Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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The Soviet Union
(USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
in Mexico City
. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.
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
Women's Team Competition
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
(USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.
Gold
- Natalia KuchinskayaNatalia KuchinskayaNatalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya , also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast....
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam - Larisa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
- Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar - Natalia KuchinskayaNatalia KuchinskayaNatalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya , also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast....
, Zinaida VoroninaZinaida VoroninaZinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s...
, Larisa Petrik, Olga Karaseva, Ludmilla TourischevaLudmilla TourischevaLudmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...
, Lyubov BurdaLyubov BurdaLyubov Viktorovna Burda is a Russian artistic gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. She was a member of the Soviet team who won the Team gold medal at the 1970 World Championships. Individually, she is the 1970 World bronze medalist on vault, a medal she tied for with teammate Ludmilla...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault - Vladimir GolubnichyVladimir GolubnichyVolodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy was a Ukrainian race walker who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born in Sumy.Holubnychy dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning the total of four Olympic medals. He trained at VSS Spartak in Sumy.Holubnychy began athletics in 1953...
— Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk - Yanis Lusis — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
- Viktor Saneev — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Valeri Sokolov — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Boris LagutinBoris LagutinBoris Nikolayevich Lagutin was possibly the most celebrated of Soviet boxers. During his career as a boxer, he has won 241 fights and lost only 11. He won medals in three Olympic Games, including two golds, in 1964 and 1968. Lagutin also won at European championships in 1961 and 1963 and at USSR...
— Boxing, Men's Light-middleweight - Daniel Poznyak — Boxing, Men's Light-heavyweight
- Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva — Canoeing, Women's K-1 500m
- Aleksandr Sharapenko, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000m
- Ivan KizimovIvan KizimovIvan Kizimov is a former Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion. He won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a gold medal in team dressage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
, his horse Ijor — Equestrian, Individual Mixed - Elena Novikova-BelovaElena Novikova-BelovaElena Novikova-Belova is a Soviet fencer and four times Olympic champion in foil competitions.She received four gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal in the foil at the Summer Olympics from 1968 to 1980....
— Fencing, Women's Foil Individual - Aleksandra Zabelina, Tatyana Petrenko-SamusenkoTatyana Petrenko-SamusenkoTatyana Petrenko-Samusenko was a Soviet fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil events at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, Elena Novikova-BelovaElena Novikova-BelovaElena Novikova-Belova is a Soviet fencer and four times Olympic champion in foil competitions.She received four gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal in the foil at the Summer Olympics from 1968 to 1980....
, Galina GorokhovaGalina GorokhovaGalina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova is a Russian and former Soviet retired fencer and five-time Olympic medalist, as well as a nine-time world gold medalist. She is also the coach of the Russian Olympic fencing team.-References:...
, Svetlana Tširkova — Fencing, Women's Foil Team - Vladimir NazlymovVladimir NazlymovVladimir Nazlymov - Sabre fencer and coach for USSR and later United States. Born in Makhachkala, Daghestan. A 1970 graduate of The Daghestan State Pedagogical Institute, Nazlymov earned a bachelor's and master's degree in physical education...
, Viktor Sidyak, Eduard VinokurovEduard VinokurovEduard Teodorovich Vinokurov was a Soviet Russian sabre fencer. He was born in the village of Baizhansai, South Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR.-Fencing career:Vinokurov began fencing in 1956.He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad....
, Mark RakitaMark RakitaMark Semenovich Rakita is a famed Russian sabreur and coach from the Soviet era.-Fencing career:Rakita started fencing at 14. He practiced daily for between three – six hours a day. A 1969 graduate of The Daghestan State Pedagogical Institute, Rakita earned the title of Master of the Sport in...
, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team - Anatoli Sass, Aleksandr TimoshininAleksandr TimoshininAleksandr Ivanovich Timoshinin is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow....
— Rowing, Men's Double Sculls - Valentyn MankinValentyn MankinValentyn Grigoryevich Mankin is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian sailor, three times Olympic champion for the USSR team.Mankin is Jewish...
