Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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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 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...

 in Calgary
Calgary
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, Canada
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. It would be the last Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...

 before the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Six of the former Soviet republics would compete together as the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was a joint team consisting of six of the fifteen former Soviet republics: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Armenia. The Unified Team's only other appearance was at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...

, and each republic would be individually represented at subsequent Games.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event



Biathlon
Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
-10 km sprint:February 23, 1988-20 km individual:February 20, 1988-4 x 7.5 km relay:February 26, 1988-References:*...

 
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, CanadaThe event included competitors from countries with little or no snow. These countries included Jamaica , Mexico, and New Zealand...

 
Two-man
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Men's 15 km classical
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Men's 30 km classical
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 10 km classical
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 20 km freestyle



Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter OlympicsThe events took place at the Stampede Corral and the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-Medal table:-Men's:-Free Skate final standings :Referee:* Sonia Bianchetti...

 
Pairs

Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter OlympicsThe events took place at the Stampede Corral and the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-Medal table:-Men's:-Free Skate final standings :Referee:* Sonia Bianchetti...

 
Ice dancing
Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey
Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
At the 1988 Winter Olympics one ice hockey event was held, men's ice hockey. Games were played at the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral, and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Source:* Gold - * Silver -...

 
Men's competition
Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
At the 1988 Winter Olympics one ice hockey event was held, men's ice hockey. Games were played at the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral, and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Source:* Gold - * Silver -...

Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the speed skating competition during the Winter Olympic Games.-500 m:February 14, 1988-1,000 m:February 18, 1988-1,500 m:February 20, 1988-5,000 m:February 17, 1988-10,000 m:February 21, 1988-500 m:...

 
Men's 1000m
Biathlon
Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
-10 km sprint:February 23, 1988-20 km individual:February 20, 1988-4 x 7.5 km relay:February 26, 1988-References:*...

 
Men's 10 km sprint
Biathlon
Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
-10 km sprint:February 23, 1988-20 km individual:February 20, 1988-4 x 7.5 km relay:February 26, 1988-References:*...

 
Men's 20 km
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Men's 30 km classical



Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 5 km classical
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 10 km classical
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 20 km freestyle

Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter OlympicsThe events took place at the Stampede Corral and the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-Medal table:-Men's:-Free Skate final standings :Referee:* Sonia Bianchetti...

 
Pairs

Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter OlympicsThe events took place at the Stampede Corral and the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-Medal table:-Men's:-Free Skate final standings :Referee:* Sonia Bianchetti...

 
Ice dancing
Biathlon
Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
-10 km sprint:February 23, 1988-20 km individual:February 20, 1988-4 x 7.5 km relay:February 26, 1988-References:*...

 
Men's 10 km sprint



Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, CanadaThe event included competitors from countries with little or no snow. These countries included Jamaica , Mexico, and New Zealand...

 
Four-man
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Men's 15 km classical
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 5 km classical
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.-15 km classical:19 February 1988-30 km classical:15 February 1988-50 km freestyle:17 February 1988-4 x 10 km relay:...

 
Women's 20 km freestyle
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter OlympicsThe events took place at the Stampede Corral and the Olympic Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-Medal table:-Men's:-Free Skate final standings :Referee:* Sonia Bianchetti...

 
Men's singles
Luge
Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles:Walter becomes the first woman to repeat as women's singles champion.-Medal table:-References:***...

 
Men's individual
Nordic combined
Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics
-Individual:February 28, 1988This was the first competition that featured both the Gundersen scoring system and for the use of freestyle in the cross-country skiing portion of the event.-3 x 10 km relay:February 23, 1988-References:*...

 
Men's individual
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
These are the results of the speed skating competition during the Winter Olympic Games.-500 m:February 14, 1988-1,000 m:February 18, 1988-1,500 m:February 20, 1988-5,000 m:February 17, 1988-10,000 m:February 21, 1988-500 m:...

