Soviet_Union_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics
Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Quick Facts Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | URS |
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
Competitors | 53 (47 men, 6 women)[1] in 6 sports |
Flag bearer | Oleg Goncharenko |
Medals Ranked 1st |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Final | |||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
Gennady Chertishchev | Giant slalom | 3:48.9 | 55 | ||
Downhill | DSQ | DNF | |||
Aleksandr Filatov | Giant slalom | 3:27.8 | 33 | ||
Slalom | 1:33.5 | 2:36.0 | 4:09.5 | 30 | |
Downhill | 3:16.6 | 16 | |||
Vyacheslav Melnikov | Slalom | TNK | DSQ | did not finish | |
Yury Sharkov | Giant slalom | 3:41.8 | 46 | ||
Slalom | DSQ | did not finish | |||
Sergey Shustov | Downhill | DSQ | DNF | ||
Viktor Talyanov | Giant slalom | 3:45.2 | 52 | ||
Slalom | 1:49.2 | 2:06.9 | 3:56.1 | 24 | |
Downhill | 3:26.5 | 21 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Final | |||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
Aleksandra Artyomenko | Giant slalom | 4:04.5 | 44 | ||
Slalom | DSQ | did not finish | |||
Downhill | 1:51.1 | 14 | |||
Yevgeniya Sidorova | Giant slalom | 2:31.3 | 40 | ||
Slalom | 56.9 | 59.8 | 1:56.7 | ||
Downhill | 1:59.8 | 37 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Nikolay Anikin | 15 km | 50:58 | 7 |
Viktor Baranov | 50 km | 3:03:55 | 7 |
Minnevali Galiyev | 15 km | 52:49 | 18 |
Pavel Kolchin | 15 km | 50:17 | |
30 km | 1:45:45 | ||
50 km | 2:58:00 | 6 | |
Vladimir Kuzin | 15 km | 51:36 | 10 |
30 km | 1:46:09 | 5 | |
Anatoly Shelyukhin | 30 km | 1:45:46 | 4 |
50 km | 2:56:40 | 5 | |
Fyodor Terentyev | 30 km | 1:46:43 | 6 |
50 km | 2:53:32 | ||
Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin |
Relay 4 x 10 km | 2:15:30 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Total | Rank | ||
Anna Kaaleste | 10 km | 40:29 | 9 |
Alevtina Kolchina | 10 km | 38:46 | 4 |
Lyubov Kozyreva | 10 km | 38:11 | |
Radya Yeroshina | 10 km | 38:16 | |
Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina |
Relay 3 x 5 km | 1:09:28 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
- Head coach: Arkady Chernyshev
More information Pos., No. ...
Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
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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 |
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- Preliminary round
More information Team, GP ...
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
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27 January 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0) | Sweden |
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29 January 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 10–3 (4–1, 2–0, 4–2) | Switzerland |
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- Final round
More information Team, GP ...
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
Germany | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
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30 January 1956 19:00 | Soviet Union | 4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0) | Sweden |
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31 January 1956 19:00 | Soviet Union | 8–0 (0–0, 7–0, 1–0) | Germany |
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2 February 1956 22:00 | Soviet Union | 7–4 (2–1, 3–0, 2–3) | Czechoslovakia |
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3 February 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0) | United States |
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4 February 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Canada |
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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||
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Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Leonid Fyodorov | Individual 15 km | 201.0 | 12 | 59:17 | 228.500 | 12 | 429.500 | 10 |
Nikolay Gusakov | Individual 15 km | 200.0 | 14 | 58:17 | 232.300 | 8 | 432.300 | 7 |
Uno Kajak | Individual 15 km | 186.5 | 27 | 1:00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 409.100 | 26 |
Yury Moshkin | Individual 15 km | 217.5 | 1 | 1:04:18 | 209.100 | 31 | 426.600 | 13 |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | First round | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
Yury Moshkin | Normal hill | 91.5 | 35 | 92.5 | 184.0 | 34 |
Nikolay Shamov | Normal hill | 103.0 | 14 | 98.0 | 201.0 | 16 |
Koba Zakadze | Normal hill | 107.0 | 8 | 78.0 | 185.0 | 30 |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Oleg Goncharenko | 5000 m | 7:57.5 | |
10000 m | 16:42.3 | ||
Rafayel Grach | 500 m | 40.8 | |
Yevgeny Grishin | 500 m | 40.2 WR | |
1500 m | 2:08.6 WR | ||
Robert Merkulov | 1500 m | 2:10.3 | 5 |
Yuri Mikhaylov | 500 m | did not finish | |
1500 m | 2:08.6 WR | ||
Dmitry Sakunenko | 5000 m | 8:10.5 | 16 |
Yuri Sergeev | 500 m | 41.1 | 4 |
Boris Shilkov | 1500 m | 2:11.9 | 8 |
5000 m | 7:48.7 OR | ||
Vladimir Shilykovsky | 10000 m | 17:17.6 | 16 |
Boris Tsybin | 10000 m | 17:03.4 | 9 |
Boris Yakimov | 5000 m | 8:12.6 | 19 |
10000 m | 16:59.7 | 7 |
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- "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 2008-03-28.