— Sailing, Men's Finn - Grigori Kosykh — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol
- Evgeni Petrov — Shooting, Men's Skeet
- Eduard SibiryakovEduard SibiryakovEduard Fedorovich Sibiryakov was an Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chelyabinsk and died in Moscow....
, Valeri KravchenkoValeri KravchenkoValeri Ivanovich Kravchenko is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Kabodiyen, Khatlon, Tajik SSR....
, Vladimir Belyaev, Yevgeni Lapinsky, Oleg Antropov, Vasilius Matushevas, Viktor MikhalchukViktor MikhalchukViktor Illich Mikhalchuk is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Barnaul, Russian SFSR....
, Yuri Poyarkov, Boris Tereshchuk, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivan Bugaenkov, Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, Men's Team - Lyudmila BuldakovaLyudmila BuldakovaLyudmila Buldakova is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR.Lyudmila Buldakova had a long career in the Soviet national team, from 1955 through 1972, serving as the team captain in the last few years. At that time, the Soviet Union and Japan were the dominant nations in women's...
, Lyudmila MikhailovskayaLyudmila Mikhailovskaya- References :...
, Tatyana VeinbergaTatyana VeinbergaTatyana Veinberga is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR.- References :*...
, Vera LantratovaVera Lantratova- References :...
, Vera Galushka-DuyunovaVera Galushka-Duyunova- References :...
, Tatyana SarychevaTatyana Sarycheva- References :...
, Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova, Nina Smoleeva, Inna RyskalInna RyskalInna Valerievna Ryskal is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s, training at VSS Neftchi in Baku. With the USSR national team, she won an Olympic title in 1968 and 1972 and silver medals in 1964 and 1976...
, Galina LeontyevaGalina Leontyeva- References :...
, Roza SalikhovaRoza Salikhova- References :...
, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova — Volleyball, Women's Team - Leonid ZhabotinskyLeonid ZhabotinskyLeonid Ivanovych Zhabotynsky was a former Soviet Union weightlifter who set 17 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.-Early Life:...
— Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight - Viktor KurentsovViktor KurentsovViktor Grigorevich Kurentsov is a former Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.He received a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City....
— Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight - Boris SelitskyBoris SelitskyBoris Sergeyevich Selitsky is a former Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born in Leningrad.Selitsky won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-References:...
— Weightlifting, Men's Light-heavyweight - Aleksandr Medved — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
- Boris GurevichBoris GurevichBoris Maksovich Gurevich was a Soviet wrestler who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow, and was Jewish.Gurevich won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in wrestling, in the flyweight division. He defeated silver medalist Ignazio Fabra of Italy and bronze medalist Leo...
— Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight - Roman RuruaRoman RuruaRoman Rurua is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the featherweight class. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he won a silver medal.He is four time world champion in 1966 , 1967...
— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Silver
- Dito ShanidzeDito ShanidzeDimit'ri "Dito" Ivanovich Shanidze was a Soviet weightlifter. He competed and won a silver medal in the men's featherweight for both the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics...
— Men's Weightlifting - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-round - Zinaida VoroninaZinaida VoroninaZinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Lisitsky, Valeri Karasev, Viktor KlimenkoViktor Klimenko (gymnast)Viktor Klimenko is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Klimenko competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a silver medal in team combined exercises and a bronze medal in parallel bars.He represented the Soviet Union at the 1972...
, Valeri Ilyinykh — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition - Romuald KlimRomuald KlimRomuald Iosifovich Klim was a Soviet hammer thrower.Klim was born in the village of Khvoevo, Niasviž District, Minsk Province. He trained at VSS Сhervony Stsyag in Vitebsk and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Minsk.He competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo,...
— Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw - Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Jonas Chepulis — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Aleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, Men's 71-75kg
- Aleksandr Sharapenko — Canoeing, Men's K-1 1000m
- Natalya Lobanova — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
- Tamara Pogozheva — Diving, Women's 3m Platform
- Yelena PetushkovaYelena PetushkovaYelena Vladimirovna Petushkova was a Russian and former Soviet equestrian who won three medals, of which one gold and two silver in dressage during the Summer Olympics....
