Soviet Union at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | URS |
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
in Grenoble | |
Competitors | 74 (53 men, 21 women)[1] in 8 sports |
Flag bearer | Viktor Mamatov (biathlon) |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Aleksandr Tikhonov Nikolay Puzanov Viktor Mamatov Vladimir Gundartsev |
Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
Gold | Liudmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov |
Figure skating | Pairs |
Gold | Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
Gold | Vladimir Belousov | Ski jumping | Men's large hill |
Gold | Lyudmila Titova | Speed skating | Women's 500 m |
Silver | Aleksandr Tikhonov | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
Silver | Vyacheslav Vedenin | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
Silver | Galina Kulakova | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
Silver | Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gorelik |
Figure skating | Pairs |
Silver | Lyudmila Titova | Speed skating | Women's 1000 m |
Bronze | Vladimir Gundartsev | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
Bronze | Alevtina Kolchina | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
Bronze | Alevtina Kolchina Rita Achkina Galina Kulakova |
Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Vasily Melnikov | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||||
Andrey Belokrinkin | 2:10.98 | 49 | |||||
Viktor Belyakov | 2:09.32 | 40 | |||||
Andrey Belokrinkin | Giant Slalom | 1:56.47 | 59 | 1:56.36 | 46 | 3:52.83 | 52 |
Viktor Belyakov | 1:52.72 | 54 | 1:53.55 | 39 | 3:49.27 | 46 | |
Vasily Melnikov | 1:52.42 | 42 | 1:56.55 | 47 | 3:48.97 | 45 |
Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
Viktor Belyakov | 58.05 | 4 | 55:56 | 2 | did not advance | |||||
Andrey Belokrinkin | 57.46 | 2 QF | – | – | 1:08.96 | 45 | 58.90 | 29 | 2:07.86 | 31 |
Vasily Melnikov | 54.32 | 2 QF | – | – | 54.94 | 38 | 59.48 | 30 | 1:54.42 | 26 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Galina Sidorova | Downhill | 1:51.74 | 35 | ||||
Alfina Sukhanova | 1:48.74 | 29 | |||||
Nina Merkulova | 1:48.04 | 27 | |||||
Irina Turundayevskaya | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
Nina Merkulova | 2:12.71 | 40 | |||||
Galina Sidorova | 2:12.01 | 39 | |||||
Alfina Sukhanova | 2:06.48 | 34 | |||||
Nina Merkulova | Slalom | n/a | ? | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Galina Sidorova | 49.63 | 30 | 53.26 | 24 | 1:42.89 | 26 | |
Alfina Sukhanova | 49.57 | 29 | 52.01 | 20 | 1:41.58 | 25 | |
Irina Turundayevskaya | 46.60 | 25 | 51.66 | 19 | 1:38.26 | 19 |
Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
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20 km | Viktor Mamatov | 1'19:20.8 | 1 | 1'20:20.8 | 7 |
Nikolay Puzanov | 1'17:14.5 | 3 | 1'20:14.5 | 6 | |
Vladimir Gundartsev | 1'16:27.4 | 2 | 1'18:27.4 | ||
Aleksandr Tikhonov | 1'12:40.4 | 2 | 1'14:40.4 |
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 2 | Time | Rank | |
Aleksandr Tikhonov Nikolay Puzanov Viktor Mamatov Vladimir Gundartsev |
2 | 2'13:02.4 |
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Fyodor Simashov | 51:05.3 | 26 |
Vladimir Voronkov | 50:40.7 | 22 | |
Anatoly Akentyev | 50:19.9 | 16 | |
Valery Tarakanov | 49:04.4 | 9 | |
30 km | Valery Tarakanov | 1'39:25.0 | 17 |
Vyacheslav Vedenin | 1'38:36.1 | 14 | |
Anatoly Akentyev | 1'37:52.4 | 10 | |
Vladimir Voronkov | 1'37:10.8 | 4 | |
50 km | Igor Voronchikhin | 2'40:48.2 | 31 |
Anatoly Akentyev | 2'34:54.5 | 20 | |
Vladimir Voronkov | 2'33:07.3 | 16 | |
Vyacheslav Vedenin | 2'29:02.5 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Vladimir Voronkov Anatoly Akentyev Valery Tarakanov Vyacheslav Vedenin |
2'10:57.2 | 4 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km | Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova | 17:43.2 | 20 |
Rita Achkina | 16:55.1 | 6 | |
Alevtina Kolchina | 16:51.6 | ||
Galina Kulakova | 16:48.4 | ||
10 km | Faadiya Salimzhanova | 39:17.9 | 13 |
Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova | 39:10.3 | 11 | |
Alevtina Kolchina | 38:52.9 | 7 | |
Galina Kulakova | 38:26.7 | 6 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Alevtina Kolchina Rita Achkina Galina Kulakova |
58:13.6 |
Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Sergei Volkov | 16 | 17 | 1632.0 | 158 | 18 |
Sergei Chetverukhin | 11 | 11 | 1737.0 | 93 | 9 |
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Galina Grzhibovskaya | 25 | 11 | 1628.5 | 144 | 16 |
Elena Shcheglova | 13 | 10 | 1670.4 | 110 | 12 |
Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Tamara Moskvina Alexei Mishin |
6 | 5 | 300.3 | 44 | 5 |
Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gorelik |
2 | 2 | 312.3 | 17 | |
Liudmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov |
1 | 1 | 315.2 | 10 |
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 11 |
3 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 |
4 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 9 |
5 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 7 |
6 | United States | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 5 |
7 | West Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 2 |
8 | East Germany | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 0 |
USSR – Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Polupanov.
Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)
USSR – East Germany 9:0 (4:0, 2:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Alexandrov, Zaytsev.
Referees: Wycisk (POL), Johannessen (NOR)
USSR – USA 10:2 (6:0, 4:2, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Polupanov 2, Kuzkin, Starshinov, Moiseyev– Ross, Morrison.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Kubinec (CAN)
USSR – West Germany 9:1 (4:1, 4:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Polupanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Starshinov, Majorov, Moiseyev, Firsov – Funk.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Valentin (AUT)
USSR – Sweden 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Polupanov.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
USSR – Canada 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Zimin.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
USSR
Goaltenders: Viktor Konovalenko, Viktor Zinger.
Defence: Viktor Blinov, Vitalij Davidov, Viktor Kuzkin, Alexandr Ragulin, Oleg Zaytsev, Igor Romiševskij.
Forwards: Anatolij Firsov, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Viktor Polupanov, Vladimir Vikulov, Venjamin Alexandrov, Yury Moiseyev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Yevgeni Zimin, Anatoly Ionov, Boris Majorov.
Coaches: Arkadij Černyšev, Anatolij Tarasov.
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Events:
Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Mikhail Artyukhov | Individual | 66.0 | 69.0 | 192.4 | 26 | 51:32.4 | 199.50 | 20 | 391.90 | 19 |
Tõnu Haljand | 68.5 | 70.0 | 202.8 | 17 | 50:40.5 | 209.88 | 12 | 412.68 | 12 | |
Robert Makara | 72.5 | 74.0 | 222.8 | 5 | 51:09.3 | 204.12 | 17 | 426.92 | 7 | |
Vyacheslav Dryagin | 71.5 | 74.5 | 222.8 | 5 | 51:22.0 | 201.58 | 19 | 424.38 | 8 |
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Vladimir Smirnov | Normal hill | 69.5 | 89.5 | 70.0 (fall) | 58.8 | 148.3 | 55 |
Vladimir Belousov | 73.5 | 102.9 | 73.0 | 104.6 | 207.5 | 8 | |
Gary Napalkov | 75.0 | 104.3 | 73.0 | 101.1 | 205.4 | 14 | |
Anatoly Zheglanov | 79.5 | 110.0 | 74.5 | 101.5 | 211.5 | 6 | |
Vladimir Smirnov | Large hill | 88.0 | 89.1 | 83.5 | 80.8 | 169.9 | 41 |
Gary Napalkov | 96.5 | 107.0 | 90.5 | 96.1 | 203.1 | 11 | |
Anatoly Zheglanov | 99.0 | 108.5 | 92.0 | 97.2 | 205.7 | 8 | |
Vladimir Belousov | 101.5 | 118.0 | 98.5 | 113.3 | 231.3 |
Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Valery Kaplan | 41.6 | 21 |
Valery Muratov | 41.4 | 18 | |
Anatoly Lepeshkin | 41.0 | 11 | |
Yevgeny Grishin | 40.6 | 4 | |
1500 m | Valery Kaplan | 2:07.2 | 12 |
Ants Antson | 2:07.2 | 12 | |
Aleksandr Kerchenko | 2:07.1 | 11 | |
Eduard Matusevich | 2:06.1 | 8 | |
5000 m | Anatoly Mashkov | 7:41.9 | 14 |
Stanislav Selyanin | 7:38.5 | 11 | |
Valery Lavrushkin | 7:37.9 | 10 | |
10000 m | Anatoly Mashkov | 16:22.1 | 16 |
Stanislav Selyanin | 15:56.4 | 10 | |
Valery Lavrushkin | 15:54.8 | 9 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Tatyana Sidorova | 46.9 | 9 |
Irina Yegorova | 46.9 | 9 | |
Lyudmila Titova | 46.1 | ||
1000 m | Lāsma Kauniste | 1:35.3 | 11 |
Irina Yegorova | 1:34.4 | 5 | |
Lyudmila Titova | 1:32.9 | ||
1500 m | Lidiya Skoblikova | 2:27.6 | 11 |
Lyudmila Titova | 2:26.8 | 7 | |
Lāsma Kauniste | 2:25.4 | 5 | |
3000 m | Lāsma Kauniste | 5:16.0 | 12 |
Anna Sablina | 5:12.5 | 8 | |
Lidiya Skoblikova | 5:08.0 | 6 |