Soviet Union at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors53 (47 men, 6 women)[1] in 6 sports
Flag bearerOleg Goncharenko
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
7
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
16
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Estonia (1928–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–2014)
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 Azerbaijan (1998–)
 Tajikistan (2002–)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
 ROC (2022)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Nikolay Anikin, Pavel Kolchin
Vladimir Kuzin, Fyodor Terentyev		 Cross-country Men's relay 4 x 10 km
 Gold Lyubov Kozyreva Cross-country Women's 10 km
 Gold Yevgeny Babich, Vsevolod Bobrov
Alexei Guryshev, Nikolay Khlystov
Yuri Krylov, Alfred Kuchevsky
Valentin Kuzin, Grigory Mkrtychan
Viktor Nikiforov, Yuri Pantyukhov
Nikolai Puchkov, Viktor Shuvalov
Genrikh Sidorenkov, Nikolai Sologubov
Ivan Tregubov, Dmitry Ukolov
Aleksandr Uvarov		 Ice hockey Men's team
 Gold Yevgeny Grishin Speed skating Men's 500 m
 Gold Yevgeny Grishin Speed skating Men's 1500 m
 Gold Yuri Mikhaylov Speed skating Men's 1500 m
 Gold Boris Shilkov Speed skating Men's 5000 m
 Silver Radya Yeroshina Cross-country Women's 10 km
 Silver Alevtina Kolchina, Lyubov Kozyreva
Radya Yeroshina		 Cross-country Women's relay 3 x 5 km
 Silver Rafayel Grach Speed skating Men's 500 m
 Bronze Yevgeniya Sidorova Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Bronze Pavel Kolchin Cross-country Men's 15 km
 Bronze Pavel Kolchin Cross-country Men's 30 km
 Bronze Fyodor Terentyev Cross-country Men's 50 km
 Bronze Oleg Goncharenko Speed skating Men's 5000 m
 Bronze Oleg Goncharenko Speed skating Men's 10000 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Gennady Chertishchev Giant slalom 3:48.9 55
Downhill DSQ DNF
Aleksandr Filatov Giant slalom 3:27.8 33
Slalom 1:33.5 2:36.0 4:09.5 30
Downhill 3:16.6 16
Vyacheslav Melnikov Slalom TNK DSQ did not finish
Yury Sharkov Giant slalom 3:41.8 46
Slalom DSQ did not finish
Sergey Shustov Downhill DSQ DNF
Viktor Talyanov Giant slalom 3:45.2 52
Slalom 1:49.2 2:06.9 3:56.1 24
Downhill 3:26.5 21
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Aleksandra Artyomenko Giant slalom 4:04.5 44
Slalom DSQ did not finish
Downhill 1:51.1 14
Yevgeniya Sidorova Giant slalom 2:31.3 40
Slalom 56.9 59.8 1:56.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Downhill 1:59.8 37

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Nikolay Anikin 15 km 50:58 7
Viktor Baranov 50 km 3:03:55 7
Minnevali Galiyev 15 km 52:49 18
Pavel Kolchin 15 km 50:17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30 km 1:45:45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 km 2:58:00 6
Vladimir Kuzin 15 km 51:36 10
30 km 1:46:09 5
Anatoly Shelyukhin 30 km 1:45:46 4
50 km 2:56:40 5
Fyodor Terentyev 30 km 1:46:43 6
50 km 2:53:32 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fyodor Terentyev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolay Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin 		Relay 4 x 10 km 2:15:30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Anna Kaaleste 10 km 40:29 9
Alevtina Kolchina 10 km 38:46 4
Lyubov Kozyreva 10 km 38:11 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Radya Yeroshina 10 km 38:16 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lyubov Kozyreva
Alevtina Kolchina
Radya Yeroshina 		Relay 3 x 5 km 1:09:28 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Pos. No. Player Team
GK Nikolai Puchkov
GK Grigory Mkrtychan
D Nikolai Sologubov
D Dmitry Ukolov
D Ivan Tregubov
D Genrikh Sidorenkov
D Alfred Kuchevsky
F Yevgeny Babich
F Viktor Shuvalov
F Vsevolod Bobrov
F Yuri Krylov
F Aleksandr Uvarov
F Valentin Kuzin
F Yuri Pantyukhov
F Alexei Guryshev
F Nikolay Khlystov
F Viktor Nikiforov
Preliminary round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 15 4 4
 Sweden 2 1 1 0 7 10 2
  Switzerland 2 0 2 0 8 16 0
27 January 1956
21:30		Soviet Union 5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 Sweden
Babich (2)
Bobrov
Kuzin (2)		GoalsBjörn
29 January 1956
21:30		Soviet Union 10–3
(4–1, 2–0, 4–2)		  Switzerland
Ukolov
Tregubov
Bobrov (4)
Krylov
Guryshev (2)
Peter (own goal)		GoalsNaef (2)
Bagnoud
Final round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 25 5 10
 United States 5 4 1 0 26 12 8
 Canada 5 3 2 0 23 11 6
 Sweden 5 1 3 1 10 17 3
 Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 20 30 2
 Germany 5 0 4 1 6 35 1
30 January 1956
19:00		Soviet Union 4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)		 Sweden
Shuvalov
Bobrov
Guryshev (2)		GoalsBröms
31 January 1956
19:00		Soviet Union 8–0
(0–0, 7–0, 1–0)		 Germany
Tregubov
Shuvalov
Bobrov
Krylov
Uvarov (2)
Guryshev (2)		Goals
2 February 1956
22:00		Soviet Union 7–4
(2–1, 3–0, 2–3)		 Czechoslovakia
Sologubov
Shuvalov (3)
Bobrov
Pantyukhov
Guryshev		GoalsGut
Bubník
Návrat
Pantucek
3 February 1956
21:30		Soviet Union 4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 United States
Bobrov
Kuzin
Pantyukhov
Khlystov		Goals
4 February 1956
21:30		Soviet Union 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 Canada
Krylov
Kuzin		Goals
 Gold

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Leonid Fyodorov Individual 15 km 201.0 12 59:17 228.500 12 429.500 10
Nikolay Gusakov Individual 15 km 200.0 14 58:17 232.300 8 432.300 7
Uno Kajak Individual 15 km 186.5 27 1:00:48 222.600 18 409.100 26
Yury Moshkin Individual 15 km 217.5 1 1:04:18 209.100 31 426.600 13

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event First round Final
Points Rank Points Total Rank
Yury Moshkin Normal hill 91.5 35 92.5 184.0 34
Nikolay Shamov Normal hill 103.0 14 98.0 201.0 16
Koba Zakadze Normal hill 107.0 8 78.0 185.0 30

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Oleg Goncharenko 5000 m 7:57.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
10000 m 16:42.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rafayel Grach 500 m 40.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yevgeny Grishin 500 m 40.2 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m 2:08.6 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Robert Merkulov 1500 m 2:10.3 5
Yuri Mikhaylov 500 m did not finish
1500 m 2:08.6 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dmitry Sakunenko 5000 m 8:10.5 16
Yuri Sergeev 500 m 41.1 4
Boris Shilkov 1500 m 2:11.9 8
5000 m 7:48.7 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vladimir Shilykovsky 10000 m 17:17.6 16
Boris Tsybin 10000 m 17:03.4 9
Boris Yakimov 5000 m 8:12.6 19
10000 m 16:59.7 7

References

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