Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.[2]
| Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | URS |
| NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
| in Tokyo, Japan 10 October 1964 – 24 October 1964 | |
| Competitors | 317 (254 men, 63 women)[1] in 19 sports |
| Flag bearer | Yury Vlasov |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–pres.) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–pres.) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–pres.) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–pres.) Belarus (1994–2020) Georgia (1994–pres.) Kazakhstan (1994–pres.) Kyrgyzstan (1994–pres.) Moldova (1994–pres.) Russia (1994–2016) Ukraine (1994–pres.) Uzbekistan (1994–pres.) Azerbaijan (1996–pres.) Tajikistan (1996–pres.) Turkmenistan (1996–pres.) ROC (2020) Individual Neutral Athletes (2024) | |
Medalists
The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.
Gold
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
- Larisa Latynina, Polina Astakhova, Tamara Manina, Elena Volchetskaya, Tamara Zamotailova, Lyudmila Gromova — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Tamara Press — Athletics, women's discus throw
- Romuald Klim — Athletics, men's hammer throw
- Valery Brumel — Athletics, men's high jump
- Irina Press — Athletics, women's pentathlon
- Tamara Press — Athletics, women's shot put
- Stanislav Stepashkin — Boxing, men's featherweight
- Boris Lagutin — Boxing, men's light-middleweight
- Valery Popenchenko — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg
- Andrei Khimich, Stepan Oshchepkov — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m
- Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m
- Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, K-4 1000 m
- Grigori Kriss — Fencing, men's épée individual
- Viktor Zhdanovich, Yuri Sharov, Yuri Sisikin, German Sveshnikov, Mark Midler — Fencing, men's foil team
- Boris Melnikov, Nugzar Asatiani, Mark Rakita, Yakov Rylsky, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre team
- Albert Mokeev, Igor Novikov, Viktor Mineev — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition
- Oleg Tyurin, Boris Dubrovskiy — Rowing, men's double sculls
- Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls
- Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke
- Yuri Chesnokov, Yuri Vengerovsky, Eduard Sibiryakov, Dmitry Voskoboinikov, Vazha Katcharava, Stanislav Lyugailo, Vitali Kovalenko, Yuri Poyarkov, Ivan Bugaenkov, Nikolai Burobin, Valery Kalachikhin, Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, men's team
- Leonid Zhabotinsky — Weightlifting, men's heavyweight
- Aleksei Vakhonin — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight
- Rudolf Plyukfelder — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
- Vladimir Golovanov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight
- Alexander Ivanytsky — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight
- Alexander Medved — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight
- Anatoli Kolesov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Silver
- Tamara Manina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
- Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov, Viktor Lisitsky, Yury Tsapenko, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Leontyev — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition
- Viktor Lisitsky — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
- Rein Aun — Athletics, men's decathlon
- Oleg Fyodoseyev — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Valdis Muizhniek, Nikolai Bagley, Armenak Alachachian, Aleksandr Travin, Vyacheslav Khrynin, Jānis Krūmiņš, Levan Moseshvili, Yuri Korneev, Aleksandr Petrov, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Yuris Kalnyns — Basketball, men's team
- Velikton Barannikov — Boxing, men's lightweight
- Yevgeny Frolov — Boxing, men's light-welterweight
- Rikardas Tamulis — Boxing, men's welterweight
- Aleksei Kiselyov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight
- Imant Bodnieks, Viktor Logunov — Cycling Track, men's 2000 m tandem
- Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova, Valentina Rastvorova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Galina Gorokhova — Fencing, women's foil team
- Igor Novikov — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
- Shota Kveliashvili — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
- Pavel Senichev — Shooting, men's trap
- Georgi Prokopenko — Swimming, men's 200 m breaststroke
- Antonina Ryzhova, Astra Biltauer, Ninel Lukanina, Lyudmila Buldakova, Nelli Abramova, Tamara Tikhonina, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova, Inna Ryskal, Marita Katusheva, Tatyana Roshchina, Valentina Mishak, Lyudmila Gureeva — Volleyball, women's team
- Yury Vlasov — Weightlifting, men's heavyweight
- Vladimir Kaplunov — Weightlifting, men's lightweight
- Viktor Kurentsov — Weightlifting, men's middleweight
- Guliko Sagaradze — Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight
- Anatoli Roshchin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
- Vladlen Trostyansky — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
- Roman Rurua — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Bronze
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
- Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
- Yury Tsapenko — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
- Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
- Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
- Anatoly Mikhailov — Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles
- Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, men's 20 km walk
- Ivan Belyayev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Taisiya Chenchik — Athletics, women's high jump
- Yanis Lusis — Athletics, men's javelin throw
- Yelena Gorchakova — Athletics, women's javelin throw
- Igor Ter-Ovanesyan — Athletics, men's long jump
- Tatyana Shchelkanova — Athletics, women's long jump
- Galina Bystrova — Athletics, women's pentathlon
- Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put
- Viktor Kravchenko — Athletics, men's triple jump
- Vadim Emelyanov — Boxing, men's heavyweight
- Stanislav Sorokin — Boxing, men's flyweight
- Yevgeny Penyaev — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m
- Galina Alekseeva — Diving, women's 10 m platform
- Sergei Filatov, his horse Absent — Equestrian, individual mixed
- Sergei Filatov, Absent, Ivan Kizimov, Ikhor, Ivan Kalita, Moar — Equestrian, team mixed
- Guram Kostava — Fencing, men's épée individual
- Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, men's sabre individual
- Anzor Kiknadze — Judo, men's heavyweight
- Parnaos Chikviladze — Judo, men's heavyweight
- Oleg Stepanov — Judo, men's lightweight
- Aron Bogolyubov — Judo, men's lightweight
- Albert Mokeev — Modern pentathlon, men's individual competition
- Svetlana Babanina — Swimming, women's 200 m breaststroke
- Tatyana Savelyeva, Svetlana Babanina, Tatyana Devyatova, Natalya Ustinova — women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
- Igor Grabovsky, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Boris Grishin, Boris Popov, Nikolai Kalashnikov, Zenon Bortkevich, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Vladimir Semyonov, Viktor Ageev, Leonid Osipov, Eduard Egorov — Water polo, men's team
- Aydin Ibrahimov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight
- Nodar Khokhashvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle featherweight
- David Gvanteladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Athletics
Basketball
Twelve male basketball players represented the Soviet Union:[4]
Boxing
Ten male boxers represented the Soviet Union:[5]
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1964.
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented the Soviet Union in 1964. The team won gold, Albert Mokeyev won an individual bronze and Igor Novikov won an individual silver.
- Individual
- Team
- Igor Novikov
- Albert Mokeyev
- Viktor Mineyev
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1964.[7]
- Men's single sculls – 1st place (
gold medal)
- Vyacheslav Ivanov (Вячеслав Иванов)
- Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
- Oleg Tyurin (Олег Тюрин)
- Boris Dubrovskiy (Борис Дубровский)
- Oleg Golovanov (Олег Голованов)
- Valentin Boreyko (Валентин Борейко)
- Men's coxed pair – 4th place
- Nikolay Safronov (Николай Сафронов)
- Leonid Rakovshchik (Леонид Раковщик)
- Igor Rudakov (Игорь Рудаков)
- Men's coxless four – 7th place
- Celestinas Jucys (Целестинас Юцис)
- Eugenijus Levickas (Еугениус Левицкас)
- Jonas Motiejūnas (Йонас Матеюнас)
- Anatoliy Sass (Анатолий Сасс)
- Men's coxed four – 5th place
- Anatoliy Tkachuk (Anatoly Tkachuk, Анатолий Ткачук)
- Vitaly Kurdchenko (Виталий Курдченко)
- Boris Kuzmin (Борис Кузьмин)
- Vladimir Yevseyev (Владимир Евсеев)
- Anatoly Luzgin (Анатолий Лузгин)
- Men's eight – 5th place
- Juozas Jagelavičius (Yozas Yagelavichyus, Йозас Ягелавичюс)
- Yury Suslin (Юрий Суслин)
- Petras Karla (Петрас Карла)
- Vytautas Briedis (Vitautas Briedis, Витаутас Бриедис)
- Volodymyr Sterlik (Vladimir Sterlik, Владимир Стерлик)
- Zigmas Jukna (Zigmas Yukna, Зигмас Юкна)
- Antanas Bagdonavičius (Antanas Bagdonavichyus, Антанас Багдонавичюс)
- Ričardas Vaitkevičius (Richardas Vaytkyavichyus, Ричардас Вайткявичус)
- Yury Lorentsson (Юрий Лоренцсон)
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1964. Shota Kveliashvili won a silver in the 300 m rifle, three positions and Pāvels Seničevs won a silver in the trap event.
Swimming
Volleyball
- Men's team competition
- Round robin
- Defeated Romania (3–0)
- Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
- Defeated South Korea (3–0)
- Defeated Hungary (3–0)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
- Lost to Japan (1–3)
- Defeated United States (3–0)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
- Defeated Brazil (3–0) →
gold medal
- Team roster
- Women's team competition
- Round robin
- Defeated Romania (3–0)
- Defeated South Korea (3–0)
- Defeated Poland (3–0)
- Defeated United States (3–0)
- Lost to Japan (0–3) →
silver medal
- Team roster
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Medals by republic
In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
| Rank | Republic | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russian SFSR | 37 | 27 | 28 | 92 |
| 2 |  Ukrainian SSR | 15 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 |  Byelorussian SSR | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Georgian SSR | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 |  Kazakh SSR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Latvian SSR | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 |  Turkmen SSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Azerbaijan SSR | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 |  Estonian SSR | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Uzbek SSR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Armenian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuanian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Moldavian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 61 | 60 | 51 | 172 | |