Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936–1955).svg
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Helsinki
Competitors295 (255 men, 40 women)[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearer Yakov Kutsenko
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
22
Silver
30
Bronze
19
Total
71
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–2016)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)
 ROC (2020-2022)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 295 competitors, 255 men and 40 women, took part in 141 events in 18 sports.[2]

Medalists[]

The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 22 gold and 71 total medals.

Gold[]

  • Nina Bocharova — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
  • Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
  • Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
  • Hrant Shahinyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
  • Victor Chukarin, Hrant Shahinyan, Valentin Muratov, Yevgeni Korolkov, Vladimir Belyakov, Iosif Berdiev, Mikhail Perelman, Dmytro Leonkin — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova, Galina Shamrai, Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition
  • Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault
  • Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
  • Nina Romashkova — Athletics, women's discus throw
  • Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put
  • Yuriy Tyukalov — Rowing, men's single sculls
  • Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
  • Ivan Udodov — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight
  • Rafael Chimishkyan — Weightlifting, men's featherweight
  • Trofim Lomakin — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
  • Arsen Mekokishvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight
  • David Tsimakuridze — Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight
  • Johannes Kotkas — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman superheavyweight
  • Boris Maksovich Gurevich — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight
  • Yakov Punkin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight
  • Shazam Safin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight

Silver[]

  • Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
  • Grant Shaginyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
  • Nina Bocharova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
  • Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars
  • Hrant Shahinyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
  • Yevgeni Korolkov — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
  • Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova, Galina Shamrai, Medeya Dzhugeli, Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic gymnastics, women's team, portable apparatus
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
  • Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
  • Vladimir Kazantsev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase
  • Yuriy Lituyev — Athletics, men's 400 m hurdles
  • Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev — Athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay
  • Maria Golubnichaya — Athletics, women's 80 m hurdles
  • Elizaveta Bagryantseva — Athletics, women's discus throw
  • Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's javelin throw
  • Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's long jump
  • Leonid Shcherbakov — Athletics, men's triple jump
  • Stepas Brutautas, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Anatoly Konev, Otar Korkiya, Heino Kruus, Ilmar Kullam, Justinas Lagunavičius, Joann Lõssov, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Yuri Ozerov, Kazys Petkevičius, Stasys Stonkus, Maigonis Valdmanis, Viktor Vlasov — Basketball, men's team
  • Viktor Mednov — Boxing, men's light-welterweight
  • Sergei Scherbakov — Boxing, men's welterweight
  • Heorhiy Zhylin, Igor Emchuk — Rowing, men's double sculls
  • Vladimir Rodimushkin, Aleksey Komarov, Igor Borisov, Slava Amiragov, Leonid Gissen, Yevgeni Samsonov, Vladimir Kryukov, Igor Polyakov, Yevgeny Brago — Rowing, men's eight with coxswain
  • Boris Andreyev — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle prone
  • Nikolai Saksonov — Weightlifting, men's featherweight
  • Yevgeni Lopatin — Weightlifting, men's lightweight
  • Grigori Novak — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight
  • Rashid Mamedbekov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight
  • Shalva Chikhladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight

Bronze[]

