Olympic Winter Games 1988 / Participant (Soviet Union)

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The Soviet Union took part in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada with a delegation of 102 athletes in ten disciplines, including 79 men and 23 women. With eleven gold, nine silver and nine bronze medals, the Soviet Union was the most successful nation at the Games. At the same time, it was the last time the Soviet Union participated in the Winter Games before it collapsed in 1991.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the figure skater Andrei Bukin .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Yuri Kashkarov

  10 km sprint: 18th place (26: 49.1 min)

  20 km individual: 5th place (57: 43.1 min)

• Valery Medvedzew

  10 km sprint: silver (25: 23.7 min)

  20 km individual: silver (56: 54.6 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (1: 22: 30.0 h)

• Aljaksandr Papou

  20 km individual: 12th place (59: 24.0 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (1: 22: 30.0 h)

• Sergei Chepikov

  10 km sprint: bronze (25: 29.4 min)

  20 km individual: 4th place (57: 17.5 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (1: 22: 30.0 h)

• Dmitri Vasiliev

  10 km sprint: 9th place (26: 09.7 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (1: 22: 30.0 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Jānis Ķipurs , Vladimir Koslow (URS-1)

  Gold (3: 53.48 min)

• Zintis Ekmanis , Aivars Trops (URS-2)

  9th place (3: 56.92 min)

Men, foursome

• Māris Poikāns , Olafs Kļaviņš , Ivars Bērzups , Juris Jaudzems (URS-1)

  5th place (3: 48.35 min)

• Jānis Ķipurs , Guntis Osis , Juris Tone , Wladimir Koslow (URS-2)

  Bronze (3: 48.26 min)

ice Hockey

Men

Sergei Mylnikov Vitālijs Samoilovs Ilya Bjakin Igor Stelnov Vyacheslav Fetisov Alexei Gussarov Alexei Kassatonov Sergei Starikov Vyacheslav Bykov Sergei Yashin Valery Kamensky

Sergei Svetlov Alexander Tschornych Andrei Khomutov Igor Larionov Andrei Lomakin Sergei Makarov Alexander Mogilny Anatoly Semenov Alexander Koshevnikov Igor Kravchuk Vladimir Krutov

• gold

figure skating

Men

• Alexander Fadeev

  4th place (8.2)

• Vladimir Kotin

  6th place (13.4)

• Viktor Petrenko

  Bronze (7.8)

Women

• Kira Ivanova

  7th place (13.6)

• Anna Kondrashova

  8th place (15.2)

Couples

• Larissa Selesnyova & Oleg Makarov

  4th place (6.0)

• Jelena Walowa & Oleg Wassiljew

  Silver (3.0)

• Ekaterina Gordejewa & Sergei Grinkow

  Gold (1.5)

Ice dance

• Natalja Annenko & Genrich Sretenski

  4th place (8.0)

• Marina Klimowa & Sergei Ponomarenko

  Silver (4.0)

• Natalja Bestemjanowa & Andrei Bukin

  Gold (2.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Andrey Bakhvalov

  1000 m: 11th place (1: 14.39 min)

• Sergey Berezin

  5000 m: 23rd place (6: 58.08 min)

  10,000 m: 9th place (14: 20.48 min)

• Andrei Bobrov

  1500 m: 35th place (1: 58.97 min)

• Dmitry Bochkaryov

  5000 m: 17th place (6: 56.57 min)

• Sergei Fokichev

  500 m: 4th place (36.82 s)

• Nikolai Gulyayev

  500 m: 36th place (1: 02.86 min)

  1000 m: Gold (1: 13.03 min, Olympic record)

  1500 m: 7th place (1: 53.04 min)

• Alexander Klimov

  1500 m: 6th place (1: 52.97 min)

• Yury Klyuyev

  5000 m: 26th place (7:00 am, 01 min)

  10,000 m: 6th place (14: 09.68 min)

• Vitaly Makovetsky

  500 m: 12th place (37.25 s)

• Alexander Mosin

  10,000 m: 18th place (14: 28.91 min)

• Boris Repnin

  1000 m: 12th place (1: 14.41 min)

• Ihar Schaljasouski

  500 m: 6th place (36.94 s)

  1000 m: bronze (1: 13.19 min)

  1500 m: 4th place (1: 52.63 min)