 
Men's 1000m

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Sergey Petrik Super-G DNF
Konstantin Chistyakov DNF
Konstantin Chistyakov Giant Slalom 1:10.09 1:06.58 2:16.67 35
Sergey Petrik 1:09.78 1:05.38 2:15.16 30
Konstantin Chistyakov Slalom DNF DNF
Sergey Petrik 55.39 DNF DNF


Men's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Konstantin Chistyakov 1:55.99 DNF DNF
Sergey Petrik 1:55.82 DSQ DSQ


Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Golnur Postnikova Downhill 1:28.23 16


Women's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Golnur Postnikova DNF DNF

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Yury Kashkarov 3 26:49.1 18
Dmitry Vasilyev 1 26:09.7 9
Sergey Chepikov 0 25:29.4
Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Alekseevitch Medvedtsev is a retired Russian biathlete.He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Izhevsk. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Medvedtsev, competing for the USSR, won two silver medals in the 10 km sprint and the 20 km individual, and also gold medal in the relay...

0 25:23.7

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Aleksandr Popov 56:24.0 3 59:24.0 12
Yury Kashkarov 55:43.1 2 57:43.1 5
Sergey Chepikov 56:17.5 1 57:17.5 4
Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Alekseevitch Medvedtsev is a retired Russian biathlete.He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Izhevsk. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Medvedtsev, competing for the USSR, won two silver medals in the 10 km sprint and the 20 km individual, and also gold medal in the relay...

54:54.6 2 56:54.6


Men's 4 x 7.5km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Dmitry Vasilyev
Sergey Chepikov
Aleksandr Popov
Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Alekseevitch Medvedtsev is a retired Russian biathlete.He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Izhevsk. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Medvedtsev, competing for the USSR, won two silver medals in the 10 km sprint and the 20 km individual, and also gold medal in the relay...

0 1'22:30.0


1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
URS-1 Jānis Ķipurs
Janis Kipurs
Jānis Ķipurs is a Latvian-born bobsledder who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1980s...


Vladimir Kozlov
Two-man 57.43 4 58.05 1 59.52 2 58.48 2 3:53.48
URS-2 Zintis Ekmanis
Zintis Ekmanis
Zintis Ekmanis is a Latvian-born Soviet bobsledder who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the two-man event at Sarajevo in 1984.Ekmanis also won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1985 FIBT World Championships in...


Aivars Trops
Two-man 57.95 10 59.12 6 1:00.72 14 59.13 6 3:56.92 9

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
URS-1 Māris Poikāns
Maris Poikans
Maris Poikāns is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989-90....


Olafs Kļaviņš
Ivars Bērzups
Juris Jaudzems
Four-man 56.75 6 57.66 7 56.70 10 57.24 2 3:48.35 5
URS-2 Jānis Ķipurs
Janis Kipurs
Jānis Ķipurs is a Latvian-born bobsledder who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1980s...


Guntis Osis
Juris Tone
Juris Tone
Juris Tone is a Latvian-Soviet bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary....


Vladimir Kozlov
Four-man 56.72 4 57.28 1 56.41 4 57.85 7 3:48.26

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C
Aleksey Prokurorov 43:36.9 18
Aleksandr Batyuk
Aleksandr Batyuk
Alexander Mikhaylovich Batyuk is a former Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1980s, training at Dynamo in Chernihiv. He won a silver in the 4x10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo....

43:08.7 15
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Smirnov (skier)
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov is an Kazakhstani former cross-country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country...

41:48.5
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Talgatovich Devyatyarov is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1992, training at Armed Forces sports society in Perm...

41:18.9
30 km
C
Yury Burlakov 1'28:02.4 12
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Talgatovich Devyatyarov is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1992, training at Armed Forces sports society in Perm...

1'25:31.3 4
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Smirnov (skier)
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov is an Kazakhstani former cross-country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country...

1'24:35.1
Aleksey Prokurorov 1'24:26.3
50 km
F
Aleksey Prokurorov 2'14:01.0 38
Yury Burlakov 2'12:02.2 26
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Talgatovich Devyatyarov is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1992, training at Armed Forces sports society in Perm...

2'12:01.7 25
Vladimir Sakhnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Sakhnov . is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who raced from 1983 to 1989. Sakhnov trained at Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata...

2'09:00.1 12

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Smirnov (skier)
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov is an Kazakhstani former cross-country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country...


Vladimir Sakhnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Sakhnov . is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who raced from 1983 to 1989. Sakhnov trained at Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata...


Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Mikhail Talgatovich Devyatyarov is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1992, training at Armed Forces sports society in Perm...


Aleksey Prokurorov
1'44:11.3


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals . Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the USSR team four times and the Unified Team once...

15:35.9 10
Svetlana Nageykina
Svetlana Nageykina
Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Nageykina is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s, training at Spartak. She won a gold medal in the 4x5 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.-References:*...

15:29.9 8
Vida Vencienė
Vida Venciene
Vida Vencienė is a former cross-country skier who represented the USSR and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 7th in...

15:11.1
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova is a former Soviet Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992...

15:05.3
10 km
C
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova is a former Soviet Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992...

30:38.9 5
Svetlana Nageykina
Svetlana Nageykina
Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Nageykina is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s, training at Spartak. She won a gold medal in the 4x5 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.-References:*...

30:26.5 4
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals . Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the USSR team four times and the Unified Team once...

30:17.0
Vida Vencienė
Vida Venciene
Vida Vencienė is a former cross-country skier who represented the USSR and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 7th in...

30:08.3
20 km
F
Nina Gavrilyuk
Nina Gavrilyuk
Nina Vasilyevna Gavrilyuk is a former Soviet and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds and one bronze .In Soviet time she trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad...

DSQ
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Smetanina
Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a former Soviet/Russian Nordic skiing champion. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals . Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the USSR team four times and the Unified Team once...

57:22.1
Anfisa Reztsova
Anfisa Reztsova
Anfisa Anatolyevna Reztsova, née Romanova, is a former Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed in both sports from 1985 to 2000...

56:12.8
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova is a former Soviet Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992...

55:53.6

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Svetlana Nageykina
Svetlana Nageykina
Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Nageykina is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s, training at Spartak. She won a gold medal in the 4x5 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.-References:*...


Nina Gavrilyuk
Nina Gavrilyuk
Nina Vasilyevna Gavrilyuk is a former Soviet and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds and one bronze .In Soviet time she trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad...


Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Tikhonova
Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova is a former Soviet Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992...


Anfisa Reztsova
Anfisa Reztsova
Anfisa Anatolyevna Reztsova, née Romanova, is a former Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed in both sports from 1985 to 2000...

59:51.1

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Vladimir Kotin
Vladimir Kotin
Vladimir Grigorievich Kotin is a former Soviet figure skater. He was the 1978 World Junior silver medalist and the 1985-1988 European silver medalist. Kotin competed for the Soviet Union at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where he placed eighth, and at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he placed sixth...

5 6 8 13.4 6
Alexander Fadeev 1 9 5 8.2 4
Viktor Petrenko
Viktor Petrenko
Viktor Vasylovych Petrenko is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career. He is the 1992 Olympic Champion for the Unified Team...

6 3 3 7.8


Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Anna Kondrashova 9 7 7 15.2 8
Kira Ivanova
Kira Ivanova
Kira Valentinovna Ivanova was a figure skater from the former Soviet Union whose senior international career ran from 1979 to 1988...

1 10 9 13.6 7


Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Larisa Selezneva
Larisa Selezneva
Larisa Yurievna Selezneva is a former Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Oleg Makarov, she is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1985 World silver medalist, 1988 World bronze medalist, and two-time European Champion . They were coached by Igor Moskvin.- Career...


Oleg Makarov
Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov
Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov is a former Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Larisa Selezneva, he is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1985 World silver medalist, 1988 World bronze medalist, and two-time European Champion . They were coached by Igor Moskvin.- Career...

6 4 6.0 4
Elena Valova
Elena Valova
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Oleg Vassiliev
Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev
Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev is a Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With partner Elena Valova, he is the 1984 Olympic Champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, and three-time World Champion . Their coach throughout their career was Tamara Moskvina...

2 2 3.0
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Russian figure skater. Together with her late partner and husband Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion in pair skating...


Sergei Grinkov
Sergei Grinkov
Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov was a Russian pair skater. Together with partner Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion.-Biography:...

1 1 1.5


Ice dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Natalia Annenko
Natalia Annenko
Natalia Valeryevna Annenko is a Russian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1982 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with partner Vadim Karkachev. She later went on to compete with Genrikh Sretenski. With Sretenski, she is the 1988 European silver medalist and...


Genrikh Sretenski
4 4 4 8.0 4
Marina Klimova
Marina Klimova
Marina Vladimirovna Klimova is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified team. With skating partner and husband Sergei Ponomarenko, she is the 1992 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World champion, and four-time European...


Sergei Ponomarenko
Sergei Ponomarenko
Sergei Vladilenovich Ponomarenko is a Russian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified team. With skating partner and wife Marina Klimova, he is the 1992 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World champion, and four-time...

2 2 2 4.0
Natalia Bestemianova
Natalia Bestemianova
Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova is a Russian ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union in her competitive career...


Andrei Bukin
Andrei Bukin
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1 1 1 2.0

Ice hockey

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
Pld W L T GF GA Pts
5 5 0 0 32 10 10
5 4 1 0 19 12 8
5 3 2 0 23 14 6
5 2 3 0 27 27 4
5 0 4 1 12 29 1
5 0 4 1 11 32 1

  • Soviet Union 5-0 Norway
  • Soviet Union 8-1 Austria
  • Soviet Union 7-5 USA
  • West Germany 3-6 Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union 6-1 Czechoslovakia

Medal round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
Pld W L T GF GA Pts
5 4 1 0 25 7 8
5 3 1 1 18 10 7
5 2 1 2 15 16 6
5 2 2 1 17 14 5
5 1 4 0 8 26 2
5 1 4 0 12 22 2

  • Soviet Union 5-0 Canada
  • Soviet Union 7-1 Sweden
  • Finland 2-1 Soviet Union

Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts PIM
1st Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov born June 1, 1960) is a former Soviet hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line...

8 6 9 15 0
2nd Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov
Igor Nikolayevich Larionov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player, known as The Professor. Along with Viacheslav Fetisov, he was instrumental in breaking the barrier that stopped Soviet players from joining the National Hockey League . He primarily played the centre position, and is...

8 4 9 13 4
3rd Vyacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav "Slava" Alexandrovich Fetisov is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman...

8 4 9 13 6
6th Sergei Makarov
Sergei Makarov
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players to play the sport...

8 3 8 11 10

Roster:
Evgeny Belosheikin
Evgeny Belosheikin
Evgeny Vladimirovich Belosheikin was a professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for the HC CSKA Moscow and SKA Leningrad. He also played on the Soviet Union's 1987 Canada Cup and Rendez-vous '87 teams...


Ilya Byakin
Ilya Byakin
Ilya Vladimirovich Byakin is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow, Avangard Omsk, Edmonton Oilers, and San Jose Sharks...


Vyacheslav Bykov
Vyacheslav Bykov
Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov is a former Soviet ice hockey player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team. A small, technically gifted center, he was a regular fixture on the Soviet national ice hockey team in the 1980s; after the fall of the Soviet Union, he played for...


Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav "Slava" Alexandrovich Fetisov is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman...


Alexei Gusarov
Alexei Gusarov
Alexei Vasilievich Gusarov is a Russian ice hockey player . He played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues.Gusarov won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996...


Sergei Yashin
Sergei Yashin
Sergei Anatolievich Yashin is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988....


