Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained
| Noc: | URS |
| Nocname: | Soviet Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Soviet Union |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 317 (254 men, 63 women)[1] |
| Sports: | 19 |
| Flagbearer: | Yury Vlasov |
| Rank: | 2 |
| Gold: | 30 |
| Silver: | 31 |
| Bronze: | 35 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1952 |
| App End Year: | 1988 |
| See also: | (1900–1912)
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.[2]
Medalists
The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.
Gold
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
- Larisa Latynina, Polina Astakhova, Tamara Manina, Elena Volchetskaya, Tamara Zamotailova, Lyudmila Gromova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Tamara Press — Athletics, women's discus throw
- Romuald Klim — Athletics, men's hammer throw
- Valery Brumel — Athletics, men's high jump
- Irina Press — Athletics, women's pentathlon
- Tamara Press — Athletics, women's shot put
- Stanislav Stepashkin — Boxing, men's featherweight
- Boris Lagutin — Boxing, men's light-middleweight
- Valery Popenchenko — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg
- Andrei Khimich, Stepan Oshchepkov — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m
- Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m
- Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, K-4 1000 m
- Grigori Kriss — Fencing, men's épée individual
- Viktor Zhdanovich, Yuri Sharov, Yuri Sisikin, German Sveshnikov, Mark Midler — Fencing, men's foil team
- Boris Melnikov, Nugzar Asatiani, Mark Rakita, Yakov Rylsky, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre team
- Albert Mokeev, Igor Novikov, Viktor Mineev — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition
- Oleg Tyurin, Boris Dubrovskiy — Rowing, men's double sculls
- Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls
- Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke
- Yuri Chesnokov, Yuri Vengerovsky, Eduard Sibiryakov, Dmitry Voskoboinikov, Vazha Katcharava, Stanislav Lyugailo, Vitali Kovalenko, Yuri Poyarkov, Ivan Bugaenkov, Nikolai Burobin, Valery Kalachikhin, Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, men's team
- Leonid Zhabotinsky — Weightlifting, men's heavyweight
- Aleksei Vakhonin — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight
- Rudolf Plyukfelder — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
- Vladimir Golovanov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight
- Alexander Ivanytsky — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight
- Alexander Medved — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight
- Anatoli Kolesov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Silver
- Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
- Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov, Viktor Lisitsky, Yury Tsapenko, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Leontyev — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
- Rein Aun — Athletics, men's decathlon
- Oleg Fyodoseyev — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Valdis Muizhniek, Nikolai Bagley, Armenak Alachachian, Aleksandr Travin, Vyacheslav Khrynin, Jānis Krūmiņš, Levan Moseshvili, Yuri Korneev, Aleksandr Petrov, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Yuris Kalnyns — Basketball, men's team
- Velikton Barannikov — Boxing, men's lightweight
- Yevgeny Frolov — Boxing, men's light-welterweight
- Rikardas Tamulis — Boxing, men's welterweight
- Aleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight
- Imant Bodnieks, Viktor Logunov — Cycling Track, men's 2000 m tandem
- Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova, Valentina Rastvorova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Galina Gorokhova — Fencing, women's foil team
- Igor Novikov — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
- Shota Kveliashvili — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
- Pavel Senichev — Shooting, men's trap
- Georgi Prokopenko — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststroke
- Antonina Ryzhova, Astra Biltauer, Ninel Lukanina, Lyudmila Buldakova, Nelli Abramova, Tamara Tikhonina, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova, Inna Ryskal, Marita Katusheva, Tatyana Roshchina, Valentina Mishak, Lyudmila Gureeva — Volleyball, women's team
- Yury Vlasov — Weightlifting, men's heavyweight
- Vladimir Kaplunov — Weightlifting, men's lightweight
- Viktor Kurentsov — Weightlifting, men's middleweight
- Guliko Sagaradze — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight
- Anatoli Roshchin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
- Vladlen Trostyansky — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
- Roman Rurua — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Bronze
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Yury Tsapenko — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Anatoly Mikhailov — Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles
- Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, men's 20 km walk
- Ivan Belyayev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Taisiya Chenchik — Athletics, women's high jump
- Yanis Lusis — Athletics, men's javelin throw
- Yelena Gorchakova — Athletics, women's javelin throw
- Igor Ter-Ovanesyan — Athletics, men's long jump
- Tatyana Shchelkanova — Athletics, women's long jump
- Galina Bystrova — Athletics, women's pentathlon
- Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put
- Viktor Kravchenko — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Vadim Emelyanov — Boxing, men's heavyweight
- Stanislav Sorokin — Boxing, men's flyweight
- Yevgeny Penyaev — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m
- Galina Alekseeva — Diving, women's 10 m platform
- Sergei Filatov, his horse Absent — Equestrian, individual mixed
- Sergei Filatov, Absent, Ivan Kizimov, Ikhor, Ivan Kalita, Moar — Equestrian, team mixed
- Guram Kostava — Fencing, men's épée individual
- Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre individual
- Anzor Kiknadze — Judo, men's heavyweight
- Parnaos Chikviladze — Judo, men's heavyweight
- Oleg Stepanov — Judo, men's lightweight
