyanichev
- 4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Volodymyr Holubnychy
- 20 km of walking: gold
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Anatoly Wedjakov
- 20 km walking: race not finished
- 50 km walking: 9th place
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Gennady Solodov
- 20 km walking: race not finished
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Oleksandr Shcherbyna
- 50 km walking: 4th place
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Grigory Klimov
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Robert Schawlakadze
- High jump: gold
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Valery Brumel
- High jump: silver
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Viktor Bolshov
- High jump: 4th place
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Ihor Petrenko
- Pole vault: 6th place
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Jānis Krasovskis
- Pole vault: 13th place
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Igor Ter-Ovansyan
- Long jump: bronze
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Dmytro Bondarenko
- Long jump: 8th place
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Revas Kwachakidze
- Long jump: 40th place
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Vladimir Goryayev
- Triple jump: silver
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Witold Krejer
- Triple jump: bronze
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Yevgeny Mikhailov
- Triple jump: 10th place
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Viktor Lipsnis
- Shot put: 4th place
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Viktor Kompaniyets
- Discus throw: 6th place
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Kim Buchanzov
- Discus throw: 8th place
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Vladimir Trussenev
- Discus throw: 15th place
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Vasily Rudenkow
- Hammer throw: gold
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Anatoly Samotsvetov
- Hammer throw: 7th place
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Yuri Nikulin
- Hammer throw: 10th place
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Viktor Zybulenko
- Javelin throw: gold
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Mart Paama
- Javelin throw: 11th place
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Ivan Sivoplyasov
- Javelin throw: 14th place
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Vasily Kuznetsov
- Decathlon: bronze
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Yuri Kutenko
- Decathlon: 4th place
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Iuri Diatschkowi
- Decathlon: competition not finished
- Women
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Marija Itkina
- 100 m: 4th place
- 200 m: 4th place
- 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
- Long jump: gold
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Walentyna Maslowska
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Lyudmila Samotyosova
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Lyudmila Shevtsova
- 800 m: gold
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Sinaida Matistovich
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Ekaterina Parlyuk
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Irina Press
- 80 m hurdles: gold
- 4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place
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Galina Bystrowa
- 80 m hurdles: 5th place
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Rimma Koscheljowa
- 80 m hurdles: 6th place
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Galina Dolja
- High jump: 4th place
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Taissija Tschentschik
- High jump: 5th place
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Valentina Ballod
- High jump: 15th place
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Lyudmyla Radchenko
- Long jump: 5th place
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Valentina Schaprunowa
- Long jump: 8th place
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Tamara Press
- Shot put: gold
- Discus throw: silver
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Sinaida Doinikova
- Shot put: 5th place
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Galina Sybina
- Shot put: 7th place
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Nina Ponomaryova
- Discus throw: gold
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Yevgenia Kuznetsova
- Discus throw: 5th place
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Elvīra Ozoliņa
- Javelin throw: gold
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Birutė Kalėdienė
- Javelin throw: bronze
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Alevtina Schastitko
- Javelin throw: 8th place
Modern pentathlon
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Igor Novikov
- Singles: 5th place
- Team: silver
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Nikolai Tatarinov
- Individual: 6th place
- Team: silver
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Hanno Selg
- Singles: 10th place
- Team: silver
Cycling
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Viktor Kapitonov
- Road race: gold
- Road race team time trial: bronze
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Yuri Melichow
- Road race: 4th place
- Road race team time trial: bronze
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Yevgeny Klewzow
- Road race: 33rd place
- Road race team time trial: bronze
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Gainan Saidchushin
- Road race: 34th place
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Alexei Petrov
- Road race team time trial: bronze
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Boris Vasiliev
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 5th round
- Track tandem sprint 2000 m: bronze
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Imants Bodnieks
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 5th round
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Rostislav Wargashkin
- Track 1000 m time trial: bronze
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Vladimir Leonov
- Track tandem sprint 2000 m: bronze
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Stanislav Moskvin
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: bronze
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Leonid Columbet
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: bronze
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Viktor Romanov
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: bronze
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Arnold Belgardt
