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Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
Competitors69 (52 men, 17 women)[1] in 8 sports
FlagbearerYevgeny Grishin (speed skating)
Quick facts Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
Soviet Union at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Innsbruck
Competitors69 (52 men, 17 women)[1] in 8 sports
Flag bearerYevgeny Grishin (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
11
Silver
8
Bronze
6
Total
25
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–pres.)
 Estonia (1928–1936, 1992–pres.)
 Lithuania (1928, 1992–pres.)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–pres.)
 Belarus (1994–2022)
 Georgia (1994–pres.)
 Kazakhstan (1994–pres.)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–pres.)
 Moldova (1994–pres.)
 Russia (1994–2014)
 Ukraine (1994–pres.)
 Uzbekistan (1994–pres.)
 Azerbaijan (1998–pres.)
 Tajikistan (2002–pres.)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
 ROC (2022)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2026)
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Medalists

More information Medal, Name ...
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldVladimir MelaninBiathlonMen's 20 km
 GoldKlavdiya BoyarskikhCross-country skiingWomen's 5 km
 GoldKlavdiya BoyarskikhCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 GoldAlevtina Kolchina
Yevdokiya Mekshilo
Klavdiya Boyarskikh		Cross-country skiingWomen's 3 x 5 km relay
 GoldLiudmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov		Figure skatingPairs
 GoldSoviet Union men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockeyMen's competition
 GoldAnts AntsonSpeed skatingMen's 1500 m
 GoldLidiya SkoblikovaSpeed skatingWomen's 500 m
 GoldLidiya SkoblikovaSpeed skatingWomen's 1000 m
 GoldLidiya SkoblikovaSpeed skatingWomen's 1500 m
 GoldLidiya SkoblikovaSpeed skatingWomen's 3000 m
 SilverAleksandr PrivalovBiathlonMen's 20 km
 SilverYevdokiya MekshiloCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 SilverNikolay KiselyovNordic combinedMen's individual
 SilverVladimir OrlovSpeed skatingMen's 500 m (tie)
 SilverYevgeny GrishinSpeed skatingMen's 500 m (tie)
 SilverIrina YegorovaSpeed skatingWomen's 500 m
 SilverIrina YegorovaSpeed skatingWomen's 1000 m
 SilverValentina SteninaSpeed skatingWomen's 3000 m
 BronzeIgor VoronchikhinCross-country skiingMen's 30 km
 BronzeIvan Utrobin
Gennady Vaganov
Igor Voronchikhin
Pavel Kolchin		Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 km relay
 BronzeAlevtina KolchinaCross-country skiingWomen's 5 km
 BronzeMariya GusakovaCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 BronzeTatyana SidorovaSpeed skatingWomen's 500 m
 BronzeBerta KolokoltsevaSpeed skatingWomen's 1500 m
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Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Valery Shein Downhill 2:38.13 54
Tally Monastyryov 2:35.27 47
Vasily Melnikov 2:30.83 36
Vasily Melnikov Giant slalom DNF –
Tally Monastyryov 2:01.94 37
Valery Shein 2:01.18 34
Viktor Talyanov 2:00.38 31
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Men's slalom
More information Athlete, Qualifying ...
Athlete Qualifying Final
Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Valery Shein 56.33 32 DNF – did not advance
Tally Monastyryov 55.71 28 56.09 10 QF DNS – – – DNF –
Vasily Melnikov 53.59 9 QF – – 1:16.18 26 1:06.43 25 2:22.61 25
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Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina Downhill 2:09.28 40
Galina Sidorova 2:08.32 39
Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova 2:05.19 37
Galina Sidorova Giant slalom 2:12.98 39
Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova 2:11.06 38
Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina 2:10.11 35
Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova Slalom 52.00 25 1:07.48 28 1:59.48 27
Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina 51.88 24 53.09 17 1:44.97 18
Galina Sidorova 51.72 23 56.54 24 1:48.26 20
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Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Nikolay Puzanov 1'21:21.5 4 1'29:21.5 10
Valentin Pshenitsyn 1'22:59.0 2 1'26:59.0 7
Aleksandr Privalov 1'23:42.5 0 1'23:42.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vladimir Melanin 1'20:26.8 0 1'20:26.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Valery Tarakanov 52:58.2 17
Gennady Vaganov 52:46.8 14
Igor Voronchikhin 51:53.9 7
Pavel Kolchin 51:52.0 6
30 km Gennady Vaganov 1'35:03.1 19
Ivan Utrobin 1'34:10.4 17
Bayazit Gizatullin 1'33:33.4 12
Igor Voronchikhin 1'32:15.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 km Ivan Lyubimov 2'52:28.1 17
Aleksandr Gubin 2'51:39.7 14
Bayazit Gizatullin 2'51:02.4 12
Igor Voronchikhin 2'49:21.7 11
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Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Ivan Utrobin
Gennady Vaganov
Igor Voronchikhin
Pavel Kolchin		 2'18:46.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Rita Achkina 18:51.1 10
Yevdokiya Mekshilo 18:16.7 4
Alevtina Kolchina 18:08.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Klavdiya Boyarskikh 17:50.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 km Alevtina Kolchina 41:26.2 7
Mariya Gusakova 40:46.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yevdokiya Mekshilo 40:26.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Klavdiya Boyarskikh 40:24.3 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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Women's 3 x 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Alevtina Kolchina
Yevdokiya Mekshilo
Klavdiya Boyarskikh		 59:20.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Athlete, CF ...
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Valery Meshkov DNS – – – DNS
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Pairs
More information Athletes, Points ...
Athletes Points Places Rank
Tatiana Zhuk
Aleksandr Gavrilov		 96.6 45 5
Liudmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov		 104.4 13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st–8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th–16th places.