, Pepel, Ivan KizimovIvan KizimovIvan Kizimov is a former Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion. He won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a gold medal in team dressage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:...
, Ijor, Ivan KalitaIvan Kalita (equestrian)Ivan Aleksandrovich Kalita was a Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Kalita is the oldest Olympic participant from USSR .-References:...
, Absent — Equestrian, Team Mixed - Grigori Kriss — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Grigori Kriss, Iosif Vitebsky, Aleksei Nikanchikov, Yuri Smolyakov, Viktor ModzalevskyViktor ModzalevskyViktor Modzolevsky was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a coach of the Russian national team in the 1990s....
— Fencing, Men's Épée Team - German SveshnikovGerman SveshnikovGerman Sveshnikov was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1968 Games.-References:...
, Yuri Sharov, Vasili Stankovich, Viktor PutyatinViktor PutyatinViktor Putyatin is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, Yuri Sisikin — Fencing, Men's Foil Team - Mark RakitaMark RakitaMark Semenovich Rakita is a famed Russian sabreur and coach from the Soviet era.-Fencing career:Rakita started fencing at 14. He practiced daily for between three – six hours a day. A 1969 graduate of The Daghestan State Pedagogical Institute, Rakita earned the title of Master of the Sport in...
— Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual - Stasis Shaparnis, Boris Onishenko, Pavel Lednev — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- Valentin Kornev — Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions
- Vladimir KosinskyVladimir KosinskyVladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky was a Soviet swimmer. Over his career he won two silver and one bronze Olympic medals for the Soviet Union. He was born in Kotlas, Arkhangelsk, Russia.-References:**...
— Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
Bronze
- Larisa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Natalia KuchinskayaNatalia KuchinskayaNatalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya , also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast....
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise - Natalia KuchinskayaNatalia KuchinskayaNatalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya , also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast....
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round - Viktor KlimenkoViktor Klimenko (gymnast)Viktor Klimenko is a former Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Klimenko competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a silver medal in team combined exercises and a bronze medal in parallel bars.He represented the Soviet Union at the 1972...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse - Zinaida VoroninaZinaida VoroninaZinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars - Sergei Diomidov — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
- Zinaida VoroninaZinaida VoroninaZinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s...
— Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault - Nikolai Smaga — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
- Natalya Pechenkina — Athletics, Women's 400m
- Lyudmila Zharkova, Galina BukharinaGalina BukharinaGalina Petrovna Bukharina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Bukharina trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. She competed for Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her...
, Vera PopkovaVera PopkovaVera Ivanovna Popkova was a Soviet track and field athlete who competed in the sprints. She had personal bests of 11.3 seconds for the 100 metres and 23.0 seconds for the 200 metres...
, Lyudmila Samotyosova — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay - Valentin GavrilovValentin GavrilovValentin Aleksandrovich Gavrilov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.He competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the high jump where he won the bronze medal....
— Athletics, Men's High Jump - Valentina KozyrValentina KozyrValentyna Kozyr is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump.Kozyr trained at Dynamo in Kiev. She competed for the USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the High Jump where she won the bronze medal....
— Athletics, Women's High Jump - Tatyana TalyshevaTatyana TalyshevaTatyana Talysheva is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Long Jump.Talysheva trained at Dynamo in Moscow. She competed for USSR in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the Long Jump where she won the bronze medal.-References:*...
— Athletics, Women's Long Jump - Eduard GushchinEduard GushchinEduard Viktorovich Gushchin was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. His career was highlighted by an Olympic bronze medal in 1968 and he was also a two-time national champion...
— Athletics, Men's Shot Put - Nadezhda ChizhovaNadezhda ChizhovaNadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova is a Soviet shot putter who won three Olympic medals and set seven new world records. Nadezhda Chizhova trained at VSS Spartak. She became the first woman to break both the 20 metre and 21 metre barrier...