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: bronze
horse riding
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Sergei Filatov
- Dressage: gold
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Ivan Kalita
- Dressage: 5th place
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Andrei Faworski
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Vladimir Raspopov
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Fyodor Metelkov
- Show jumping: eliminated
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Ernest Schabailo
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: eliminated
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Saibat valley Mursalimow
- Eventing: 5th place
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Lev Baklyshkin
- Eventing: 7th place
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Yuri Smyslov
- Eventing: retired
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Boris Konkov
- Eventing: retired
- Eventing team: eliminated
Wrestling
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Ali Aliyev
- Flyweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Mikhail Shakhov
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Vladimir Rubashvili
- Featherweight, freestyle: bronze
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Vladimir Sinyavsky
- Lightweight, freestyle: silver
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Vakhtang Balavadze
- Welterweight, freestyle: 11th place
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Giorgi Schirtladse
- Middleweight, freestyle: silver
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Anatoly Albul
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: bronze
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Sawkuds Dzarasov
- Heavyweight, freestyle: bronze
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Ivan Kochergin
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
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Oleg Karavaev
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Konstantin Vyrupayev
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Awtandil Koridze
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Hryhoriy Hamarnik
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
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Nikolai Chuchalov
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
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Giwi Kartosia
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Bronze
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Ivan Bohdan
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: gold
rowing
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Vyacheslav Ivanov
- One: gold
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Alexander Berkutov
- Double twos: silver
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Yuri Tyukalov
- Double twos: silver
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Valentin Boreiko
- Two without a helmsman: gold
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Oleg Golovanov
- Two without a helmsman: gold
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Antanas Bagdonavičius
- Two with helmsman: silver
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Zigmas Jukna
- Two with helmsman: silver
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Igor Rudakov
- Two with helmsman: silver
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Igor Achremchik
- Four without a helmsman: bronze
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Yuri Batschurow
- Four without a helmsman: bronze
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Valentin Morkowkin
- Four without a helmsman: bronze
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Anatoly Tarabrin
- Four without a helmsman: bronze
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Oleg Alexandrov
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Igor Chochlow
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Valentin Sanin
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Boris Feodorov
- Four with helmsman: 4th place
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Mikhail Balenkov
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Viktor Barinov
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Viktor Bogachev
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Woldemar Dundur
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Nikolai Gomolko
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Boris Gorokhov
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Leonid Ivanov
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Vladimir Malik
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Juri Lorenzson
- Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals
shoot
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Alexander Sabelin
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: bronze
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Yevgeny Cherkassov
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 12th place
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Alexei Gushchin
- Free pistol 50 m: gold
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Machmud Umarov
- Free pistol 50 m: silver
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Vasily Borisov
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: bronze
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 4th place
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Moisei Itkis
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 5th place
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Viktor Shamburkin
- Small caliber rifle three-position fight 50 m: gold
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Marat Nyýazow
- Small caliber rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: silver
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 9th place
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Sergei Kalinin
- Trap: bronze
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Yuri Nikandrov
- Trap: 15th place
swim
- Men
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Igor Luzhkovsky
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: 8th place
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Vitaly Sorokin
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: 8th place
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Leonid Kolesnikov
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Gennady Androsov
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Boris Nikitini
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: 8th place
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Gennady Nikolaev