  • Dmitri Leonkin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
  • Galina Minaicheva — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
  • Aleksandr Anufriyev — Athletics, men's 10000 m
  • Bruno Junk — Athletics, men's 10000 m walk
  • Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili — Athletics, women's 200 m
  • Nina Dumbadze — Athletics, women's discus throw
  • Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's high jump
  • Yelena Gorchakova — Athletics, women's javelin throw
  • Klavdia Tochonova — Athletics, women's shot put
  • Anatoli Bulakov — Boxing, men's flyweight
  • Gennadi Garbuzov — Boxing, men's bantamweight
  • Boris Tishin — Boxing, men's light-middleweight
  • Anatoli Perov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight
  • Nina Savina — Canoeing, women's K1 500 m
  • Lev Vainshtein — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
  • Boris Andreyev — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
  • Arkadi Vorobyov — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
  • Artem Teryan — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
  • Nikolay Belov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Key
  • Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Aleksandr Anufriyev 5000 m 14:23.6 1 Q N/A 14:31.4 10
10,000 m N/A 29:48.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mykola Belokurov 1500 m 3:56.4 4 Q N/A 3:55.6 11 Did not advance
Yevhen Bulanchyk 110 m hurdles 14.65 1 Q N/A 14.70 2 Q 14.73 4
Petro Chevhun 800 m 1:51.8 2 Q N/A 1:52.8 7 Did not advance
Ardalion Ignatyev 400 m 48.22 1 Q 48.25 3 Q 47.49 5 Did not advance
Georgy Ivakin 800 m 1:56.4 5 N/A Did not advance
Bruno Junk 10 km walk 45:05.8 1 Q N/A 45:41.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pavel Kazankov 50 km walk N/A 5:02:37.8 23
Mikhail Kazantsev 100 m 11.16 3 Did not advance
Vladimir Kazantsev 3000 m steeplechase 8:58.0 OR 1 Q N/A 8:51.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nikolay Kuchurin 1500 m 4:03.6 8 N/A Did not advance
Yuriy Lituyev 400 m 49.01 2 Did not advance
400 m hurdles 53.5 1 Q 52.2 1 Q 51.8 1 Q 51.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sergey Lobastov 50 km walk N/A 4:32:34.2 5
Timofey Lunev 400 m hurdles 54.3 1 Q 52.7 1 Q 53.1 6 Did not advance
Fyodor Marulin 3000 m steeplechase 9:08.4 4 N/A Did not advance
Gennady Modoy 800 m 1:55.8 3 Q N/A 1:55.7 7 Did not advance
Yakov Moskachenkov Marathon N/A 2:34:43.8 20
Edmunds Pīlāgs 400 m 49.29 3 Did not advance
Nikifor Popov 5000 m 14:28.5 6 N/A Did not advance
10,000 m N/A 30:24.2 11
Sergey Popov 110 m hurdles 14.99 2 Q N/A 15.04 4 Did not advance
Ivan Pozhidayev 10,000 m N/A 30:13.4 9
Mikhail Saltykov 3000 m steeplechase 8:55.8 2 Q N/A 8:56.2 7
Levan Sanadze 100 m 11.13 3 Did not advance
200 m 22.26 1 Q 22.26 4 Did not advance
Ivan Semyonov 5000 m 14:28.0 6 N/A Did not advance
Grigory Suchkov Marathon N/A 2:38:28.8 28
Vladimir Sukharev 100 m 10.93 1 Q 10.92 3 Q 10.86 3 Q 10.88 5
200 m 22.08 1 Q 21.88 3 Did not advance
Vladimir Ukhov 50 km walk N/A 4:32:51.6 6
Feodosiy Vanin Marathon N/A 2:38:22.0 27
Mikhail Velsvebel 1500 m 3:52.6 4 Q N/A 3:52.6 11 Did not advance
Ivan Yarmysh 10 km walk 47:26.0 6 Q N/A 46:07.0 6
Anatoliy Yulin 400 m hurdles 53.6 1 Q 52.4 2 Q 52.1 3 Q 52.8 4
Pēteris Zeltiņš 10 km walk Disqualified N/A Did not advance
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Sanadze
Vladimir Sukharev
Boris Tokarev 		4 × 100 m relay 41.45 1 Q N/A 41.01 2 Q 40.58 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ardalion Ignatyev
Gennady Slepnyov
Edmunds Pīlāgs
Yuriy Lituyev 		4 × 400 m relay 3:12.65 3 N/A Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Nikolay Anryushchenko Long jump 6.74 22 Did not advance
Volodymyr Brazhnyk Pole vault 4.00 15 Q 4.20 7
Boris Butenko Discus throw 46.43 14 Q 48.15 11
Petro Denysenko Pole vault 4.00 1 Q 4.40 4
Heorhiy Dybenko Hammer throw 53.70 8 Q 55.03 8
Georgy Fyodorov Shot put 15.16 7 Q 16.06 7
Oto Grigalka Shot put 15.90 2 Q 16.78 4
Discus throw 48.93 3 Q 50.71 6
Leonid Grigoryev Long jump 7.09 12 q 7.14 6
Yury Ilyasov High jump 1.87 24 Q 1.90 13
Viktor Knyazev Pole vault 4.00 14 Q 4.20 8
Mikhail Krivonosov Hammer throw 51.15 13 Q NM —
Vladimir Kuznetsov Javelin throw 64.38 17 Q 70.37 6
Khandadash Madatov Long jump NM — Did not advance
Boris Matveyev Discus throw 46.05 16 Q 48.70 10
Mykola Redkin Hammer throw 53.58 11 Q 56.55 85
Leonid Shcherbakov Triple jump 15.05 3 Q 15.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yury Shcherbakov Javelin throw 64.39 16 Q 64.52 13
Viktor Tsybulenko Javelin throw 69.42 3 Q 71.72 4
Yevhen Vansovych High jump 1.87 28 Q 1.80 28
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Vladimir Volkov Result 11.49 7.09 12.62 1.75 51.2 15.8 38.04 3.80 56.68 4:33.2 6674 4
Points 768 815 637 711 758 632 573 645 660 475
Sergey Kuznetsov Result 11.56 7.09 11.71 1.65 52.8 16.4 41.04 3.60 43.19 4:42.0 5937 10
Points 768 815 556 605 654 523 656 556 408 396
Pyotr Kozhevnikov Result 11.60 5.80 Did not finish
Points 768 466
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Anna Aleksandrova 80 m hurdles 11.86 3 N/A Did not advance
Elene Gokieli 80 m hurdles 11.59 1 Q N/A 11.46 w 4 Did not advance
Maria Golubnichaya 80 m hurdles 11.29 1 Q N/A 11.35 1 Q 11.24 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vera Kalashnikova 100 m 12.32 2 Q 12.26 2 Q 12.41 5 Did not advance
Flora Kazantseva 200 m 25.92 5 N/A Did not advance
Nadezhda Khnykina 100 m 12.25 2 Q 12.29 1 Q 12.17 4 Did not advance
200 m 24.47 WR 1 Q N/A 24.16 1 Q 24.37 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yevgeniya Sechenova 200 m 25.46 1 Q N/A 25.32 5 Did not advance
Irina Turova 100 m 12.25 2 Q 12.28 4 Did not advance
Nadezhda Khnykina
Vera Kalashnikova
Irina Turova
Yevgeniya Sechenova 		4 × 100 m relay 47.01 2 Q N/A 46.42 4
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yelisaveta Bagriantseva Discus throw 40.73 6 Q 47.08 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aleksandra Chudina Long jump 5.77 3 Q 6.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
High jump N/A 1.63 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Javelin throw 46.17 OR 1 Q 50.01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nina Dumbadze Discus throw 43.20 2 Q 46.29 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Galina Ganeker High jump N/A 1.55 11
Yelena Gorchakova Javelin throw 45.18 4 Q 49.76 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nina Kossova High jump N/A 1.58 7
Valentina Lituyeva Long jump 5.51 13 Q 5.65 11
Nina Romashkova Discus throw 45.05 1 Q 51.42 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Klavdiya Tochonova Shot put 13.88 OR 1 Q 14.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tamara Tyshkevich Shot put 12.76 8 Q 14.42 4
Nina Tyurkina Long jump 5.77 4 Q 5.81 6
Galina Zybina Shot put 13.66 3 Q 15.28 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Javelin throw 45.95 2 Q 48.35 4

