1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Soviet Union)

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The Soviet Union took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 53 athletes in six disciplines, including 47 men and 6 women. With seven gold, three silver and nine bronze medals, the Soviet Union was the most successful nation at the Games.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Oleg Goncharenko .

Participants by sport

ice Hockey

Men

Nikolai Putschkov Grigory Mkrtychan Nikolai Sologubov Dmitri Ukolov Ivan Tregubov Genrich Sidorenkow Alfred Kutschewski Yevgeny Babitsch Viktor Shuvalov

Vsevolod Bobrov Yuri Krylov Alexander Uvarov Valentine Cousin Yuri Pantjukhov Alexei Guryschew Nikolai Chlystov Viktor Nikiforov

• gold

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Oleg Goncharenko

  5000 m: bronze (7: 57.5 min)

  10,000 m: bronze (16: 42.3 min)

• Rafael Gratsch

  500 m: silver (40.8 s)

• Yevgeny Grishin

  500 m: gold (40.2 s, world record)

  1500 m: gold (2: 08.6 min, world record)

• Robert Merkulow

  1500 m: 5th place (2: 10.3 min)

• Yuri Mikhailov

  500 m: race not finished

  1500 m: gold (2: 08.6 min, world record)

• Dmitri Sakunenko

  5000 m: 16th place (8: 10.5 min)

• Yuri Sergeyev

  500 m: 4th place (41.1 s)

• Boris Shilkov

  1500 m: 8th place (2: 11.9 min)

  5000 m: Gold (7: 48.7 min, Olympic record)

• Vladimir Schilykowski

  10,000 m: 16th place (17: 17.6 min)

• Boris Yakimov

  5000 m: 19th place (8: 12.6 min)

  10,000 m: 7th place (16: 59.7 min)

• Boris Zybin

  10,000 m: 9th place (17: 03.4 min)

Nordic combination

• Leonid Fyodorov

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 10th place (429,500)

• Nikolai Gusakov

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 7th place (432,300)

• Uno kayak

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 26th place (409.100)

• Yuri Moschkin

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 13th place (426,600)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Gennady Chertishchev

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant slalom: 55th place (3: 48.9 min)

• Aleksandr Filatov

  Downhill: 16th place (3: 16.6 min)

  Giant Slalom: 33rd place (3: 27.8 min)

  Slalom: 30th place (4: 09.5 min)

• Vyacheslav Melnikov

  Slalom: disqualified

• Yury Sharkov

  Giant Slalom: 46th place (3: 41.8 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

• Sergey Shustov

  Departure: disqualified

• Viktor Talyanov

  Downhill: 21st place (3: 26.5 min)

  Giant Slalom: 52nd place (3: 45.2 min)

  Slalom: 24th place (3: 56.1 min)

Women

• Aleksandra Artyomenko

  Downhill: 14th place (1: 51.1 min)

  Giant slalom: 44th place (4: 04.5 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

• Yevgenia Sidorova

  Downhill: 37th place (1: 59.8 min)

  Giant Slalom: 40th place (2: 31.3 min)

  Slalom: Bronze (1: 56.7 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Nikolai Anikin

  15 km: 7th place (50:58 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:15:30 h)

• Viktor Baranov

  50 km: 7th place (3:03:55 h)

• Minnewali Galiev

  15 km: 18th place (52:49 min)

• Pavel Kolchin

  15 km: Bronze (50:17 min)

  30 km: bronze (1:45:45 h)

  50 km: 6th place (2:58:00 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:15:30 h)

• Vladimir Cousin

  15 km: 10th place (51:36 min)

  30 km: 5th place (1:46:09 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:15:30 h)

• Anatoly Schelyukhin

  30 km: 4th place (1:45:46 h)

  50 km: 5th place (2:56:40 h)

• Fyodor Terentiev

  30 km: 6th place (1:46:43 h)

  50 km: Bronze (2:53:32 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2:15:30 h)

Women

• Anna Kaaleste

  10 km: 9th place (40:29 min)

• Alevtina Kolchina

  10 km: 4th place (38:46 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Silver (1:09:28 h)

• Lyubov Kozyreva

  10 km: Gold (38:11 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Silver (1:09:28 h)

• Radja Yeroshina

  10 km: Silver (38:16 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Silver (1:09:28 h)

Ski jumping

• Yuri Moschkin

  Normal hill: 34th place (184.0)

• Nikolai Shamov

  Normal hill: 16th place (201.0)

• Koba Zakadze

  Normal hill: 30th place (185.0)

Web links

• Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )