Soviet Union at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Soviet Union at the Olympic Games

Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code  URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley
Competitors 62 (49 men, 13 women)[1] in 8 sports
Flag bearer Nikolai Sologubov
Medals
Rank: 1
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
9
Total
21
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Gusakova, MariaMaria Gusakova Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Gold Grishin, YevgenyYevgeny Grishin Speed skating Men's 500 m
 Gold Grishin, YevgenyYevgeny Grishin Speed skating Men's 1500 m
 Gold Kosichkin, ViktorViktor Kosichkin Speed skating Men's 5000 m
 Gold Nesterova-Guseva, KlaraKlara Nesterova-Guseva Speed skating Women's 1000 m
 Gold Skoblikova, LidiyaLidiya Skoblikova Speed skating Women's 1500 m
 Gold Skoblikova, LidiyaLidiya Skoblikova Speed skating Women's 3000 m
 Silver Baranova, LyubovLyubov Baranova Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Silver Yeroshina, RadyaRadya Yeroshina
Gusakova, MariaMaria Gusakova
Baranova, LyubovLyubov Baranova
Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
 Silver Kosichkin, ViktorViktor Kosichkin Speed skating Men's 10000 m
 Silver Donchenko, NatalyaNatalya Donchenko Speed skating Women's 500 m
 Silver Stenina, ValentinaValentina Stenina Speed skating Women's 3000 m
 Bronze Privalov, AleksandrAleksandr Privalov Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Bronze Anikin, NikolayNikolay Anikin Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Bronze Shelyukhin, AnatolyAnatoly Shelyukhin
Vaganov, GennadyGennady Vaganov
Kuznetsov, AlekseyAleksey Kuznetsov
Anikin, NikolayNikolay Anikin
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Bronze Yeroshina, RadyaRadya Yeroshina Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Bronze Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Nikolai Puchkov Alfred Kuchevsky Yury Tsitsinov
Yevgeny Yerkin Veniamin Alexandrov Viktor Yakushev
Nikolai Sologubov Aleksandr Almetov Yevgeny Groshev
Yury Baulin Konstantin Loktev Stanislav Petukhov
Nikolay Karpov Mikhail Bychkov Viktor Pryazhnikov
Genrikh Sidorenkov Vladimir Grebennikov
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Bronze Gusakov, NikolayNikolay Gusakov Nordic combined Men's individual (15 km)
 Bronze Grach, RafaelRafael Grach Speed skating Men's 500 m
 Bronze Stenin, BorisBoris Stenin Speed skating Men's 1500 m
 Bronze Rylova, TamaraTamara Rylova Speed skating Women's 1000 m

Alpine skiing

Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Stalina Korzukhina Downhill 1:46.5 19
Giant slalom 1:45.7 21
Slalom 58.5 59.9 1:58.4 7
Yevgeniya Kabina Downhill 1:46.7 20
Giant slalom 1:50.0 31
Slalom 1:03.3 1:01.0 2:04.3 18
Lyubov Volkova Downhill 1:49.2 23
Giant slalom 1:48.9 30
Slalom 1:00.8 1:16.5 2:17.3 30

Biathlon

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Aleksandr Privalov 20 km 1:34:54.2 3 3rd
Vladimir Melanin 20 km 1:35:42.4 4 4
Valentin Pshenitsyn 20 km 1:36:45.8 3 5
Dmitry Sokolov 20 km 1:38:16.7 5 6

Cross-country skiing

Men
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Nikolay Anikin 15 km 52:55.0 10
30 km 1:52:28.2 3rd
50 km 3:10:13.9 13
Aleksandr Gubin 15 km 53:29.1 15
Aleksey Kuznetsov 30 km 1:54:23.9 8
50 km 3-11:47.0 15
Ivan Lyubimov 50 km 3:25:06.4 18
Pavel Morshchinin 15 km 53:36.6 16
Anatoly Shelyukhin 30 km 1:58:21.3 15
Gennady Vaganov 15 km 52:18.0 4
30 km 1:52:49.2 4
50 km 3:05:27.6 7
Anatoly Shelyukhin
Gennady Vaganov
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Nikolay Anikin
Relay 4 x 10 km 2:21:21.6 3rd
Women
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Lyubov Baranova 10 km 40:04.2 2nd
Maria Gusakova 10 km 39:46.6 1st
Alevtina Kolchina 10 km 40:12.6 4
Radya Yeroshina 10 km 40:06.0 3rd
Radya Yeroshina
Maria Gusakova
Lyubov Baranova
Relay 3 x 5 km 1:05:02.6 2nd