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Main round (Group B)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (74–46)
  • Defeated Finland (47–35)
  • Defeated Mexico (71–62)
  • Final round (Group B)
  • Lost to United States (58–86)
  • Defeated Brazil (54–49)
  • Defeated Chile (78–60)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Uruguay (61–57)
  • Final
  • Lost to United States (25–36) → Med 2.png silver medal
  • Team roster

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Anatoli Bulakov Flyweight  van der Zee (NED)
W 3–0 		 Pozzali (ITA)
W 3–0 		 Dower (GBR)
W 2–1 		 Basel (GER)
L 1–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gennady Garbuzov Bantamweight  Renard (FRA)
W 2–1 		 Macías (MEX)
W 3–0 		 Majdloch (TCH)
W 3–0 		 Hämäläinen (FIN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yury Sokolov Featherweight  Ventaja (FRA)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Aleksandr Zasukhin Lightweight  Ferrer (FRA)
W 2–1 		 Reardon (GBR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Viktor Mednov Light-welterweight  Jones (AUS)
W TKO 2 R 		 Ambruş (ROU)
W injured 		 Weissmann (FRA)
W 3–0 		 Mallenius (FIN)
W W/O 		 Adkins (USA)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sergei Scherbakov Welterweight  Sarfatti (ARG)
W Disq 		 van der Linde (RSA)
W KO 2 R 		 Vescovi (ITA)
W 3–0 		 Jörgensen (DEN)
W 3–0 		 Chychła (POL)
L 0–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Boris Tishin Light-middleweight BYE  Krawczyk (POL)
W TKO 2 R 		 Cavalheiro (BRA)
W 3–0 		 van Schalkwyk (RSA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Boris Silchev Middleweight BYE  Madigan (AUS)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Algirdas Šocikas Heavyweight  Gościański (POL)
W TKO 2 R 		BYE  Nieman (RSA)
L KO 1 R 		Did not advance