— Athletics, Women's Shot Put - Anatoli KrikunAnatoli KrikunAnatoli Krikun is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-National Team:* Olympic Games: 1968* World Championships: 1970* European Championships: 1967-External links:...
, Modestas PaulauskasModestas PaulauskasModestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...
, Zurab SakandelidzeZurab SakandelidzeZurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....
, Vadim Kapranov, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli PolivodaAnatoli PolivodaAnatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev....
, Sergei BelovSergei BelovSergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...
, Priit TomsonPriit TomsonPriit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...
, Sergei KovalenkoSergei KovalenkoSergey Ivanovich Kovalenko was a Soviet basketball player who won the gold medal with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympics. He trained at Burevestnik in Tbilisi and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev , and also played for CSKA Moscow .-Notes:...
, Gennadi VolnovGennadi VolnovGennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....
, Yaak Lipso, Vladimir Andreyev — Basketball, Men's Team - Vladimir MusalimovVladimir MusalimovVladimir Andreyevich Musalimov is a boxer from the Soviet Union.He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the welterweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*...
— Boxing, Men's Welterweight - Vitaly GalkovVitaly GalkovVitaly Galkov was a Soviet-born Russian sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City....
— Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m - Naum ProkupetsNaum ProkupetsNaum Leybovich Prokupets is a Basarabeasca, Moldovan-born Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He is Jewish.-Career:At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event....
, Mikhail ZamotinMikhail ZamotinMikhail Zamotin is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s...
— Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000m - Lyudmila PinayevaLyudmila PinayevaLyudmila Pinayeva-Khvedosyuk is a former Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won four medals with three golds and one bronze .Pinayeva also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds...
, Antonina SeredinaAntonina SeredinaAntonina Seredina is a Soviet sprint canoer and Olympic champion who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won three medals with two golds and a bronze .Seredina also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and...
— Canoeing, Women's K-2 500m - Pavel LednyovPavel LednyovPavel Serafimovich Lednyov was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven Olympic medals in modern pentathlon, more than any other player to date...
— Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition - Zigmas JuknaZigmas JuknaZigmas Jukna was a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
, Antanas BagdonavičiusAntanas BagdonaviciusAntanas Bagdonavičius is a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
, Volodymyr SterlykVolodymyr SterlykVolodymyr Ivanovych Sterlyk is a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Poltava....
, Juozas JagelavičiusJuozas JagelaviciusJuozas Jagelavičius was a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics....
, Aleksandr MartyshkinAleksandr MartyshkinAleksandr Georgievich Martyshkin is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow....
, Vytautas BriedisVytautas BriedisVytautas Briedis is a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which finished fifth in the eights event....
, Valentyn KravchukValentyn KravchukValentyn Ivanovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Zhytomyr.In 1968 he won the bronze medal with the Soviet boat in the eights event.-External links:*...
, Viktor SuslinViktor Suslin (rower)Viktor Nikolaevich Suslin is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Leningrad.In 1968 he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event.-External links:*...
, Yuri LorentssonYuri LorentssonYuri Evgenevich Lorentsson is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics...
— Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain - Renart Suleimanov — Shooting, Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Vitali Parkhimovich — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
- Nikolai PankinNikolai PankinNikolay Ivanovich Pankin was a Soviet Olympic swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
— Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke - Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Yuri Gromak, Vladimir KosinskyVladimir KosinskyVladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky was a Soviet swimmer. Over his career he won two silver and one bronze Olympic medals for the Soviet Union. He was born in Kotlas, Arkhangelsk, Russia.-References:**...
, Vladimir Nemshilov, Leonid Ilyichev — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay - Vladimir BureVladimir BureVladimir Valeryevich Bure is a retired Soviet Olympic swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure is the father of NHL players Pavel and Valeri Bure.-USSR:...
, Semyon Belits-GeimanSemyon Belits-GeimanSemyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman is a former Soviet freestyle swimmer. He set a world record in the 800-meter freestyle, and won two Olympic medals.-Early life:Belits-Geiman is Jewish, and was born in Moscow...
