Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | URS |
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
in Tokyo, Japan 10 October 1964 – 24 October 1964 | |
Competitors | 317 (254 men, 63 women) [1] in 19 sports |
Flag bearer | Yury Vlasov |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–) Belarus (1994–) Georgia (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Kyrgyzstan (1994–) Moldova (1994–) Russia (1994–2016) Ukraine (1994–) Uzbekistan (1994–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Tajikistan (1996–) Turkmenistan (1996–) ROC (2020–2022) Individual Neutral Athletes (2024) |
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]
The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.
The Soviet Union had 84 participants (61 men and 23 women) in 36 athletics events in 1964. [3]
Twelve male basketball players represented the Soviet Union: [4]
Ten male boxers represented the Soviet Union: [5]
The Soviet Union had thirteen participants (10 men and 3 women) in seven canoeing events in 1964. [6]
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
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.
The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1964. [7]
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.
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.
Rank | Republic | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russian SFSR | 37 | 27 | 28 | 92 |
2 | Ukrainian SSR | 15 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
3 | Byelorussian SSR | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
4 | Georgian SSR | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
5 | Kazakh SSR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Latvian SSR | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
7 | Turkmen SSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Azerbaijan SSR | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
9 | Estonian SSR | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Uzbek SSR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Armenian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lithuanian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Moldavian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 61 | 60 | 51 | 172 |
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