Soviet Union at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Squaw Valley
Competitors62 (49 men, 13 women) [1] in 8 sports
Flag bearer Nikolai Sologubov
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
9
Total
21
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (1928–1936, 1992–)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (1928, 1992–)
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Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (1994–)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (1994–)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (1994–)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (1994–)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova (1994–)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1994–2014)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (1994–)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (1994–)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan (1998–)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (2002–)
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Maria Gusakova Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yevgeny Grishin Speed skating Men's 500 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yevgeny Grishin Speed skating Men's 1500 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Viktor Kosichkin Speed skating Men's 5000 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Klara Nesterova-Guseva Speed skating Women's 1000 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lidiya Skoblikova Speed skating Women's 1500 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lidiya Skoblikova Speed skating Women's 3000 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lyubov Baranova Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Radya Yeroshina
Maria Gusakova
Lyubov Baranova
Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Viktor Kosichkin Speed skating Men's 10000 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Natalya Donchenko Speed skating Women's 500 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Valentina Stenina Speed skating Women's 3000 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aleksandr Privalov Biathlon Men's 20 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nikolay Anikin Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anatoly Shelyukhin
Gennady Vaganov
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Nikolay Anikin
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Radya Yeroshina Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Men's competition
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nikolay Gusakov Nordic combined Men's individual (15 km)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rafael Grach Speed skating Men's 500 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Boris Stenin Speed skating Men's 1500 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tamara Rylova Speed skating Women's 1000 m

Alpine skiing

Women
AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2TotalRank
Stalina Korzukhina Downhill 1:46.519
Giant slalom 1:45.721
Slalom 58.559.91:58.47
Yevgeniya Kabina Downhill 1:46.720
Giant slalom 1:50.031
Slalom 1:03.31:01.02:04.318
Lyubov Volkova Downhill 1:49.223
Giant slalom 1:48.930
Slalom 1:00.81:16.52:17.330

Biathlon

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Aleksandr Privalov 20 km 1:34:54.23Bronze medal icon.svg
Vladimir Melanin 20 km 1:35:42.444
Valentin Pshenitsyn 20 km 1:36:45.835
Dmitry Sokolov 20 km 1:38:16.756

Cross-country skiing

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Nikolay Anikin 15 km 52:55.010
30 km 1:52:28.2Bronze medal icon.svg
50 km 3:10:13.913
Aleksandr Gubin 15 km 53:29.115
Aleksey Kuznetsov 30 km 1:54:23.98
50 km 3-11:47.015
Ivan Lyubimov 50 km 3:25:06.418
Pavel Morshchinin 15 km 53:36.616
Anatoly Shelyukhin 30 km 1:58:21.315
Gennady Vaganov 15 km 52:18.04
30 km 1:52:49.24
50 km 3:05:27.67
Anatoly Shelyukhin
Gennady Vaganov
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Nikolay Anikin
Relay 4 x 10 km 2:21:21.6Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Lyubov Baranova 10 km 40:04.2Silver medal icon.svg
Maria Gusakova 10 km 39:46.6Gold medal icon.svg
Alevtina Kolchina 10 km 40:12.64
Radya Yeroshina 10 km 40:06.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Radya Yeroshina
Maria Gusakova
Lyubov Baranova
Relay 3 x 5 km 1:05:02.6Silver medal icon.svg

Figure skating

AthleteEventPointsPlacesRank
Nina Zhuk
Stanislav Zhuk
Pairs 72.338.66
Ludmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov
Pairs 68.660.59

