Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the Olympic Games

Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code:   URS
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Flag bearer Alexander Karelin
Medals
Rank: 1
Gold
55
Silver
31
Bronze
46
Total
132
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1952195619601964196819721976198019841988
Winter Olympic Games appearances
195619601964196819721976198019841988
Other related appearances
Olympic Flag Unified Team (1992)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Aleksandr Kirichenko — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
  • Gintautas Umaras — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
  • Arturas Kasputis, Dmitry Nelyubin, Gintautas Umaras, and Vyacheslav Ekimov — Cycling, Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit
  • Vladimir Aptsiauri, Anvar Ibragimov, Boris Koretsky, Ilgar Mamedov, and Aleksandr Romankov — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Vladimir Artyomov — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
  • Vladimir Artyomov — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
  • Vladimir Artyomov — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
  • Sergey Kharkov — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Vladimir Artyomov, Dmitry Bilozerchev, Vladimir Gogoladze, Sergey Kharkov, Valery Lyukin, and Vladimir Novikov — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
  • Valentina Ogienko, Elena Volkova, Marina Kumysh, Irina Smirnova, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Perkhomchuk, Tatyana Krainova, Olga Shkurnova, Marina Nikulina, Elena Ovchinnikova, Olga Krivosheeva and Svetlana Korytova — Volleyball, Women's team competition

[edit] Silver

  • Viktor Denisov and Igor Nagayev — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
  • Viktor Denisov, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, and Igor Nagayev — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
  • Nikolay Kovsh — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)
  • Andrey Alshan, Mikhail Burtsev, Sergey Koryazhkin, Sergey Mindirgasov, and Georgy Pogosov — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  • Vladimir Artyomov — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Yuri Panchenko, Andrei Kuznetsov, Viacheslav Zaitsev, Igor Runov, Vladimir Shkurikhin, Yevgeni Krasilnikov, Raimundas Vilde, Valeri Losev, Yuri Sapega, Aleksandr Sorokolet, Yaroslav Antonov and Yuri Cherednik — Volleyball, Men's team competition

[edit] Bronze

  • Vladimir Echeev — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
  • Olesya Barel, Olga Buryakina, Irina Gerlits, Yelena Khudashova, Aleksandra Leonova, Irina Minkh, Galina Savitskaya, Irina Sumnikova, Vitalija Tuomaite, Olga Yakovleva, Olga Yevkova, and Natalya Zasulskaya — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
  • Marat Ganeyev — Cycling, Men's Points Race
  • Laima Zilporìte — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
  • Andrey Shuvalov — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

After boycotting the 1984 archery competition, the Soviet team found itself unable to repeat its three medals of eight years earlier despite there being twice as many events. Vladimir Echeev won the nation's only archery medal, a bronze, though the Soviets did pick up 4 more top eight finishes.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Lioudmila Arjannikova - final, 4th place
  • T. Mountian - final, 8th place
  • N. Boutouzova - quarterfinal, 18th place

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Vladimir Echeev - final, bronze medal
  • K. Chkolny - 1/8 final, 20th place
  • Juri Leontiev - preliminary round, 29th place

Women's Team Competition:

  • Arjannikova, Mountian, and Boutouzova - final, 4th place

Men's Team Competition:

  • Echeev, Chkolny, and Leontiev - final, 5th place

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Ravil Kachapov
  • Final — 2:13.49 (→ 10th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Leonid Volochine
  1. Qualification — 7.89m
  2. Final — 7.89m (→ 8th place)
  • Robert Emmiiane
  1. Qualification — DNF (→ did not advance)
  • Vladimir Otchkan
  1. Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Pavel Tarnovetsky — 8167 points (→ 10th place)
  1. 100 metres — 11.23s
  2. Long Jump — 7.28m
  3. Shot Put — 15.25m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 48.60s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.76s
  7. Discus Throw — 48.02m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
  9. Javelin Throw — 59.48m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:52.24s

Men's 50km Walk

  • Final — 3'38:29 (→ Gold Gold Medal
  • Alexandre Potachev
  • Final — 3'41:00 (→ 4th place)
  • Vitaly Popovitch
  • Final — 3'59:23 (→ 26th place)


Women's 4x400m Relay

  1. Heat — 3:27.14
  1. Final — 3:15.18 (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Women's Marathon

  • Tatiana Polovinskaia
  • Final — 2"27.05 (→ 4th place)
  • Zoya Ivanova
  • Final — 2"30.25 (→ 9th place)
  • Raissa Smekhnova
  • Final — 2"33.19 (→ 16th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

  • Alexander Makhmutov
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Carlos Eluaiza (Argentina), 5:0
  • Third Round — Defeated Jesus Beltre (Dominican Republic), 4:1
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria), 0:5

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Soviet Union - India 1-0
  • Soviet Union - South Korea 3-1
  • Soviet Union - Canada 0-0
  • Soviet Union - Great Britain 1-3
  • Soviet Union - West Germany 0-6

Classification Matches

  • 5th-8th place: Soviet Union - Pakistan 0-1
  • 7th-8th place: Soviet Union - Argentina 4-1 (→ 7th place)

