Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) – 24 October 1964 (1964-10-24)
Competitors317 (254 men, 63 women) [1] in 19 sports
Flag bearer Yury Vlasov
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
30
Silver
31
Bronze
35
Total
96
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (1994–)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (1994–)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (1994–)
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Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (1994–)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (1994–)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan (1996–)
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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]

Contents

Medalists

The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

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

Twelve male basketball players represented the Soviet Union: [4]

Boxing

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

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

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

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1964. [7]

Men's single sculls – 1st place ( Med 1.png gold medal)
Men's double sculls – 1st place ( Med 1.png 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

Shooting

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

Volleyball

Men's team competition
  • Defeated Romania (3–0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Hungary (3–0)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
  • Lost to Japan (1–3)
  • Defeated United States (3–0)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3–0) → Med 1.png gold medal
Women's team competition
  • Defeated Romania (3–0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Poland (3–0)
  • Defeated United States (3–0)
  • Lost to Japan (0–3) → Med 2.png silver medal

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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.

RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR 37272892
2Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR 158831
3Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR 3429
4Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR 24511
5Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg  Kazakh SSR 2114
6Flag of Latvian SSR.svg  Latvian SSR 1528
7Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Turkmen SSR 1001
8Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR 0549
9Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Estonian SSR 0202
10Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg  Uzbek SSR 0112
11Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR 0101
Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR 0101
Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg  Moldavian SSR 0101
Totals (13 entries)616051172

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