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Road competition

men's individual road race (190.4 km)

  • Yevgeny Klevtsov — 5:23:34.0 (→ 40th place)
  • Anatoly Kolesov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Nikolay Bobarenko — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Vladimir Kryuchkov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track competition

Men's 1000 m time trial

  • Lev Tsipursky
  • Final — 1:15.2 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1000 m sprint scratch race

  • Otar Dadunashvili — 13th place

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 m springboard

  • Roman Brener
  • Final — 165.63 points (→ 5th place)
  • Final — 151.31 points (→ 8th place)
  • Preliminary round — 65.99 points (→ 13th place)

Men's 10 m platform

  • Aleksandr Bakatin
  • Preliminary round — 71.86 points (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 126.86 points (→ 7th place)
  • Roman Brener
  • Preliminary round — 71.86 points (→ 8th place)
  • Final — 126.31 (→ 8th place)
  • Mikhail Chachba
  • Preliminary round — 65.02 pts (→ 17th place)

Women's 3 m springboard

  • Preliminary round — 56.18 points (→ 3rd place)
  • Final — 116.86 points (→ 4th place)
  • Preliminary round — 54.18 points (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 113.83 points (→ 6th place)
  • Valentina Chumicheva
  • Preliminary round — 52.15 points (→ 10th place)

Women's 10 m platform

  • Tatyana Vereina
  • Preliminary round — 43.26 points
  • Final — 61.09 points (→ 6th place)
  • Preliminary round — 40.67 points
  • Final — 57.50 points (→ 8th place)
  • Preliminary round — 32.35 points (→ 14th place)

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Points Rank
Vladimir Raspopov Imeninnik Individual 433.5 19
Vasily Tikhonov Pevec 395.0 24
Nikolay Sitko Cesar 377.0 25
Vladimir Raspopov
Vasily Tikhonov
Nikolay Sitko 		See above Team 1205.5 7
Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Penalties Rank
Valerian Kuybyshev Perekop Individual 84.00 10
Boris Lilov Zagib Did not finish —
Yury Andreyev Logovoj Did not finish
Valerian Kuybyshev
Boris Lilov
Yury Andreyev 		See above Team Did not finish —
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Penalties Rank
Mikhail Vlasov Rota Individual 56.00 43
Nikolay Shelenkov Atiger 62.50 46
Gavriil Budyonny Yeger 83.25 47
Mikhail Vlasov
Nikolay Shelenkov
Gavriil Budyonny 		See above Team 201.75 14

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

16 fencers, 13 men and 3 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1952.

Men
Athlete Event First round Second round Semifinal Final
Opposition Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank
German Bokun Individual foil  Magnusson (SWE)
 Galimi (ARG)
 Raym. Paul (GBR)
 Lund (AUS)
 Kavanagh (VEN)
 Asselin (CAN) 		2 Q
(W 4 — L 1) 		 Lataste (FRA)
 Palócz (HUN)
 Verhalle (BEL)
 Bukantzr (USA)
 Klette (NOR)
 Vîlcea (ROU) 		5
(W 2 — L 4) 		Did not advance
Mark Midler Individual foil  Chelaru (ROU)
 Lubell (USA)
 Ramos (MEX)
 Bach (SAA)
 Rimini (URU)
 Gutiérrez (VEN) 		4 Q
(W 3 — L 1) 		 Di Rosa (ITA)
 Dessouki (EGY)
 Eriksson (SWE)
 Twardokens (POL)
 Raym. Paul (GBR) 		6
(W 0 — L 4) 		Did not advance
Yulen Uralov Individual foil  Valcke (BEL)
 Bukantz (USA)
 Pawłowski (POL)
 Raitio (FIN)
 Knödler (SAA)
 Menéndez (CUB) 		2 Q
(W 4 — L 1) 		 René Paul (GBR)
 d'Oriola (FRA)
 Tilli (HUN)
 Ballister (BEL)
 Casmir (GER)
 Ramos (MEX) 		4
(W 4 — L 2) 		Did not advance
Ivan Komarov
German Bokun
Yulen Uralov
Mark Midler 		Team foil  Argentina (ARG)
L 8–8
 Egypt (EGY)
L 4–9 		3
(W 0 — L 2) 		Did not advance
Yury Deksbakh Individual épéel  Rerrich (HUN)
 Jay (GBR)
 Pekelman (BRA)
 Rydz (POL)
 Chelaru (ROU)
 Bertorelli (VEN)
 Duffy (IRL) 		5
(W 3 — L 4) 		Did not advance
Lev Saychuk Individual épéel  Pinto (POR)
 Nigon (FRA)
 Parfitt (GBR)
 Kearney (IRL)
 Soberón (GUA)
 de Paula (BRA)
 Raitio (FIN) 		7
(W 2 — L 5) 		Did not advance
Juozas Ūdras Individual épéel  Lund (AUS)
 Dybkær (DEN)
 von Koss (NOR)
 Delaunois (BEL)
 Mouyal (FRA)
 Rettberg (ARG)
 Menéndez (CUB) 		8
(W 1 — L 6) 		Did not advance
Genrikh Bulgakov
Juozas Ūdras
Lev Saychuk
Yury Deksbakh
Ak'ak'i Meipariani 		Team épée  United States (USA)
L 8–8
 Italy (ITA)
L 4–8 		3
(W 0 — L 2) 		Did not advance
Boris Belyakov Individual sabre  Ballister (BEL)
 Anderson (GBR)
 Sande (ARG)
 Ramos (MEX)
 Eriksen (NOR)
 Ferreira (POR) 		2 Q
(W 4 — L 1) 		 Berczelly (HUN)
 Lechner (AUT)
 Tudor (ROU)
 Heywaert (BEL)
 Tournon (FRA)
 Greter (SUI)
 Carnera (DEN) 		5
(W 3 — L 4) 		Did not advance
Lev Kuznetsov Individual sabre  Frey (DEN)
 Greter (SUI)
 Abdel Rahman (EGY)
 Eriksson (SWE)
 Silva (POR)
 Maki (JPN)
 Porebski (GBR) 		3 Q
(W 5 — L 1) 		 Kovács (HUN)
 Plattner (AUT)
 Ballister (BEL)
 Gurath (ROU)
 Worth (USA)
 Zabłocki (POL)
 Pomini (ARG) 		6
(W 3 — L 4) 		Did not advance
Ivan Manayenko Individual sabre  Heywaert (BEL)
 Pawłowski (POL)
 Carnera (DEN)
 Rau (SAA)
 Fethers (AUS)
 Cámara (MEX)
 Gutiérrez (VEN) 		2 Q
(W 5 — L 1) 		 Gerevich (HUN)
 Suski (POL)
 Nostini (ITA)
 Frey (DEN)
 Haro (MEX)
 D'Andrea (ARG)
 Kwartler (USA) 		3 Q
(W 5 — L 2) 		 Darè (ITA)
 Gerevich (HUN)
 Lechner (AUT)
 Sande (ARG)
 de Capriles (USA)
 Tudor (ROU) 		4
(W 2 — L 3) 		Did not advance
Ivan Manayenko
Mark Midler
Vladimir Vyshpolsky
Lev Kuznetsov
Boris Belyakov 		Team sabre  Germany (GER)
L 7–9
 Belgium (BEL)
L 2–9 		3
(W 0 — L 2) 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event First round Second round Semifinal Final
Opposition Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank
Appolinariya Plekhanova Individual foil  York (USA)
 Lecomte-Guyonneau (FRA)
 Müller-Preis (AUT)
 Pym (AUS)
 Mattsson (FIN) 		4 Q
(W 2 — L 2) 		 Nyári (HUN)
 Allgayer (GER)
 Strukel (ITA)
 Drand (FRA)
 Buller (GBR) 		1 Q
(W 5 — L 0) 		 Elek (HUN)
 Garilhe (FRA)
 Mitchell (USA)
 Camber (ITA)
 Glen-Haig (GBR)
 Allgayer (GER)
 Filz (AUT) 		8
(W 1 — L 6) 		Did not advance
Anna Ponomaryova Individual foil  Kunz (AUT)
 Nyári (HUN)
 Mitchell (USA)
 Poulsen (DEN)
 Norford (AUS) 		2 Q
(W 4 — L 1) 		 Lachmann (DEN)
 Mitchell (USA)
 Filz (AUT)
 Lecomte-Guyonneau (FRA)
 Elek (HUN) 		6
(W 2 — L 3) 		Did not advance
Nadezhda Shitikova Individual foil  Lachmann (DEN)
 Camber (ITA)
 Buller (GBR)
 Kalka (FIN)
 Selle (VEN)
 Włodarczyk (POL) 		4 Q
(W 3 — L 3) 		 Elek (HUN)
 Camber (ITA)
 Craus (USA)
 Kunz (AUT)
 Sheen (GBR) 		5
(W 1 — L 4) 		Did not advance