Ice hockey

Men
Pos.No.PlayerTeam
GK Nikolai Puchkov
GK Yevgeni Yorkin
D Nikolai Sologubov
D Yury Baulin
D Nikolay Karpov
D Genrikh Sidorenkov
D Alfred Kuchevsky
F Veniamin Alexandrov
F Aleksandr Almetov
F Konstantin Loktev
F Mikhail Bychkov
F Vladimir Grebennikov
F Yury Tsitsinov
F Viktor Yakushev
F Yevgeny Groshev
F Stanislav Petukhov
F Viktor Pryazhnikov
Preliminary round
TeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 22001644
German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 2110492
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 20205120
19 February 1960 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)
German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany
Yevgeni Yorkin Goalies Michael Hobelsberger Referees:
Marsh Ryman
Everett Riley
Baulin (Alexandrov) – 1:321–0
Pryazhnikov (Petukhov) – 4:012–0
Alexandrov – 18:443–0
Petukhov (Sologubov) – 22:444–0
Groshev (Yakushev) – 31:535–0
Almetov (Alexandrov) – 38:166–0
Sologubov (Tsitsinov) – 45:197–0
Loktev (Alexandrov, Kuchevsky) – 49:068–0
16 minPenalties20 min
32Shots18
20 February 1960 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8–4
(2–1, 4–0, 2–3)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Nikolai Puchkov
Yevgeni Yorkin
Goalies Esko Niemi Referees:
Bill MacKenzie
Hugh McLean
Grebennikov (Petukhov, Tsitsinov) – 4:431–0
Groshev (Yakushev, Karpov) (PP) – 9:352–0
2–118:09 – Lampainen (PP2)
Karpov – 22:363–1
Yakushev (Petukhov) – 29:364–1
Tsitsinov (Grebennikov, Karpov) – 36:215–1
Groshev (Petukhov) – 37:306–1
6–243:20 – Pulli
Loktev (Alexandrov) – 44:317–2
7–347:15 – Nieminen (Pulli)
Grebennikov (Tsitsinov) (PP) – 56:288–3
8–459:42 – Nieminen
26 minPenalties8 min
41Shots36
Final round
TeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States 5500291110
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 541031128
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 522124195
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 523021234
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 513119193
German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 50505450
22 February 1960
13:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8–5
(3–2, 2–1, 3–2)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Nikolai Puchkov Goalies Vladimír Nadrchal
Vladimír Dvořáček
Tsitsinov (Bychkov, Sologubov) (PP) – 7:331–0
1–114:17 – Bubník
Loktev (Almetov, Alexandrov) – 15:562–1
Alexandrov – 18:263–1
3–219:44 – Černý
Tsitsinov (Grebennikov) – 25:384–2
Loktev (Almetov, Sologubov) – 30:315–2
5–335:01 – Pantůček (Potsch, Bubník) (PP)
Alexandrov (Almetov, Loktev) – 41:086–3
Petukhov (Yakushev) – 44:287–3
7–445:03 – Pantůček (Bubník, Bronislav Danda)
7–550:13 – Pantůček (Bronislav Danda)
Loktev (Grebennikov, Groshev) – 53:098–5
14 minPenalties8 min
43Shots37
24 February 1960
15:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg2–2
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Nikolai Puchkov Goalies Kjell Svensson
0–142:30 – Nilsson (Lundvall)
Loktev (Groshev, Sologubov) (PP) – 48:071–1
Alexandrov (Sologubov) – 51:492–1
2–258:32 – Nilsson (Lundvall, Pettersson)
4 minPenalties4 min
34Shots28
25 February 1960
13:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7–1
(0–1, 4–0, 3–0)
German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany
Yevgeni Yorkin Goalies Michael Hobelsberger Referees:
Barry Riley
Bill Riley
0–13:17 – Huber
Grebennikov (Tsitsinov) – 27:471–1
Tsitsinov (Baulin) – 31:332–1
Alexandrov (Kuchevsky, Yakushev) – 33:403–1
Petukhov (Kuchevsky) – 34:424–1
Tsitsinov (Bychkov) (PP) – 50:415–1
Petukhov (Sidorenkov) – 53:246–1
Sidorenkov (PP2) – 59:167–1
6 minPenalties10 min
37Shots13
27 February 1960
13:30
United States  Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Jack McCartan Goalies Nikolai Puchkov Referees:
Kurt Hauser
Richard Wagner
Bill Cleary (Bob Cleary) – 4:041–0
1–15:03 – Alexandrov (Sologubov)
1–29:37 – Bychkov (Grebennikov)
B. Christian (R. Christian) – 31:012–2
B. Christian (Williams, R. Christian) – 54:593–2
4 minPenalties6 min
34Shots29
28 February 1960 Canada  Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg8–5
(3–0, 1–3, 4–2)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Harold Hurley
Don Head
Goalies Nikolai Puchkov Referees:
Kurt Hauser
Richard Wagner
Etcher (Attersley) – 7:321–0
Sinden (Attersley, Etcher) – 18:122–0
Samolenko (Attersley, Sinden) – 18:273–0
Rope (Rousseau) – 22:374–0
4–125:28 – Almetov (Alexandrov) (PP)
4–225:51 – Alexandrov (Sologubov, Loktev) (PP)
4–329:56 – Grebennikov (Bychkov, Sologubov)
Etcher (Attersley) – 45:335–3
Connelly – 46:486–3
Martin Connelly, Laufman – 47:537–3
7–450:16 – Groshev (Sidorenkov) (PP)
7–555:02 – Pryazhnikov (Groshev, Baulin)
Attersley (Etcher) – 59:528–5
12 minPenalties6 min
47Shots33
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze

Nordic combined

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Leonid Fyodorov Individual 15 km 202.0171:02:13.1225.54815427.54816
Nikolay Gusakov Individual 15 km 212.01058:29.4240.0001452.000Bronze medal icon.svg
Dmitry Kochkin Individual 15 km 219.521:01:32.1228.19411447.6945
Mikhail Pryakin Individual 15 km 200.5211:00:25.7232.4529432.95212

Ski jumping

AthleteEventFirst roundFinal
PointsRankPointsTotalRank
Leonid Fyodorov Normal hill 97.22695.9193.127
Nikolay Kamenskiy Normal hill 110.23106.7216.94
Nikolay Shamov Normal hill 103.215107.4210.610
Koba Zakadze Normal hill 107.07104.1211.19

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Yury Malyshev 41.210
Gennady Voronin 40.75
Rafael Grach 40.4Bronze medal icon.svg
Yevgeny Grishin 40.2 ORGold medal icon.svg
1500 m Lev Zaytsev 2:22.131
Gennady Voronin 2:14.712
Boris Stenin 2:11.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Yevgeny Grishin 2:10.4Gold medal icon.svg
5000 m Oleg Goncharenko 8:06.66
Valery Kotov 8:05.45
Viktor Kosichkin 7:51.3Gold medal icon.svg
10000 m Nikolajs Štelbaums DSQ
Vladimir Shilykovsky 17:13.920
Viktor Kosichkin 15:49.2Silver medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Klara Nesterova-Guseva 46.86
Tamara Rylova 46.24
Natalya Donchenko 46.0Silver medal icon.svg
1000 m Lidiya Skoblikova 1:35.34
Tamara Rylova 1:34.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Klara Nesterova-Guseva 1:34.1Gold medal icon.svg
1500 m Valentina Stenina 2:29.25
Klara Nesterova-Guseva 2:28.74
Lidiya Skoblikova 2:25.2Gold medal icon.svg
3000 m Tamara Rylova 5:30.09
Valentina Stenina 5:16.9Silver medal icon.svg
Lidiya Skoblikova 5:14.3Gold medal icon.svg

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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR 762740
2Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR 0101
3Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR 0011
Totals (3 entries)772842

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