Valeri Kamensky
Valeri Kamensky
Valeri Viktorovich Kamensky is a retired Russian hockey player. Before the NHL, he started his career with Khimik Voskresensk in the Soviet Championship League and also played for CSKA Moscow...


Alexei Kasatonov
Alexei Kasatonov
Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov is a retired ice hockey defenceman, a long-time member of the Soviet Union national team.On the international stage, Kasatonov won two golds and one silver in the Olympics, and five golds in the World Championships...


Andrei Khomutov
Andrei Khomutov
Andrei Valentinovich Khomutov was a Soviet ice hockey right winger and is currently the head coach of Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League and Kazakhstan national team. He played for CSKA Moscow from 1979–1990, then in Switzerland for HC Fribourg-Gottéron from 1990-1998...


Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov born June 1, 1960) is a former Soviet hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line...


Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov
Igor Nikolayevich Larionov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player, known as The Professor. Along with Viacheslav Fetisov, he was instrumental in breaking the barrier that stopped Soviet players from joining the National Hockey League . He primarily played the centre position, and is...


Aleksandr Kozhevnikov
Igor Kravchuk
Igor Kravchuk
Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who spent several seasons in the National Hockey League and also competed internationally for the USSR and Russia.-Playing career:...


Andrei Lomakin
Andrei Lomakin
Andrei Vyacheslavovich Lomakin was a professional ice hockey player who played parts of four seasons in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers and Florida Panthers. He was a star in the Soviet Union prior to this, earning a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics.- Playing career :Born in...


Sergei Makarov
Sergei Makarov
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players to play the sport...


Alexander Mogilny
Alexander Mogilny
Alexander Gennadevitch Mogilny is a former Russian professional ice hockey player, currently the team consultant of the KHL team Amur Khabarovsk. Mogilny was best known for his lightning quick speed and lethal wrist shot in his early years, which led to his career year of 76 goals in the 1992–93...


Sergei Mylnikov
Sergei Mylnikov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Mylnikov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He played for Traktor Chelyabinsk, SKA Leningrad, and briefly for the Quebec Nordiques...


Vitali Samoilov
Vitali Samoilov
Vitali Samoilov , Vitālijs Samoilovs in Latvian is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Dynamo Riga and Sokol Kiev....


Anatoly Semenov
Sergei Starikov
Sergei Starikov
Sergei Viktorovich Starikov is a Russian ice hockey coach, who competed as defenseman for the Soviet national team....


Igor Stelnov
Igor Stelnov
Igor Anatolievich Stelnov was a ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. Olympic and World champion...


Sergei Svetlov
Sergei Svetlov
Sergei Aleksandrovich Svetlov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988....


Aleksandr Chernykh
Aleksandr Chernykh
Aleksandr Chernykh is a retired Soviet ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988....


Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Valery Dudin
Valery Dudin
Valery Dudin was a Soviet luger who competed during the 1980s. He earned the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.-References:***...

47.812 28 46.982 13 47.061 13 47.025 9 3:08.880 17
Sergey Danilin
Sergey Danilin
Sergey Danilin was a Soviet luger who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned the silver medal in the men's singles event at Sarajevo in 1984....

46.564 5 46.827 7 46.648 5 47.059 10 3:07.098 6
Yury Kharchenko 46.391 3 46.605 3 46.475 3 46.803 4 3:06.274


Men's doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vitaly Melnik
Dmitry Alekseyev
46.060 6 46.399 6 1:32.459 6
Yevgeny Belousov
Yevgeny Belousov
Yevgeny Belousov was a Soviet luger who competed in the mid to late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at Sarajevo in 1984....


Aleksandr Belyakov
Aleksandr Belyakov
Aleksandr Belyakov was a Soviet luger who competed in the mid 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at Sarajevo in 1984....

45.973 3 46.580 8 1:32.553 7


Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Irina Kusakina
Irina Kusakina
Irina Kusakina is a Soviet luger who competed during the late 1980s. She won a bronze in the mixed team event at the 1989 FIL World Luge Championships in Winterberg, West Germany.-References:*...