, Georgi Kulikov, Leonid Ilyichev — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Ivan Kochergin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1968.Men's foil
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's foil
The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifthteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 15 to 16 1968. 64 fencers from 25 nations competed.-Results:...
- German SveshnikovGerman SveshnikovGerman Sveshnikov was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1968 Games.-References:...
- Vasyl StankovychVasyl StankovychVasyl Stankovych is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
- Viktor PutyatinViktor PutyatinViktor Putyatin is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
Men's team foil
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil
The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 18 to 19, 1968...
- Yury SisikinYury SisikinYury Sisikin is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals at three different Olympic Games.-References:...
, Viktor PutyatinViktor PutyatinViktor Putyatin is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, German SveshnikovGerman SveshnikovGerman Sveshnikov was a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1968 Games.-References:...
, Yury SharovYury SharovYury Sharov is a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, Vasyl StankovychVasyl StankovychVasyl Stankovych is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won silver medals in the team foil events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
Men's épée
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifthteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 21 to 22 1968. 72 fencers from 28 nations competed.-Results:...
- Grigory KrissGrigory KrissGrigori Yakovlevich Kriss was a Soviet Russian world champion epee fencer.-Fencing career:He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev...
- Viktor ModzalevskyViktor ModzalevskyViktor Modzolevsky was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a coach of the Russian national team in the 1990s....
- Aleksey NikanchikovAleksey NikanchikovAleksey Nikanchikov was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
Men's team épée
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée
The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 24 to 25 1968...
- Grigory KrissGrigory KrissGrigori Yakovlevich Kriss was a Soviet Russian world champion epee fencer.-Fencing career:He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev...
, Viktor ModzalevskyViktor ModzalevskyViktor Modzolevsky was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a coach of the Russian national team in the 1990s....
, Iosif Vitebsky, Aleksey NikanchikovAleksey NikanchikovAleksey Nikanchikov was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, Yury SmolyakovYury SmolyakovYury Smolyakov is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-References:...
Men's sabre
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 16 to 17, 1968. 40 fencers from 16 nations competed.-Results:...
- Mark RakitaMark RakitaMark Semenovich Rakita is a famed Russian sabreur and coach from the Soviet era.-Fencing career:Rakita started fencing at 14. He practiced daily for between three – six hours a day. A 1969 graduate of The Daghestan State Pedagogical Institute, Rakita earned the title of Master of the Sport in...
- Vladimir NazlymovVladimir NazlymovVladimir Nazlymov - Sabre fencer and coach for USSR and later United States. Born in Makhachkala, Daghestan. A 1970 graduate of The Daghestan State Pedagogical Institute, Nazlymov earned a bachelor's and master's degree in physical education...
- Umyar MavlikhanovUmyar MavlikhanovUmyar Mavlikhanov was a Soviet fencer. He won gold in the team sabre events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the individual sabre in 1964.-References:...
Men's team sabre
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 20 to 21, 1968...
- Umyar MavlikhanovUmyar MavlikhanovUmyar Mavlikhanov was a Soviet fencer. He won gold in the team sabre events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the individual sabre in 1964.-References:...
, Mark RakitaMark RakitaMark Semenovich Rakita is a famed Russian sabreur and coach from the Soviet era.-Fencing career:Rakita started fencing at 14. He practiced daily for between three – six hours a day. A 1969 graduate of The Daghestan State Pedagogical Institute, Rakita earned the title of Master of the Sport in...
, Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir NazlymovVladimir NazlymovVladimir Nazlymov - Sabre fencer and coach for USSR and later United States. Born in Makhachkala, Daghestan. A 1970 graduate of The Daghestan State Pedagogical Institute, Nazlymov earned a bachelor's and master's degree in physical education...
, Eduard VinokurovEduard VinokurovEduard Teodorovich Vinokurov was a Soviet Russian sabre fencer. He was born in the village of Baizhansai, South Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR.-Fencing career:Vinokurov began fencing in 1956.He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad....