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Soviet Union 19–1  Hungary
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Medal round

More information Rank, Team ...
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7700541014
2  Sweden 7520471610
3  Czechoslovakia 7520381910
4  Canada 7520321710
5  United States 725029334
6  Finland 725010314
7  Germany 725013494
8   Switzerland 70709570
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  • USSR 5–1 USA
  • USSR 7–5 Czechoslovakia
  • USSR 15–0 Switzerland
  • USSR 10–0 Finland
  • USSR 10–0 Germany (UTG)
  • USSR 4–2 Sweden
  • USSR 3–2 Canada
Roster
Viktor Konovalenko
Boris Zaytsev
Vitaly Davydov
Eduard Ivanov
Aleksandr Ragulin
Viktor Kuzkin
Konstantin Loktev
Aleksandr Almetov
Veniamin Aleksandrov
Yevgeny Mayorov
Vyacheslav Starshinov
Boris Mayorov
Leonid Volkov
Viktor Yakushev
Anatoly Firsov
Oleg Zaytsev
Stanislav Petukhov

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (three jumps, best two counted and shown here)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Nikolay Kiselyov Individual 70.0 62.0 233.0 3 51:49.1 220.04 8 453.04 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vyacheslav Dryagin 64.5 67.0 216.2 10 52:58.3 206.55 12 422.75 7
Nikolay Gusakov 66.0 69.5 223.4 7 51:19.8 225.96 5 449.36 4
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Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Nikolay Shamov Normal hill 71.5 96.7 70.0 95.4 192.1 36
Nikolay Kamensky 72.0 100.4 73.5 100.7 201.1 21
Pyotr Kovalenko 75.0 101.1 77.5 104.0 205.1 12
Aleksandr Ivannikov 75.0 101.6 73.5 101.7 203.3 17
Nikolay Kamensky Large hill 79.5 94.3 73.0 89.9 184.2 38
Pyotr Kovalenko 87.0 99.1 81.0 102.3 201.4 20
K'oba Ts'akadze 87.0 99.1 80.5 96.5 195.6 27
Aleksandr Ivannikov 90.0 106.8 83.5 106.5 213.3 6
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Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Boris Gulyayev 41.7 15
Rafael Grach 41.4 10
Vladimir Orlov 40.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yevgeny Grishin 40.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1500 m Yevgeny Grishin 2:13.3 11
Eduard Matusevich 2:12.2 6
Lev Zaytsev 2:12.1 5
Ants Antson 2:10.3 1st place, gold medalist(s)
5000 m Muzakhid Khabibulin 7:52.3 10
Viktor Kosichkin 7:45.8 4
10000 m Igor Ostashov 16:45.5 12
Viktor Kosichkin 16:19.3 6
Ants Antson 16:08.7 5
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Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Tatyana Sidorova 45.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Irina Yegorova 45.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lidiya Skoblikova 45.0 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1000 m Valentina Stenina 1:36.0 5
Irina Yegorova 1:34.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lidiya Skoblikova 1:33.2 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Valentina Stenina 2:29.9 7
Berta Kolokoltseva 2:27.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lidiya Skoblikova 2:22.6 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3000 m Klara Nesterova-Guseva 5:22.5 4
Valentina Stenina 5:18.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lidiya Skoblikova 5:14.9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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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.

More information Rank, Nation ...
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russian SFSR287944
2 Estonian SSR1001
Ukrainian SSR1001
4 Belarusian SSR0101
Totals (4 entries)308947
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