46.690 11 47.071 12 46.643 8 46.639 9 3:07.043 10
Nadezhda Danilina 46.597 10 46.447 6 46.613 6 46.707 11 3:06.364 8
Yuliya Antipova
Yuliya Antipova
Yuliya Antipova is a Soviet luger who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, including one silver and two bronzes ....

46.449 7 46.425 5 46.610 5 46.303 4 3:05.787 5

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (best two out of three jumps)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Points Rank
Sergey Nikiforov Individual 191.8 30 4:04.7 42:43.0 402.905 14
Andrey Dundukov
Andrey Dundukov
Andrey Dundukov is a Soviet/Russian Nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1992. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with silver in the 15 km individual and a bronze in the 3x10 km team ....

194.0 26 3:50.0 42:21.1 406.185 12
Vasily Savin 203.7 17 2:45.4 41:22.9 414.925 10
Allar Levandi
Allar Levandi
Allar Levandi is an Estonian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s under two different nations in three straight Winter Olympic Games...

216.6 4 1:19.4 40:31.8 422.590


Men's team

Three participants per team.

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)

Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Andrey Dundukov
Andrey Dundukov
Andrey Dundukov is a Soviet/Russian Nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1992. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with silver in the 15 km individual and a bronze in the 3x10 km team ....


Vasily Savin
Allar Levandi
Allar Levandi
Allar Levandi is an Estonian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s under two different nations in three straight Winter Olympic Games...

282.5 11 DNF DNF

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Eduard Suboch Normal hill 76.0 83.7 78.0 89.9 173.6 38
Mikhail Yesin 80.0 92.1 74.0 79.5 171.6 39

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Nikolay Gulyayev
Nikolay Gulyayev
Nikolay Alekseyevich Gulyayev is a former speed skater, considered among the world's best in the 1980s.-Biography:...

1:02.86 36
Vitaly Makovetsky 37.35 12
Igor Zhelezovsky 36.94 6
Sergey Fokichev
Sergey Fokichev
Sergey Rostislavovich Fokichev is a former Russian speed skater who represented the USSR at the 1984 Olympics of Sarajevo, where he won the 500 m. He trained at VSS Trud and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1984.-References:...

36.82 4
1000 m Boris Repnin 1:14.41 12
Andrey Bakhvalov 1:14.39 11
Igor Zhelezovsky 1:13.19
Nikolay Gulyayev
Nikolay Gulyayev
Nikolay Alekseyevich Gulyayev is a former speed skater, considered among the world's best in the 1980s.-Biography:...

1:13.03 OR
1500 m Andrey Bobrov 1:58.97 35
Nikolay Gulyayev
Nikolay Gulyayev
Nikolay Alekseyevich Gulyayev is a former speed skater, considered among the world's best in the 1980s.-Biography:...

1:53.04 7
Aleksandr Klimov 1:52.97 6
Igor Zhelezovsky 1:52.63 4
5000 m Yury Klyuyev 7:00.01 26
Sergey Berezin 6:58.08 23
Dmitry Bochkaryov 6:56.57 17
10,000 m Aleksandr Mozin 14:28.91 18
Sergey Berezin 14:20.48 9
Yury Klyuyev 14:09.68 6


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Yelena Ilyina 41.15 16
Nataliya Shive-Glebova 40.66 9
1000 m Nataliya Shive-Glebova 1:22.99 20
Yelena Ilyina 1:22.40 18
1500 m Yelena Tumanova 2:07.71 15
Yelena Lapuga 2:04.24 5
3000 m Yelena Tumonova 4:24.07 9
Yelena Lapuga 4:23.29 7
Svetlana Boyko 4:22.90 6
5000 m Yelena Tumanova 7:40.82 15
Yelena Lapuga 7:28.65 5
Svetlana Boyko 7:28.39 4
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