- Aron Bogolyubov — Judo, men's lightweight
- Albert Mokeev — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
- Svetlana Babanina — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke
- Tatyana Savelyeva, Svetlana Babanina, Tatyana Devyatova, Natalya Ustinova — women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
- Igor Grabovsky, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Boris Grishin, Boris Popov, Nikolai Kalashnikov, Zenon Bortkevich, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Vladimir Semyonov, Viktor Ageev, Leonid Osipov, Eduard Egorov — Water polo, men's team
- Aydin Ibrahimov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight
- Nodar Khokhashvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle featherweight
- David Gvanteladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Athletics
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The Soviet Union had 84 participants (61 men and 23 women) in 36 athletics events in 1964.[3]
- Men's 100 metres
- Men's 200 metres
- Men's 400 metres
- Men's 800 metres
- Men's 1500 metres
- Men's 5000 metres
- Men's 10,000 metres
- Men's marathon
- Men's 110 metres hurdles
- Men's 400 metres hurdles
- Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
- Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
- Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
- Men's 20 kilometres walk
- Men's 50 kilometres walk
- Men's high jump
- Men's pole vault
- Men's long jump
- Men's triple jump
- Men's shot put
- Men's discus throw
- Men's hammer throw
- Men's javelin throw
- Men's decathlon
- Women's 100 metres
- Women's 200 metres
- Women's 400 metres
- Women's 800 metres
- Women's 80 metres hurdles
- Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
- Women's high jump
- Women's long jump
- Women's shot put
- Women's discus throw
- Women's javelin throw
- Women's pentathlon
Basketball
See main article: article and Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Twelve male basketball players represented the Soviet Union:[4]
Boxing
See main article: article and Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Ten male boxers represented the Soviet Union:[5]
- Men's flyweight
- Men's bantamweight
- Men's featherweight
- Men's lightweight
- Men's light welterweight
- Men's welterweight
- Men's light middleweight
- Men's middleweight
- Men's light heavyweight
- Men's heavyweight
Canoeing
See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The Soviet Union had thirteen participants (10 men and 3 women) in seven canoeing events in 1964.[6]
- Men's K-1 1000 metres
- Men's K-2 1000 metres
- Men's K-4 1000 metres
- Men's C-1 1000 metres
- Men's C-2 1000 metres
- Women's K-1 500 metres
- Women's K-2 500 metres
Cycling
See main article: article and Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
- Individual road race
- Team time trial
- Sprint
- 1000 m time trial
- Tandem
- Individual pursuit
- Team pursuit
Diving
See main article: article and Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Equestrian
See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Fencing
See main article: article and Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
- Women's team foil
Gymnastics
See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Judo
See main article: article and Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Modern pentathlon
See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Three male pentathlete represented the Soviet Union in 1964. The team won gold, Albert Mokeyev won an individual bronze and Igor Novikov won an individual silver.
- Individual
- Team
- Igor Novikov
- Albert Mokeyev
- Viktor Mineyev
Rowing
See main article: article and Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1964.[7]
- Men's single sculls – 1st place (gold medal)
- Men's double sculls – 1st place (gold medal)
- Men's coxless pair
- Men's coxed pair – 4th place
- Men's coxless four – 7th place
- Men's coxed four – 5th place
- Men's eight – 5th place
Sailing
See main article: article and Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Shooting
See main article: article and Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1964. Shota Kveliashvili won a silver in the 300 m rifle, three positions and Pāvels Seničevs won a silver in the trap event.
- 25 m pistol
- 50 m pistol
- 300 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Trap
Swimming
See main article: article and Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Volleyball
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- Men's team competition
- Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
- Defeated South Korea (3–0)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
- Defeated United States (3–0)
- Defeated Brazil (3–0) → gold medal
- Team roster
- Women's team competition
- Defeated South Korea (3–0)
- Defeated United States (3–0)
- Lost to Japan (0–3) → silver medal
- Team roster
Water polo
See main article: article and Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Weightlifting
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
External links
Notes and References
- The USSR and Olympism . . . 84 . 530–557 . October 1974 . PDF . 28 March 2008.
- Soviet Union at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20100218144226/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/ . dead . 18 February 2010 . 21 December 2010.
- Soviet Union Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20161031161645/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/ATH/ . 31 October 2016.
- Soviet Union Basketball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20161206080602/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/BAS/ . 6 December 2016.
- Soviet Union Boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20160730031031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/BOX/ . 30 July 2016.
- Soviet Union Canoeing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307142652/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/CAN/ . 7 March 2016.
- Soviet Union Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20150629190340/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1964/ROW/ . 29 June 2015 . 28 June 2015.