Women

• Swetlana Boiko

  3000 m: 6th place (4: 22.90 min)

  5000 m: 4th place (7: 28.39 min)

• Natalia Glebova

  500 m: 9th place (40.66 s)

  1000 m: 20th place (1: 22.99 min)

• Jelena Ilyina

  500 m: 16th place (41.15 s)

  1000 m: 18th place (1: 22.40 min)

• Jelena Lapuga

  1500 m: 5th place (2: 04.24 min)

  3000 m: 7th place (4: 23.29 min)

  5000 m: 5th place (7: 28.65 min)

• Elena Tumanova

  1500 m: 15th place (2: 07.71 min)

  3000 m: 9th place (4: 24.07 min)

  5000 m: 15th place (7: 40.82 min)

Nordic combination

• Andrei Dundukov

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 12th place (406.185)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Cross-country race not finished

• Allar Levandi

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Bronze (422,590)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Cross-country race not finished

• Sergei Nikiforov

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 14th place (402.905)

• Vasily Sawin

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 10th place (414.925)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): Cross-country race not finished

Luge

Men

• Sergei Danilin

  6th place (3: 07.098 min)

• Valery Dudin

  17th place (3: 08.880 min)

• Yuri Kharchenko

  Bronze (3: 06.274 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Vitaly Melnik & Dmitri Alexejew

  6th place (1: 32.459 min)

• Yevgeny Belousov & Alexander Belyakov

  7th place (1: 32.553 min)

Women

• Yulia Antipova

  5th place (3: 05.787 min)

• Nadezhda Danilina

  8th place (3: 06.364 min)

• Irina Kussakina

  10th place (3: 07.043 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Konstantin Tschistjakow

  Super-G: race not finished

  Giant Slalom: 35th place (2: 16.67 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Sergei Petrik

  Super-G: race not finished

  Giant Slalom: 30th place (2: 15.16 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

  Combination: disqualified in the slalom race

Women

• Golnur Postnikova

  Downhill: 16th place (1: 28.23 min)

  Combination: Downhill race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Oleksandr Batjuk

  15 km classic: 15th place (43: 08.7 min)

• Yuri Burlakov

  30 km classic: 12th place (1: 28: 02.4 h)

  50 km freestyle: 26th place (2: 12: 02.2 h)

• Mikhail Devyatyarov

  15 km classic: Gold (41: 18.9 min)

  30 km classic: 4th place (1: 25: 31.3 h)

  50 km freestyle: 25th place (2: 12: 01.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 44: 11.3 h)

• Alexei Prokurorov

  15 km classic: 18th place (43: 36.9 min)

  30 km classic: Gold (1: 24: 26.3 h)

  50 km freestyle: 38th place (2: 14: 01.0 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 44: 11.3 h)

• Vladimir Sachnow

  50 km freestyle: 12th place (2: 09: 00.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 44: 11.3 h)

• Vladimir Smirnov

  15 km classic: bronze (41: 48.5 min)

  30 km classic: silver (1: 24: 35.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Silver (1: 44: 11.3 h)

Women

• Nina Gavriljuk

  20 km freestyle: disqualified

  4 × 5 km relay: Gold (59: 51.1 min)

• Svetlana Nageikina

  5 km classic: 8th place (15: 29.9 min)

  10 km classic: 4th place (30: 26.5 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: Gold (59: 51.1 min)

• Raissa Smetanina

  5 km classic: 10th place (15: 35.9 min)

  10 km classic: silver (30: 17.0 min)

  20 km freestyle: bronze (57: 22.1 min)

• Anfissa Reszowa

  20 km freestyle: silver (56: 12.8 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: Gold (59: 51.1 min)

• Tamara Tikhonova

  5 km classic: silver (15: 05.3 min)

  10 km classic: 5th place (30: 38.9 min)

  20 km freestyle: gold (55: 53.6 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: Gold (59: 51.1 min)

• Vida Vencienė

  5 km classic: bronze (15: 11.1 min)

  10 km classic: Gold (30: 08.3 min)

Ski jumping

• Eduard Subotsch

  Normal hill: 38th place (173.6)

• Mikhail Jessin

  Normal hill: 39th place (171.6)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Vitālijs Samoilovs is not listed as a participant by sports-reference.com , but took part in the games with the Soviet team according to the Latvian NOK .

Web links

• Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )