1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Soviet Union)
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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
Boxing
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Viktor Zaporozhez
- Light flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Nikolai Novikov
- Flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Valerian Sokolov
- Bantamweight: gold
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Valery Plotnikov
- Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Valery Belousov
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Yevgeny Frolov
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Volodymyr Mussalimov
- Welterweight: bronze
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Boris Lagutin
- Light middleweight: gold
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Alexei Kisselev
- Middleweight: silver
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Danas Pozniakas
- Light Heavyweight: Gold
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Jonas Čepulis
- Heavyweight: silver
fencing
- Men
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German Sveshnikov
- Foil: 7th place
- Foil team: silver
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Wassyl Stankowytsch
- Foil: 9th place
- Foil team: silver
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Viktor Putyatin
- Foil: 9th place
- Foil team: silver
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Yuri Sissikin
- Foil team: silver
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Yuri Sharov
- Foil team: silver
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Hryhoriy Kriss
- Epee: silver
- Epee team: silver
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Viktor Modsolewski
- Epee: 4th place
- Epee team: silver
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Alexei Nikanchikov
- Epee: 9th place
- Epee team: silver
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Yosyp Vitebskyi
- Epee team: 7th place
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Yuri Smolyakov
- Epee team: 7th place
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Mark Rakita
- Saber: silver
- Saber team: gold
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Vladimir Naslymov
- Saber: 4th place
- Saber team: gold
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Umjar Mawlichanov
- Saber: 7th place
- Saber team: gold
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Viktor Sidjak
- Saber team: gold
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Eduard Vinokurov
- Saber team: gold
- Women
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Elena Novikova
- Foil: gold
- Foil team: gold
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Galina Gorochowa
- Foil: 6th 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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Svetlana Tširkova
- Foil team: gold
Weightlifting
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Gennady Chetin
- Bantamweight: 4th place
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Ditto Shanidze
- Featherweight: silver
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Viktor Kurentsov
- Middleweight: gold
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Boris Selitsky
- Light Heavyweight: Gold
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Vladimir Belyayev
- Light Heavyweight: Silver
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Jaan Talts
- Middle heavyweight: silver
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Leonid Shabotinsky
- Heavyweight: gold
canoe
- Men
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Oleksandr Schaparenko
- Single kayak 1000 m: silver
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: gold
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Volodymyr Morozov
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: gold
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Dmitri Matveyev
- Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Mykola Chushykov
- Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Yuri Stetsenko
- Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Heorhij Karjuchin
- Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals
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Vitaly Galkow
- Single Canoe 1000 m: bronze
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Naum Prokupets
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze
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Mikhail Samotin
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze
- Women
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Lyudmila Pinaeva
- Single kayak 500 m: gold
- Two-person kayak 500 m: bronze
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Antonina Seredina
- Two-person kayak 500 m: bronze
athletics
- Men
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Vladislav Sapeja
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Yevgeny Sinyayev
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Oleksiy Chlopotnov
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Nikolai Ivanov
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Valentin Maslakov
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Yevhen Arshanov
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Oleg Raiko
- 1500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Mikhail Schelabouski
- 1500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Nikolai Sviridov
- 5000 m: 7th place
- 10,000 m: 5th place
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Raschid Sharafetdinov
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Leonid Mykytenko
- 5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 10,000 m: 18th place
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Vyacheslav Alanov
- 10,000 m: 25th place
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Anatoly Sukharkov
- Marathon: 28th place
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Muchamed Shakirov
- Marathon: race not finished
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Oleg Stepanenko
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Victor Balichin
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Vyacheslav Skomorokhov
- 400 m hurdles: 5th place
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Alexander Morozov
- 3000 m obstacle: 5th place
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Viktor Kudynskyi
- 3000 m obstacle: race not finished
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Volodymyr Holubnychy
- 20 km of walking: gold
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Mykola Smaha
- 20 km walking: bronze
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Otto Bartsch
- 20 km walking: 6th place
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Sergei Grigoryev
- 50 km walking: 15th place
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Gennady Agapov
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Ihor Della-Rossa
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Valentin Gavrilov
- High jump: bronze
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Valery Skvortsov
- High jump: 4th place
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Viktor Bolshov
- High jump: 16th place
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Hennadij Blesnizow
- Pole vault: 6th place
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Alexandr Malyutin
- Pole vault: 12th place
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Igor Ter-Ovansyan
- Long jump: 4th place
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Tõnu Lepik
- Long jump: 5th place
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Leonid Barkowskyj
- Long jump: 11th place
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Viktor Saneyev
- Triple jump: gold
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Mikalaj Dudkin
- Triple jump: 5th place
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Alexandr Solotarev
- Triple jump: 29th place
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Eduard Gushchin
- Shot put: bronze
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Guram Gudashvili
- Discus throw: 13th place
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Ramuald Klim
- Hammer throw: silver
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Gennady Kondrashov
- Hammer throw: 6th place
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Anatoly Shchupliakov
- Hammer throw: 9th place
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Jānis Lūsis
- Javelin throw: gold
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Mart Paama
- Javelin throw: 15th place
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Mykola Awilow
- Decathlon: 4th place
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Jānis Lanka
- Decathlon: 14th place
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Purely aun
- Decathlon: competition not finished
- Women
