Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics Last updated October 16, 2025
Sporting event delegation
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , Australia. 272 competitors, 233 men and 39 women, took part in 135 events in 17 sports. [ 1] the Netherlands, Spain, the Netherlands Antilles, Egypt, Lebanon, Cambodia, Iraq and Switzerland protested against this by boycotting the games. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott , Soviet athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.
Medalists The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 37 gold and 98 total medals.
Gold Valentin Muratov — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise Viktor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse Albert Azaryan — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings Victor Chukarin , Valentin Muratov , Boris Shakhlin , Albert Azaryan , Yuri Titov , Pavel Stolbov — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition Tamara Manina , Larisa Latynina , Sofia Muratova , Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova , Polina Astakhova , Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition Valentin Muratov — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault Vladimir Kuts — Athletics, men's 10000 m Leonid Spirin — Athletics, men's 20 km walk Vladimir Kuts — Athletics, men's 5000 m Inese Jaunzeme — Athletics, women's javelin throw Tamara Tyshkevich — Athletics, women's shot put Vladimir Safronov — Boxing, men's featherweight Vladimir Yengibaryan — Boxing, men's light-welterweight Gennadi Shatkov — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg Pavel Kharin , Gratsian Botev — Canoeing, men's C-2 10000 m Elizaveta Dementyeva — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m Lev Yashin , Nikolai Tishchenko , Mikhail Okonkov , Aleksei Paramonov , Anatoli Bashashkin , Igor Netto , Boris Tatushin , Anatoli Isayev , Eduard Streltsov , Valentin Ivanov , Vladimir Ryzhkin , Boris Kuznetsov , Iosif Betsa , Sergei Salnikov , Boris Razinsky , Anatoli Maslenkin , Anatoli Ilyin and Nikita Simonyan — Football (soccer), men's team competition Igor Novikov , Ivan Deryugin , Aleksandr Tarasov — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition Aleksandr Berkutov , Yuriy Tyukalov — Rowing, men's double sculls Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls Vitali Romanenko — Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots Vasily Borisov — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions Igor Rybak — Weightlifting, men's lightweight Fedor Bogdanovsky — Weightlifting, men's middleweight Arkady Vorobyov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight Mirian Tsalkalamanidze — Wrestling, men's freestyle flyweight Anatoli Parfenov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super-heavyweight Nikolai Soloviev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight Konstantin Vyrupaev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight Givi Kartoziya — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight Valentin Nikolayev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight Silver Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar Valentin Muratov — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault Antanas Mikenas — Athletics, men's 20 km walk Leonid Bartenev , Yuriy Konovalov , Vladimir Sukharev , Boris Tokarev — Athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay Yevgeniy Maskinskov — Athletics, men's 50 km walk Irina Beglyakova — Athletics, women's discus throw Mikhail Krivonosov — Athletics, men's hammer throw Mariya Pisareva — Athletics, women's high jump Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put Valdis Muizhniek , Maigonis Valdmanis , Vladimir Torban , Stasys Stonkus , Kazys Petkevičius , Arkadi Bochkarev , Jānis Krūmiņš , Mikhail Semyonov , Algirdas Lauritenas , Yuri Ozerov , Viktor Zubkov , Mikhail Studenetsky — Basketball, men's team competition Lev Mukhin — Boxing, men's heavyweight Pavel Kharin , Gratsian Botev — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m Igor Pissarev — Canoeing, men's K-1 1000 m Mikhail Kaaleste , Anatoli Demitkov — Canoeing, men's K-2 1000 m Igor Buldakov , Viktor Ivanov — Rowing, men's coxless pair Yevgeni Cherkasov — Shooting, men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Allan Erdman — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions Makhmud Umarov — Shooting, men's 50 m pistol Vasily Borisov — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle prone Vladimir Stogov — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight Yevgeni Minaev — Weightlifting, men's featherweight Ravil Khabutdinov — Weightlifting, men's lightweight Vasili Stepanov — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight Boris Kulayev — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight Vladimir Maneev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight Bronze Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round Sofia Muratova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse Tamara Manina , Larisa Latynina , Sofia Muratova , Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova , Polina Astakhova , Lyudmila Egorova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team, portable apparatus Sofia Muratova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault Bruno Junk — Athletics, men's 20 km walk Ardalion Ignatyev — Athletics, men's 400 m Vasili Kuznetsov — Athletics, men's decathlon Nina Romashkova — Athletics, women's discus throw Anatoli Samotsvetov — Athletics, men's hammer throw Igor Kashkarov — Athletics, men's high jump Viktor Tsybulenko — Athletics, men's javelin throw Nadezhda Konyaeva — Athletics, women's javelin throw Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili — Athletics, women's long jump Vitold Kreer — Athletics, men's triple jump Anatoli Lagetko — Boxing, men's lightweight Romualdas Murauskas — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight Gennady Bukharin — Canoeing, men's C-1 10000 m Gennady Bukharin — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m Lev Kuznetsov — Fencing, men's sabre individual Yakov Rylsky , David Tyshler , Lev Kuznetsov , Yevgeni Cherepovsky , Leonid Bogdanov — Fencing, men's sabre team Igor Emchuk , Heorhiy Zhylin , Vladimir Petrov — Rowing, men's pair-oared shell with coxswain Vladimir Sevryugin — Shooting, men's 100 m running deer, single/double shots Kharis Yunichev — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststroke Vitali Sorokin , Vladimir Struzhanov , Gennadi Nikolaev , Boris Nikitin — Swimming, men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Boris Goikhman , Valentin Prokopov , Yuri Shlyapin , Vyacheslav Kurennoi , Pyotr Breus , Pyotr Mshvenieradze , Boris Markarov , Mikhail Ryzhak , Viktor Ageev and Nodar Gvakhariya — Water polo, men's team competition Mikhail Shakhov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight Alimbeg Bestaev — Wrestling, men's freestyle lightweight Vakhtang Balavadze — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight Georgi Skhirtladze — Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight Roman Dzeneladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles
Heat — 14.4s Semifinals — 14.5s Final — 14.6s (→ 6th place) Heat — 14.5s (→ did not advance) Men's marathon
Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1956. The Soviet pentathletes won gold in the team event.
Individual Team Igor Novikov Aleksandr Tarasov Ivan Deriuhin Medals by republic In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
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