Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , Japan . 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.[ 2]
Medalists
The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.
Gold
Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exerciseBoris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal barLarisa Latynina , Polina Astakhova , Tamara Manina , Elena Volchetskaya , Tamara Zamotailova , Lyudmila Gromova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competitionPolina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven barsTamara Press — Athletics, women's discus throwRomuald Klim — Athletics, men's hammer throwValery Brumel — Athletics, men's high jumpIrina Press — Athletics, women's pentathlonTamara Press — Athletics, women's shot putStanislav Stepashkin — Boxing, men's featherweightBoris Lagutin — Boxing, men's light-middleweightValery Popenchenko — Boxing, men's 71–75 kgAndrei Khimich , Stepan Oshchepkov — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 mLyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 mNikolai Chuzhikov , Anatoli Grishin , Vyacheslav Ionov , Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, K-4 1000 mGrigori Kriss — Fencing, men's épée individualViktor Zhdanovich , Yuri Sharov , Yuri Sisikin , German Sveshnikov , Mark Midler — Fencing, men's foil teamBoris Melnikov , Nugzar Asatiani , Mark Rakita , Yakov Rylsky , Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre teamAlbert Mokeev , Igor Novikov , Viktor Mineev — Modern pentathlon, men's team competitionOleg Tyurin , Boris Dubrovskiy — Rowing, men's double scullsVyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single scullsGalina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststrokeYuri Chesnokov , Yuri Vengerovsky , Eduard Sibiryakov , Dmitry Voskoboinikov , Vazha Katcharava , Stanislav Lyugailo , Vitali Kovalenko , Yuri Poyarkov , Ivan Bugaenkov , Nikolai Burobin , Valery Kalachikhin , Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, men's teamLeonid Zhabotinsky — Weightlifting, men's heavyweightAleksei Vakhonin — Weightlifting, men's bantamweightRudolf Plyukfelder — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweightVladimir Golovanov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweightAlexander Ivanytsky — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweightAlexander Medved — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweightAnatoli Kolesov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Silver
Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beamViktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercisePolina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exerciseYuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal barBoris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-roundViktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-roundLarisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-roundBoris Shakhlin , Yuri Titov , Viktor Lisitsky , Yury Tsapenko , Sergei Diomidov , Viktor Leontyev — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competitionViktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's vaultLarisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vaultRein Aun — Athletics, men's decathlonOleg Fyodoseyev — Athletics, men's triple jumpValdis Muizhniek , Nikolai Bagley , Armenak Alachachian , Aleksandr Travin , Vyacheslav Khrynin , Jānis Krūmiņš , Levan Moseshvili , Yuri Korneev , Aleksandr Petrov , Gennadi Volnov , Jaak Lipso , Yuris Kalnyns — Basketball, men's teamVelikton Barannikov — Boxing, men's lightweightYevgeny Frolov — Boxing, men's light-welterweightRikardas Tamulis — Boxing, men's welterweightAleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweightImant Bodnieks , Viktor Logunov — Cycling Track, men's 2000 m tandemLyudmila Shishova , Valentina Prudskova , Valentina Rastvorova , Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko , Galina Gorokhova — Fencing, women's foil teamIgor Novikov — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competitionShota Kveliashvili — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positionsPavel Senichev — Shooting, men's trapGeorgi Prokopenko — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststrokeAntonina Ryzhova , Astra Biltauer , Ninel Lukanina , Lyudmila Buldakova , Nelli Abramova , Tamara Tikhonina , Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova , Inna Ryskal , Marita Katusheva , Tatyana Roshchina , Valentina Mishak , Lyudmila Gureeva — Volleyball, women's teamYury Vlasov — Weightlifting, men's heavyweightVladimir Kaplunov — Weightlifting, men's lightweightViktor Kurentsov — Weightlifting, men's middleweightGuliko Sagaradze — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweightAnatoli Roshchin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super heavyweightVladlen Trostyansky — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweightRoman Rurua — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Bronze
Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beamPolina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-roundYury Tsapenko — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horseBoris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's ringsLarisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven barsAnatoly Mikhailov — Athletics, men's 110 m hurdlesVladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, men's 20 km walkIvan Belyayev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechaseTaisiya Chenchik — Athletics, women's high jumpYanis Lusis — Athletics, men's javelin throwYelena Gorchakova — Athletics, women's javelin throwIgor Ter-Ovanesyan — Athletics, men's long jumpTatyana Shchelkanova — Athletics, women's long jumpGalina Bystrova — Athletics, women's pentathlonGalina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot putViktor Kravchenko — Athletics, men's triple jumpVadim Emelyanov — Boxing, men's heavyweightStanislav Sorokin — Boxing, men's flyweightYevgeny Penyaev — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 mGalina Alekseeva — Diving, women's 10 m platformSergei Filatov , his horse Absent — Equestrian, individual mixedSergei Filatov , Absent, Ivan Kizimov , Ikhor, Ivan Kalita , Moar — Equestrian, team mixedGuram Kostava — Fencing, men's épée individualUmar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre individualAnzor Kiknadze — Judo, men's heavyweightParnaos Chikviladze — Judo, men's heavyweightOleg Stepanov — Judo, men's lightweightAron Bogolyubov — Judo, men's lightweightAlbert Mokeev — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competitionSvetlana Babanina — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststrokeTatyana Savelyeva , Svetlana Babanina , Tatyana Devyatova , Natalya Ustinova — women's 4 × 100 m medley relayIgor Grabovsky , Vladimir Kuznetsov , Boris Grishin , Boris Popov , Nikolai Kalashnikov , Zenon Bortkevich , Nikolai Kuznetsov , Vladimir Semyonov , Viktor Ageev , Leonid Osipov , Eduard Egorov — Water polo, men's teamAydin Ibrahimov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweightNodar Khokhashvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle featherweightDavid Gvanteladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Athletics
The Soviet Union had 84 participants (61 men and 23 women) in 36 athletics events in 1964.[ 3]
Men's 100 metres Men's 200 metres Men's 400 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 1500 metres Men's 5000 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's marathon Men's 110 metres hurdles Men's 400 metres hurdles Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Men's 20 kilometres walk Men's 50 kilometres walk Men's high jump Men's pole vault Men's long jump Men's triple jump Men's shot put Men's discus throw Men's hammer throw Men's javelin throw Men's decathlon Women's 100 metres Women's 200 metres Women's 400 metres Women's 800 metres Women's 80 metres hurdles Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Women's high jump Women's long jump Women's shot put Women's discus throw Women's javelin throw Women's pentathlon
Basketball
Twelve male basketball players represented the Soviet Union:[ 4]
Boxing
Ten male boxers represented the Soviet Union:[ 5]
Men's flyweight Men's bantamweight Men's featherweight Men's lightweight Men's light welterweight Men's welterweight Men's light middleweight Men's middleweight Men's light heavyweight Men's heavyweight
Canoeing
The Soviet Union had thirteen participants (10 men and 3 women) in seven canoeing events in 1964.[ 6]
Men's K-1 1000 metres Men's K-2 1000 metres Men's K-4 1000 metres Men's C-1 1000 metres Men's C-2 1000 metres Women's K-1 500 metres Women's K-2 500 metres
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
Individual road race Team time trial Sprint 1000 m time trial Tandem Individual pursuit Team pursuit
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
Men's foil Men's team foil Men's épée Men's team épée Men's sabre Men's team sabre Women's foil Women's team foil
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented the Soviet Union in 1964. The team won gold, Albert Mokeyev won an individual bronze and Igor Novikov won an individual silver.
Individual Team Igor Novikov
Albert Mokeyev
Viktor Mineyev
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1964.[ 7]
Men's single sculls – 1st place (Men's double sculls – 1st place (Men's coxless pair Men's coxed pair – 4th placeMen's coxless four – 7th placeMen's coxed four – 5th placeMen's eight – 5th place
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1964. Shota Kveliashvili won a silver in the 300 m rifle, three positions and Pāvels Seničevs won a silver in the trap event.
25 m pistol 50 m pistol 300 m rifle, three positions 50 m rifle, three positions 50 m rifle, prone Trap
Swimming
Volleyball
Men's team competition Defeated Romania (3–0)
Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
Defeated South Korea (3–0)
Defeated Hungary (3–0)
Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
Lost to Japan (1–3)
Defeated United States (3–0)
Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
Defeated Brazil (3–0) → gold medal Women's team competition Defeated Romania (3–0)
Defeated South Korea (3–0)
Defeated Poland (3–0)
Defeated United States (3–0)
Lost to Japan (0–3) → silver medal
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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.
References
^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF) . Olympic Review International Olympic Committee : 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008 .^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Soviet Union at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Soviet Union Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Soviet Union Basketball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Soviet Union Boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Soviet Union Canoeing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015 .
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