Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors53 (47 men, 6 women) [1] in 6 sports
Flag bearer Oleg Goncharenko
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
7
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
16
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (1928–1936, 1992–)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (1928, 1992–)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)
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–)
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
Olympic flag.svg  ROC (2022)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nikolay Anikin , Pavel Kolchin
Vladimir Kuzin, Fyodor Terentyev
Cross-country Men's relay 4 x 10 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lyubov Kozyreva Cross-country Women's 10 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yevgeny Babich , Vsevolod Bobrov
Alexei Guryshev, Nikolay Khlystov
Yuri Krylov, Alfred Kuchevsky
Valentin Kuzin, Grigory Mkrtychan
Viktor Nikiforov, Yuri Pantyukhov
Nikolai Puchkov, Viktor Shuvalov
Genrikh Sidorenkov, Nikolai Sologubov
Ivan Tregubov, Dmitry Ukolov
Aleksandr Uvarov
Ice hockey Men's team
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 Yuri Mikhaylov Speed skating Men's 1500 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Boris Shilkov Speed skating Men's 5000 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Radya Yeroshina Cross-country Women's 10 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alevtina Kolchina , Lyubov Kozyreva
Radya Yeroshina
Cross-country Women's relay 3 x 5 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rafayel Grach Speed skating Men's 500 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yevgeniya Sidorova Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pavel Kolchin Cross-country Men's 15 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pavel Kolchin Cross-country Men's 30 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fyodor Terentyev Cross-country Men's 50 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Oleg Goncharenko Speed skating Men's 5000 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Oleg Goncharenko Speed skating Men's 10000 m

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2TotalRank
Gennady Chertishchev Giant slalom 3:48.955
Downhill DSQDNF
Aleksandr Filatov Giant slalom 3:27.833
Slalom 1:33.52:36.04:09.530
Downhill 3:16.616
Vyacheslav Melnikov Slalom TNKDSQdid not finish
Yury Sharkov Giant slalom 3:41.846
Slalom DSQdid not finish
Sergey Shustov Downhill DSQDNF
Viktor Talyanov Giant slalom 3:45.252
Slalom 1:49.22:06.93:56.124
Downhill 3:26.521
Women
AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2TotalRank
Aleksandra Artyomenko Giant slalom 4:04.544
Slalom DSQdid not finish
Downhill 1:51.114
Yevgeniya Sidorova Giant slalom 2:31.340
Slalom 56.959.81:56.7Bronze medal icon.svg
Downhill 1:59.837

Cross-country skiing

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Nikolay Anikin 15 km 50:587
Viktor Baranov 50 km 3:03:557
Minnevali Galiyev 15 km 52:4918
Pavel Kolchin 15 km 50:17Bronze medal icon.svg
30 km 1:45:45Bronze medal icon.svg
50 km 2:58:006
Vladimir Kuzin 15 km 51:3610
30 km 1:46:095
Anatoly Shelyukhin 30 km 1:45:464
50 km 2:56:405
Fyodor Terentyev 30 km 1:46:436
50 km 2:53:32Bronze medal icon.svg
Fyodor Terentyev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolay Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin
Relay 4 x 10 km 2:15:30Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Anna Kaaleste 10 km 40:299
Alevtina Kolchina 10 km 38:464
Lyubov Kozyreva 10 km 38:11Gold medal icon.svg
Radya Yeroshina 10 km 38:16Silver medal icon.svg
Lyubov Kozyreva
Alevtina Kolchina
Radya Yeroshina
Relay 3 x 5 km 1:09:28Silver medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Men
Pos.No.PlayerTeam
GK Nikolai Puchkov
GK Grigory Mkrtychan
D Nikolai Sologubov
D Dmitry Ukolov
D Ivan Tregubov
D Genrikh Sidorenkov
D Alfred Kuchevsky
F Yevgeny Babich
F Viktor Shuvalov
F Vsevolod Bobrov
F Yuri Krylov
F Aleksandr Uvarov
F Valentin Kuzin
F Yuri Pantyukhov
F Alexei Guryshev
F Nikolay Khlystov
F Viktor Nikiforov
Preliminary round
TeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 22001544
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21107102
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 20208160
27 January 1956
21:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Babich (2)
Bobrov
Kuzin (2)
Goals Björn
29 January 1956
21:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg10–3
(4–1, 2–0, 4–2)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Ukolov
Tregubov
Bobrov (4)
Krylov
Guryshev (2)
Peter (own goal)
Goals Naef (2)
Bagnoud
Final round
TeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 550025510
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 541026128
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 532023116
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 513110173
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 514020302
German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 50416351
30 January 1956
19:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Shuvalov
Bobrov
Guryshev (2)
Goals Bröms
31 January 1956
19:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8–0
(0–0, 7–0, 1–0)
German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany
Tregubov
Shuvalov
Bobrov
Krylov
Uvarov (2)
Guryshev (2)
Goals
2 February 1956
22:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7–4
(2–1, 3–0, 2–3)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Sologubov
Shuvalov (3)
Bobrov
Pantyukhov
Guryshev
Goals Gut
Bubník
Návrat
Pantucek
3 February 1956
21:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Bobrov
Kuzin
Pantyukhov
Khlystov
Goals
4 February 1956
21:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Krylov
Kuzin
Goals
Gold medal icon.svg Gold

Nordic combined

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Leonid Fyodorov Individual 15 km 201.01259:17228.50012429.50010
Nikolay Gusakov Individual 15 km 200.01458:17232.3008432.3007
Uno Kajak Individual 15 km 186.5271:00:48222.60018409.10026
Yury Moshkin Individual 15 km 217.511:04:18209.10031426.60013

Ski jumping

AthleteEventFirst roundFinal
PointsRankPointsTotalRank
Yury Moshkin Normal hill 91.53592.5184.034
Nikolay Shamov Normal hill 103.01498.0201.016
Koba Zakadze Normal hill 107.0878.0185.030

Speed skating

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Oleg Goncharenko 5000 m 7:57.5Bronze medal icon.svg
10000 m 16:42.3Bronze medal icon.svg
Rafayel Grach 500 m 40.8Silver medal icon.svg
Yevgeny Grishin 500 m 40.2 WRGold medal icon.svg
1500 m 2:08.6 WRGold medal icon.svg
Robert Merkulov 1500 m 2:10.35
Yuri Mikhaylov 500 m did not finish
1500 m 2:08.6 WRGold medal icon.svg
Dmitry Sakunenko 5000 m 8:10.516
Yuri Sergeev 500 m 41.14
Boris Shilkov 1500 m 2:11.98
5000 m 7:48.7 ORGold medal icon.svg
Vladimir Shilykovsky 10000 m 17:17.616
Boris Tsybin 10000 m 17:03.49
Boris Yakimov 5000 m 8:12.619
10000 m 16:59.77

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References

  1. "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review . International Olympic Committee (84): 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 2008-03-28.