Figure skating

Athlete Event Points Places Rank
Nina Zhuk
Stanislav Zhuk
Pairs 72.3 38.6 6
Ludmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov
Pairs 68.6 60.5 9

Ice hockey

Men
Pos. No. Player Team
GK Nikolai Puchkov
GK Yevgeny Yerkin
D Nikolai Sologubov
D Yury Baulin
D Nikolay Karpov
D Genrikh Sidorenkov
D Alfred Kuchevsky
F Veniamin Alexandrov
F Aleksandr Almetov
F Konstantin Loktev
F Mikhail Bychkov
F Vladimir Grebennikov
F Yury Tsitsinov
F Viktor Yakushev
F Yevgeny Groshev
F Stanislav Petukhov
F Viktor Pryazhnikov
Preliminary round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 16 4 4
 Germany 2 1 1 0 4 9 2
 Finland 2 0 2 0 5 12 0
19 February 1960 Soviet Union  8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)
 Germany
20 February 1960 Soviet Union  8–4
(2–1, 4–0, 2–3)
 Finland
Final round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 United States 5 5 0 0 29 11 10
 Canada 5 4 1 0 31 12 8
 Soviet Union 5 2 2 1 24 19 5
 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 0 21 23 4
 Sweden 5 1 3 1 19 19 3
 Germany 5 0 5 0 5 45 0
22 February 1960
13:00
Soviet Union  8–5
(3–2, 2–1, 3–2)
 Czechoslovakia
24 February 1960
15:30
Soviet Union  2–2
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2)
 Sweden
25 February 1960
13:00
Soviet Union  7–1
(0–1, 4–0, 3–0)
 Germany
27 February 1960
13:30
United States  3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)
 Soviet Union
28 February 1960 Canada  8–5
(3–0, 1–3, 4–2)
 Soviet Union
 Bronze

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Leonid Fyodorov Individual 15 km 202.0 17 1:02:13.1 225.548 15 427.548 16
Nikolay Gusakov Individual 15 km 212.0 10 58:29.4 240.000 1 452.000 3rd
Dmitry Kochkin Individual 15 km 219.5 2 1:01:32.1 228.194 11 447.694 5
Mikhail Pryakin Individual 15 km 200.5 21 1:00:25.7 232.452 9 432.952 12

Ski jumping

Athlete Event First round Final
Points Rank Points Total Rank
Leonid Fyodorov Normal hill 97.2 26 95.9 193.1 27
Nikolay Kamenskiy Normal hill 110.2 3 106.7 216.9 4
Nikolay Shamov Normal hill 103.2 15 107.4 210.6 10
Koba Zakadze Normal hill 107.0 7 104.1 211.1 9

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Yury Malyshev 41.2 10
Gennady Voronin 40.7 5
Rafael Grach 40.4 3rd
Yevgeny Grishin 40.2 OR 1st
1500 m Lev Zaytsev 2:22.1 31
Gennady Voronin 2:14.7 12
Boris Stenin 2:11.5 3rd
Yevgeny Grishin 2:10.4 1st
5000 m Oleg Goncharenko 8:06.6 6
Valery Kotov 8:05.4 5
Viktor Kosichkin 7:51.3 1st
10000 m Nikolajs Štelbaums DSQ
Vladimir Shilykovsky 17:13.9 20
Viktor Kosichkin 15:49.2 2nd
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Klara Nesterova-Guseva 46.8 6
Tamara Rylova 46.2 4
Natalya Donchenko 46.0 2nd
1000 m Lidiya Skoblikova 1:35.3 4
Tamara Rylova 1:34.8 3rd
Klara Nesterova-Guseva 1:34.1 1st
1500 m Valentina Stenina 2:29.2 5
Klara Nesterova-Guseva 2:28.7 4
Lidiya Skoblikova 2:25.2 1st
3000 m Tamara Rylova 5:30.0 9
Valentina Stenina 5:16.9 2nd
Lidiya Skoblikova 5:14.3 1st

References

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