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: 8th place
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Serhiy Towstoplet
- 4 x 200 freestyle relay: 8th place
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Leonid Barbijer
- 100 m back: 5th place
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Veiko Siimar
- 100 m back: 8th place
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Arkady Holovchenko
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
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Heorhiy Prokopenko
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
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Valentin Kuzmin
- 200 m butterfly: 7th place
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Grigory Kisselev
- 200 m butterfly: eliminated in the semi-finals
- Women
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Marina Schamal
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 layer relay: 8th place
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Ulvi Voog
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Irina Lyachowskaya
- 4 x 100 freestyle relay: 8th place
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Galina Sosnova
- 4 x 100 freestyle relay: 8th place
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Larissa Viktorova
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 layer relay: 8th place
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Lyudmyla Klipova
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Eve Maurer
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Lyudmila Korobova
- 200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 layer relay: 8th place
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Sinaida Belovetskaya
- 100 m butterfly: 6th place
- 4 x 100 layer relay: 8th place
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Valentina Posnyak
- 100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 layer relay: 8th place
sailing
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Alexander Chuchelov
- Finn dinghy: silver
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Timir Pinegin
- Star: gold
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Fyodor Shutkov
- Star: gold
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Alexander Shelkovnikov
- Flying Dutchman: 6th place
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Viktor Pilchin
- Flying Dutchman: 6th place
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Eduard Staisson
- Dragons: 16th place
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Nikolai Jepifanov
- Dragons: 16th place
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Vyacheslav Moshayev
- Dragons: 16th place
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Viktor Gorlov
- 5.5 meter class: 14th place
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Konstantin Melgunov
- 5.5 meter class: 14th place
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Pavel Parshin
- 5.5 meter class: 14th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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Boris Schachlin
- Individual all-around: gold
- Floor: 7th place
- Horse jump: gold
- Ingot: gold
- Horizontal bar: bronze
- Rings: silver
- Pommel horse: gold
- Team all-around: silver
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Yuri Titov
- Individual all-around: bronze
- Bottom: silver
- Horse jump: 4th place
- Bars: 5th place
- Horizontal bar: 5th place
- Rings: 6th place
- Pommel horse: 5th place
- Team all-around: silver
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Albert Azarianan
- Individual all-around: 11th place
- Floor: 24th place
- Horse jump: 14th place
- Bars: 46th place
- Horizontal bar: 7th place
- Rings: gold
- Pommel horse: 30th place
- Team all-around: silver
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Vladimir Portnoi
- Individual all-around: 12th place
- Floor: 7th place
- Horse jump: bronze
- Bars: 42nd place
- Horizontal bar: 13th place
- Rings: 12th place
- Pommel horse: 18th place
- Team all-around: silver
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Nikolai Miligulo
- Individual all-around: 13th place
- Floor: 14th place
- Horse jump: 12th place
- Bars: 23rd place
- Horizontal bar: 17th place
- Rings: 12th place
- Pommel horse: 10th place
- Team all-around: silver
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Valery Kerdemilidi
- Individual all-around: 17th place
- Floor: 14th place
- Horse jump: 16th place
- Bars: 97th place
- Horizontal bar: 9th place
- Rings: 9th place
- Pommel horse: 12th place
- Team all-around: silver
- Women
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Larissa Latynina
- Individual all-around: gold
- Bottom: gold
- Horse jump: bronze
- Uneven bars: silver
- Balance beam: silver
- Team all-around: gold
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Sofja Muratova
- Individual all-around: silver
- Floor: 5th place
- Horse jump: silver
- Uneven bars: 4th place
- Balance beam: bronze
- Team all-around: gold
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Polina Astakhova
- Individual all-around: bronze
- Bottom: silver
- Horse jump: 6th place
- Uneven bars: gold
- Balance beam: 28th place
- Team all-around: gold
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Margarita Nikolayeva
- Individual all-around: 4th place
- Floor: 15th place
- Horse jump: gold
- Uneven bars: 20th place
- Balance beam: 4th place
- Team all-around: gold
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Lidija Kalinina
- Individual all-around: 7th place
- Floor: 7th place
- Horse jump: 8th place
- Uneven bars: 7th place
- Balance beam: 8th place
- Team all-around: gold
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Tamara Lyukhina
- Individual all-around: 89th place
- Bottom: bronze
- Horse jump: 10th place
- Uneven bars: bronze
- Balance beam: 122nd place
- Team all-around: gold
Water polo
- silver
Diving
- Men
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Yuri Melnikov
- 3 m jumping: 12th place
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Vyacheslav Chernyshev
- 3 m jumping: 17th place
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Gennady Galkin
- 10 m high diving: 6th place
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Anatoly Syssoyev
- 10 m high diving: 8th place
- Women
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Ninel Krutova
- 3 m jumping: 5th place
- 10 m high diving: bronze
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Elena Kosolapova
- 3 m jumping: 11th place
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Rajissa Horochowska
- 10 m high diving: 5th place
Web links
- Soviet Olympic team from 1960 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )