Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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| Soviet Union at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of the Soviet Union |
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| IOC code: URS | ||||
| 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki | ||||
| Competitors | 420 | |||
| Flag bearer | Yakov Kutsenko | |||
| Medals Rank: 2 |
Gold 22 |
Silver 30 |
Bronze 19 |
Total 71 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 | ||||
| Other related appearances | ||||
 Unified Team (1992) |
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
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[edit] Medals
The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 22 gold and 71 total medals.
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Gold
- Nina Bocharova — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-Round
- Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-Round
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
- Grant Shaginyan — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Victor Chukarin, Grant Shaginyan, Valentin Muratov, Yevgeni Korolkov, Vladimir Belyakov, Iosif Berdiev, Mikhail Perelman, Dmitri Leonkin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova, Galina Shamrai, Medeya Dzhugeli, Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
- Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault
- Nina Romashkova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Galina Zybina — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Yuri Tyukalov — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions
- Ivan Udodov — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
- Rafael Chimishkyan — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Trofim Lomakin — Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Arsen Mekokishvili — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
- David Tsimakuridze — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
- Johannes Kotkas — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Superheavyweight
- Boris Gurevich — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- Yakov Punkin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
- Chasame Safin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
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Silver
- Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
- Grant Shaginyan — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-Round
- Nina Bocharova — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-Round
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Yevgeni Korolkov — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
- Grant Shaginyan — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
- Victor Chukarin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova, Galina Shamrai, Medeya Dzhugeli, Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team, Portable Apparatus
- Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
- Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault
- Vladimir Kazantsev — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- Yuri Lituyev — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
- Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
- Maria Golubnichaya — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
- Elizaveta Bagryantseva — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Leonid Shcherbakov — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Stiapas Butautas, Iogan Lysov, Kasis Petkyavichus, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Anatoli Konyev, Otar Korkiya, Ilmar Kullam, Yuri Ozerov, Aleksandr Moiseev, Maigonis Valdmanis, Heino Kruus, Justinas Lagunavichus, Viktor Vlasov, Stasis Stonkus — Basketball, Men's Team
- Viktor Mednov — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight
- Sergei Shcherbakov — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Georgi Zhilin, Igor Emchuk — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Vladimir Rodimushkin, Aleksei Komarov, Igor Borisov, Slava Amiragov, Leonid Gissen, Yevgeni Samsonov, Vladimir Kryukov, Igor Polyakov, Yevgeni Brago — Rowing, Men's Eight With Coxswain
- Boris Andreev — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle Prone
- Nikolai Saksonov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Yevgeni Lopatin — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
- Grigori Novak — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
- Rashid Mamedbekov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
- Shalva Chikhladze — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight
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Bronze
- Dmitri Leonkin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Galina Minaicheva — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault
- Aleksandr Anufriyev — Athletics, Men's 10000m
- Bruno Junk — Athletics, Men's 10000m Walk
- Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili — Athletics, Women's 200m
- Nina Dumbadze — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Elena Gorchakova — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Klavdia Tochonova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Anatoli Bulakov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Gennadi Garbuzov — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Boris Tishin — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight
- Anatoli Perov — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Nina Savina — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m
- Lev Vainshtein — Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions
- Boris Andreev — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
- Arkadi Vorobyov — Weightlifting, Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Artem Teryan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
- Nikolai Belov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
[edit] Results and competitors by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Vladimir Suharev
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- First Round – 10.7s
- First Round – 10.7s
- Semifinals – 10.6s
- Final – 10.5s (→ 5th place)
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Main Round (Group B)
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- Defeated Bulgaria (74-46)
- Defeated Finland (47-35)
- Defeated Mexico (71-62)
- Final Round (Group B)
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- Lost to United States (58-86)
- Defeatd Brazil (54-49)
- Defeated Chile (78-60)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated Uruguay (61-57)
- Final
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- Lost to United States (25-36) → Silver Medal
- Lost to United States (25-36) →
- Team Roster
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- Stiapas Butautas
- Iogan Lysov
- Kasis Petkyavichus
- Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
- Anatoli Konyev
- Otar Korkiya
- Ilmar Kullam
- Yuri Ozerov
- Aleksandr Moiseev
- Maigonis Valdmanis
- Heino Kruus
- Justinas Lagunavichus
- Viktor Vlasov
- Stasis Stonkus
[edit] 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.
| Pos | Republic | |
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Total |
| 1 |  Russian SFSR |
19 | 35 | 15 | 69 |
| 2 |  Ukrainian SSR |
10 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 |  Georgian SSR |
3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Armenian SSR |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  Estonian SSR |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Uzbek SSR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Lithuanian SSR |
0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 |  Azerbaijan SSR |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Latvian SSR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] References
- Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. - for medal stats by republic
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
| Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland |
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| Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Belgium • Bermuda • Brazil • British Guiana • Bulgaria • Burma • Canada • Ceylon • Chile • Republic of China • Cuba • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Egypt • Finland • France • West Germany • Gold Coast • Great Britain • Greece • Guatemala • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • South Korea • Lebanon • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Mexico • Monaco • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Nigeria • Norway • Pakistan • Panama • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • Saar • Singapore • South Africa • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Thailand • Trinidad • Turkey • United States • Uruguay • Venezuela • Vietnam • Yugoslavia |
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