Team Roster

Head Coach: Leonid Pavlovsky

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Vladimir Tkachenko
    1. Heat – 22.81
    2. Final – 22.88 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Yuri Bachkatov
    1. Heat – 50.08
    2. Final – 50.08 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Alexei Kouznetsov
    1. Heat – 1:50.84
    2. B-Final – 1:51.03 (→ 12th place)
  • Yuri Bachkatov
    1. Heat – 1:52.04 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Alexandre Bazanov
    1. Heat – 3:58.74 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Serguei Zabolotnov
    1. Heat – 56.13
    2. Final – 55.37 (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Serguei Zabolotnov
    1. Heat – 2:01.27
    2. Final – 2:00.52 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Dmitry Volkov
    1. Heat – 1:02.49
    2. Final – 1:02.20 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Alexei Matveev
    1. Heat – 1:03.25
    2. B-Final – 1:03.01 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Valeri Lozik
    1. Heat – 2:16.31
    2. Final – 2:16.16 (→ 5th place)
  • Vadim Alexeev
    1. Heat – 2:17.15
    2. B-Final – 2:16.70 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Konstantine Petrov
    1. Heat – 55.84 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Mikhail Zoubkov
    1. Heat – 2:03.79
    2. Final – 2:02.92 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Mikhail Zoubkov
    1. Heat – 4:25.30
    2. B-Final – 4:25.44 (→ 13th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Raimundas Mažuolis, Alexei Borislavski, Nikolai Evseev, and Vladimir Tkachenko
    1. Heat – 3:19.89
  • Gennadiy Prigoda, Yuri Bachkatov, Nikolai Evseev, and Vladimir Tkachenko
    1. Final – 3:18.33 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Serguei Kouriaev, Alexandre Bazanov, Nikolai Evseev, and Aleksei Kouznetsov
    1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Inna Abramova
    1. Heat – 26.27
    2. B-Final – 26.48 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 56.66
    2. B-Final – 56.48 (→ 9th place)
  • Svetlana Issakova
    1. Heat – 57.17
    2. B-Final – 57.07 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 2:00.54
    2. Final – 1:59.24 (→ 5th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 4:12.20
    2. Final – 4:13.92 (→ 8th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Natalia Trefilova
    1. Heat – 8:43.19 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Elena Volkova
    1. Heat – 1:09.86
    2. Final – 1:09.24 (→ 5th place)
  • Svetlana Kouzmina
    1. Heat – 1:10.83
    2. B-Final – 1:10.42 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Yulia Bogatcheva
    1. Heat – 2:28.94
    2. Final – 2:28.54 (→ 5th place)
  • Svetlana Kouzmina
    1. Heat – 2:30.93
    2. B-Final – 2:30.03 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Heat – 1:01.65
    2. B-Final – 1:01.48 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Heat – 2:15.26
    2. B-Final – 2:14.43 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Yulia Bogatcheva
    1. Heat – 2:19.07
    2. B-Final – 2:19.91 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Inna Abramova, Svetlana Issakova, Yelena Dendeberova, and Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Heat – 3:46.28
  • Yelena Dendeberova, Svetlana Issakova, Natalia Trefilova, and Svetlana Koptchikova
    1. Final – 3:44.99 (→ 5th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition


[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
  • Defeated Sweden (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Italy (3-1)
  • Lost to Brazil (2-3)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Argetina (3-0)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to United States (1-3) → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Yuri Panchenko
  • Andrey Kuzentsov
  • Vyatcheslav Zaytsev
  • Igor Runov
  • Vladimir Chkourikhine
  • Yevgueny Krasilnikov
  • Raimond Vilde
  • Valery Lossev
  • Yuri Sapega
  • Yuri Sorokolet
  • Yaroslav Antonov
  • Yuri Tcherednik
  • Head Coach: Guennady Parchine

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Japan (2-3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-2)
  • Defeated East Germany (3-0)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated PR China (3-0)
  • Final
  • Defeated Peru (3-2) → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Valentina Ogienko
  • Yelena Volkova
  • Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko
  • Tatyana Sidorenko
  • Irina Parkhomchuk-Kirillova
  • Olga Shkournova
  • Marina Nikulina
  • Elena Ovtchnikova
  • Olga Krivocheeva
  • Svetlana Korytova
  • Marina Koumych
  • Tatyana Krainova

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Drew with Italy (9-9)
  • Defeated Australia (11-4)
  • Defeated France (14-8)
  • Defeated South Korea (17-4)
  • Lost to West Germany (8-9)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to United States (7-8)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated West Germany (14-13) → Bronze Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Evgueni Charonov
  • Nourlan Mendygaliev
  • Evgeni Grichine
  • Alexandre Kolotov
  • Sergei Naoumov
  • Victor Berendiouga
  • Serguei Kotenko
  • Dmitri Apanasenko
  • Georgui Mchvenieradze
  • Mikhail Ivanov
  • Serguei Markotch
  • Nikolai Smirnov
  • Mikhail Giorgadze

Head Coach: Boris Popov

[edit] Wrestling

Alexander Karelin — Wrestling, Heavyweight