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Lyudmila Samotyosova
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Lyudmila Golomasova
- 100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Lyudmila Scharkowa-Maslakowa
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Vera Popkova
- 200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Natalia Pechonkina
- 400 m: bronze
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Ingrīda Verbele
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Laine Erik
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Anna Simina
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Tatiana Talysheva
- 80 m hurdles: 8th place
- Long jump: bronze
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Vera Korsakova
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals
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Liudmila Iewlewa
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Galina Bucharina
- 4 x 100 meter relay: bronze
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Antonina Lazareva
- High jump: silver
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Walentyna Kosyr
- High jump: bronze
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Vera Grushkina
- High jump: 12th place
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Helēna Ringa
- Long jump: 19th place
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Nadezhda Tschischowa
- Shot put: bronze
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Irina Kudrjawzewa-Solonzowa
- Shot put: 9th place
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Antonina Popova
- Discus throw: 5th place
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Lyudmila Muravyova
- Discus throw: 9th place
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Lidija Zymosch
- Javelin throw: 10th place
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Walentyna Ewert
- Javelin throw: 14th place
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Valentina Tikhomirova
- Pentathlon: 4th place
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Galina Sofjina
- Pentathlon: 28th place
Modern pentathlon
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Pavel Lednyov
- Single: bronze
- Team: silver
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Borys Onyshchenko
- Singles: 5th place
- Team: silver
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Stasys Šaparnis
- Singles: 9th place
- Team: silver
Cycling
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Valery Jardy
- Road race: 17th place
- Road race team time trial: 9th place
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Yuri Dmitriev
- Road race: 32nd place
- Road race team time trial: 9th place
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Anatoly Starkov
- Road Race: Race not finished
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Vladislav Nelyubin
- Road Race: Race not finished
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Alexander Dochlyakov
- Road race team time trial: 9th place
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Boris Schuchow
- Road race team time trial: 9th place
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Omar Pchakadze
- Rail sprint: 4th place
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Serhiy Kravtsov
- Track sprint: eliminated in the 6th round
- Track 1000 m time trial: 8th place
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Ihor Zelowalnykow
- Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 5th place
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Imants Bodnieks
- Track Tandem Sprint 2000 m: 5th place
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Stanislav Moskvin
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place
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Viktor Bykau
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place
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Dzintars Lācis
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place
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Vladimir Kuznetsov
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place
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Mikhail Kolyushev
- Track team pursuit 4000 m: 4th place
horse riding
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Ivan Kisimov
- Dressage: gold
- Dressage team: silver
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Ivan Kalita
- Dressage: 4th place
- Dressage team: silver
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Yelena Petushkova
- Dressage: 6th place
- Dressage team: silver
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Viktor Matveev
- Show jumping: 26th place
- Show jumping team: 12th place
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Yevgeny Kusin
- Show jumping: eliminated
- Show jumping team: 12th place
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Gennady Samosedenko
- Show jumping team: 12th place
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German Gasjumow
- Eventing: 10th place
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Alexander Evdokimov
- Eventing: 21st place
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Pavel Dejew
- Eventing: retired
- Eventing team: eliminated
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Svetosar Glushkov
- Eventing: retired
- Eventing team: eliminated
Wrestling
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Vladimir Bakulin
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Ivan Kochergin
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: bronze
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Roman Rurua
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Gennady Sapunov
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Viktor Igumenov
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Valentin Olenik
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Nikolai Yakovenko
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Silver
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Anatoly Roschtschin
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Nasar Albarjan
- Flyweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Ali Aliyev
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Yelkan Tedeev
- Featherweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Sarbeg Beriashvili
- Lightweight, freestyle: 5th place
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Yuri Shachmuradov
- Welterweight, freestyle: 6th place
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Boris Gurevich
- Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold
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Shota Lomidze
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: silver
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Alexander Medved
- Heavyweight, freestyle: gold
rowing
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Viktor Melnikov
- One: did not run in the final run
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Anatoly Sass
- Double twos: gold
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Alexander Timoshinin
- Double twos: gold
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Apolinaras Grigas
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
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Vladimir Rikkanen
- Two without a helmsman: eliminated in the quarter-finals
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Leonid Drachevsky
- Two with helmsman: not started in the final run
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Tiit Helmja
- Two with helmsman: not started in the final run
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Igor Rudakov
- Two with helmsman: not started in the final run
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Vitolds Barkans
- Four without a helmsman: 11th place
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Elmārs Rubins
- Four without a helmsman: 11th place
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Pavel Ilyinsky
- Four without a helmsman: 11th place
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Guntis Niedra
- Four without a helmsman: 11th place
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Anatoly Nemtyrev
- Four with helmsman: 6th place
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Boris Dujunov
- Four with helmsman: 6th place
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Nikolai Surov
- Four with helmsman: 6th place
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Alexei Mishin
- Four with helmsman: 6th place
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Arkady Kudinov
- Four with helmsman: 6th place
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Viktor Mikheev
- Four with helmsman: 6th place
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Volodymyr Sterlik
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Juri Lorenzson
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Yuri Suslin