Women's foil
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's foil
The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 19 to 20, 1968. 38 fencers from 16 nations competed.-Results:...
- Yelena Novikova-Belova
- Galina GorokhovaGalina GorokhovaGalina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova is a Russian and former Soviet retired fencer and five-time Olympic medalist, as well as a nine-time world gold medalist. She is also the coach of the Russian Olympic fencing team.-References:...
- Aleksandra Zabelina
Women's team foil
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil
The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 23 to 24, 1968...
- Yelena Novikova-Belova, Galina GorokhovaGalina GorokhovaGalina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova is a Russian and former Soviet retired fencer and five-time Olympic medalist, as well as a nine-time world gold medalist. She is also the coach of the Russian Olympic fencing team.-References:...
, Aleksandra Zabelina, Tatyana Petrenko-SamusenkoTatyana Petrenko-SamusenkoTatyana Petrenko-Samusenko was a Soviet fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil events at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, Svetlana Tširkova
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition- Round Robin
- Lost to United States (2-3)
- Defeated Brazil (3-2)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
- Defeated Poland (3-0)
- Defeated East Germany (3-2)
- Defeated Japan (3-1)
- Defeated Mexico (3-1)
- Defeated Belgium (3-0)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0) → Gold Medal
- Team Roster
- Eduard SibiryakovEduard SibiryakovEduard Fedorovich Sibiryakov was an Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chelyabinsk and died in Moscow....
- Valeri KravchenkoValeri KravchenkoValeri Ivanovich Kravchenko is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Kabodiyen, Khatlon, Tajik SSR....
- Vladimir Belyayev
- Yevgeni Lapinsky
- Oleg Antropov
- Vasilius Matushevas
- Viktor MikhalchukViktor MikhalchukViktor Illich Mikhalchuk is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in the Barnaul, Russian SFSR....
- Yuri Poyarkov
- Boris Tereshchuk
- Vladimir Ivanov
- Ivan Bugaenkov
- Georgi Mondzolevsky
Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1)
- Defeated Poland (3-0)
- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Defeated Peru (3-0)
- Defeated United States (3-1)
- Defeated Mexico (3-0)
- Defeated Japan (3-0) → Gold Medal
- Team Roster
- Lyudmila BuldakovaLyudmila BuldakovaLyudmila Buldakova is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR.Lyudmila Buldakova had a long career in the Soviet national team, from 1955 through 1972, serving as the team captain in the last few years. At that time, the Soviet Union and Japan were the dominant nations in women's...
- Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya
- Tatyana VeinbergaTatyana VeinbergaTatyana Veinberga is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR.- References :*...
- Vera LantratovaVera Lantratova- References :...
- Vera Galushka-DuyunovaVera Galushka-Duyunova- References :...
- Tatyana SarychevaTatyana Sarycheva- References :...
- Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova
- Nina Smoleeva
- Inna RyskalInna RyskalInna Valerievna Ryskal is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s, training at VSS Neftchi in Baku. With the USSR national team, she won an Olympic title in 1968 and 1972 and silver medals in 1964 and 1976...
- Galina LeontyevaGalina Leontyeva- References :...
- Roza SalikhovaRoza Salikhova- References :...
- Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova
Water polo
Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Cuba (11:4)
- Defeated West Germany (6:3)
- Defeated Spain (5:0)
- Lost to Hungary (5:6)
- Defeated United States (8:3)
- Defeated Brazil (8:2)
- Semifinals
- Defeated Italy (8:5)
- Final
- Lost to Yugoslavia (11:13) → Silver Medal
- Team Roster
- Aleksey Barkalov
- Aleksandr Dolgushin
- Aleksandr Shidlovsky
- Boris Grishin
- Givi Chikvanaya
- Leonid Osipov
- Oleg Bovin
- Vadim Gulyaev
- Vladimir SemyonovVladimir Semyonov (water polo)Vladimir Viktorovich Semyonov is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow....
- Vyacheslav Skok
- Yury GrigorovskyYury GrigorovskyYury Nikolaevich Grigorovsky is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moscow....