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Juozas Jagelavičius
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Alexander Martyshkin
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Vytautas Briedis
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Zigmas Jukna
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Antanas Bagdonavičius
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Valentyn Kravchuk
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
shoot
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Renart Suleimanov
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: bronze
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Anatoly Onishchuk
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 27th place
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Grigory Kossych
- Free pistol 50 m: gold
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Vladimir Stolypin
- Free pistol 50 m: 10th place
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Valentin Kornew
- Free rifle three position fight 300 m: silver
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 16th place
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Shota Kweliashvili
- Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 4th place
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Vitaly Parchimovich
- Small bore rifle, three position battle 50 m: bronze
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 36th place
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Vladimir Konjachin
- Small bore rifle, three position fight 50 m: 10th place
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Pāvels Seničevs
- Trap: 4th place
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Alexander Alipov
- Trap: 7th place
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Yevgeny Petrov
- Skeet: gold
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Yuri Zuranow
- Skeet: 4th place
swim
- Men
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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
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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
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Sergei Gusew
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay: Silver
- 4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze
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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
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Akhmed Anarbayev
- 400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Vladimir Bure
- 1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay: Bronze
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Viktor Masanov
- 100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay: Silver
- 4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze
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Yuri Hromak
- 100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze
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Yevgeny Spiridonov
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Leonid Dobroskokin
- 200 m back: 6th place
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Vladimir Kossinski
- 100 m chest: silver
- 200 m chest: silver
- 4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze
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Nikolai Pankin
- 100 m chest: bronze
- 200 m chest: 4th place
- 4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze
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Yevhen Mychaylov
- 100 m chest: 5th place
- 200 m chest: 5th place
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Vladimir Nemschilow
- 100 m butterfly: 4th place
- 4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze
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Yuri Suzdaltsev
- 100 m butterfly: 6th place
- 4 x 100 individual medley relay: bronze
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Sergei Konov
- 100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Valentin Kuzmin
- 200 m butterfly: 4th place
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Viktor Sharygin
- 200 m butterfly: 7th place
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Vladimir Kravchenko
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Andrei Dunayev
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: 7th place
- Women
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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
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Natalia Ustinova
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 100 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Soy Dus
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up
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Tamara Sosnowa
- 200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100 freestyle relay: eliminated in the run-up
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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
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Tatiana Savelyeva
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Galina Prosumenschtschikowa
- 100 m chest: silver
- 200 m chest: bronze
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Svetlana Babanina
- 100 m chest: 7th place
- 200 m chest: 6th place
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Alla Grebennikova
- 100 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals
- 200 m chest: 4th place
- 4 x 100-layer relay: 4th place
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Tetiana Devyatova
- 100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals
- 200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 100-layer relay: 4th place
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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
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Valentin Mankin
- Finn dinghy: gold
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Timir Pinegin
- Star: 16th place
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Fyodor Shutkov
- Star: 16th place
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Lev Rvalov
- Flying Dutchman: 15th place
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Viktor Pilchin
- Flying Dutchman: 15th place
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Yuri Anissimov
- Dragons: 11th place
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Valery Afanasiev
- Dragons: 11th place
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Valery Ruzhnikov
- Dragons: 11th place
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Constantine Alexandrov
- 5.5 meter class: 9th place
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Konstantin Melgunov
- 5.5 meter class: 9th place
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Vladimir Alexandrov
- 5.5 meter class: 9th place
do gymnastics
- Men
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Sinaida Voronina
- Individual all-around: silver
- Floor: 4th place
- Horse jump: bronze
- Uneven bars: bronze
- Balance beam: 15th place
- Team all-around: gold
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Natalia Kuchinskaya
- Individual all-around: bronze
- Bottom: bronze
- Horse jump: 5th place
- Uneven bars: 37th place
- Balance beam: gold
- Team all-around: gold
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Larissa Petrik
- Individual all-around: 4th place
- Bottom: gold
- Horse jump: 8th place
- Uneven bars: 10th place
- Balance beam: bronze
- Team all-around: gold
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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
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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
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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
- Women
- gold
Water polo
- silver
Diving
- Men
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Mikhail Safonov
- 3 m jumping: 9th place
- 10 m high diving: 9th place
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Vladimir Wassin
- 3 m jumping: 11th place
- 10 m high diving: 10th place
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Boris Polulyach
- 3 m jumping: 10th place
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Viktor Pogoshev
- 10 m high diving: 16th place
- Women
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Tamara Fedosova
- 3 m jumping: silver
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Vera Baklanova
- 3 m jumping: 6th place
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Jelena Anochina
- 3 m jumping: 8th place
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Natalia Lobanova
- 10 m high diving: silver
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Galina Alexeyeva
- 10 m high diving: 14th place
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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
- ↑ 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.