Football[]

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Preliminary round
Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bulgaria
Bobrov Goal 100'
Trofimov Goal 104'		 Report Kolev Goal 95'
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
1/8 finals
Yugoslavia 5–5 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union
Mitić Goal 29'
Ognjanov Goal 33'
Zebec Goal 44', 59'
Bobek Goal 46'		 Report Bobrov Goal 53', 77', 87'
Trofimov Goal 75'
Petrov Goal 89'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Yugoslavia 3–1 Soviet Union
Mitić Goal 19'
Bobek Goal 29' (pen.)
Čajkovski Goal 54'		 Report Bobrov Goal 6'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 16,916
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
  • Team roster

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men
Individual
Athlete Apparatus Total Rank
Floor Rings Pommel horse Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar
Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R
Viktor Chukarin 8.65 9.80 18.45 29 9.65 9.90 19.55 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.70 9.80 19.50 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.45 9.75 19.20 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.80 9.80 19.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.60 9.80 19.40 5 115.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hrant Shahinyan 9.30 9.60 18.90 8 9.80 9.95 19.75 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.90 9.50 19.40 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.05 9.45 18.50 35 9.50 9.85 19.35 4 9.45 9.60 19.05 14 114.95 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Valentin Muratov 9.35 9.50 18.85 11 9.45 9.90 19.35 5 9.70 8.60 18.30 32 9.25 9.45 18.70 19 9.55 9.70 19.25 8 9.65 9.55 19.20 9 113.65 4
Yevgeny Korolkov 9.00 9.30 18.30 35 9.45 9.70 19.15 7 9.75 9.65 19.40 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8.90 9.50 18.40 44 9.50 9.80 19.30 5 9.35 9.45 18.80 23 113.35 6
Vladimir Belyakov 9.25 9.50 18.75 14 9.25 9.70 18.95 14 9.60 9.50 19.10 7 9.10 9.40 18.50 35 9.45 9.80 19.25 8 9.25 9.55 18.80 23 113.35 6
Iosif Berdiev 9.25 9.40 18.65 19 9.50 9.60 19.10 11 9.55 9.25 18.80 15 9.30 9.60 18.90 7 9.45 9.70 19.15 11 9.20 9.30 18.50 38 113.10 10
Mikhail Perlman 8.70 9.45 18.15 41 9.35 9.70 19.05 13 9.70 9.60 19.30 4 9.05 9.25 18.30 65 9.25 9.75 19.00 15 9.30 9.40 18.70 29 112.50 11
Dmytro Leonkin 8.95 9.55 18.50 27 9.55 9.85 19.40 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3.75 8.35 12.10 164 9.20 9.50 18.70 19 7.10 9.60 16.70 127 9.05 9.30 18.35 43 103.75 78
Team
Athlete Apparatus (best 5 scores) Total Rank
Floor Rings Pommel horse Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar
Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R
Viktor Chukarin
Hrant Shahinyan
Valentin Muratov
Yevgeny Korolkov
Vladimir Belyakov
Iosif Berdiev
Mikhail Perlman
Dmytro Leonkin 		46.15 47.95 94.10 2 47.95 49.30 97.25 1 48.75 48.05 96.80 1 46.30 47.80 94.10 2 47.80 49.00 96.80 1 47.35 47.95 95.30 4 574.40 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Individual
Athlete Apparatus Total Rank
Floor Balance beam Uneven bars Vault
Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R
Maria Gorokhovskaya 9.50 9.70 19.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.43 9.70 19.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.63 9.63 19.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.63 9.56 19.19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 76.78 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nina Bocharova 9.40 9.30 18.70 10 9.46 9.76 19.22 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.56 9.43 18.99 4 9.80 9.23 19.03 6 75.94 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Galina Minaicheva 9.36 9.60 18.96 6 9.13 9.53 18.66 10 9.36 9.53 18.89 8 9.73 9.43 19.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 75.67 4
Galina Urbanovich 9.43 9.56 18.99 4 9.40 9.53 18.93 5 9.16 9.46 18.62 12 9.70 9.40 19.10 5 75.64 5
Pelageya Danilova 9.23 9.43 18.66 11 9.26 9.50 18.76 9 9.43 9.56 18.99 7 9.46 9.16 18.62 12 75.03 7
Galina Shamrai 9.23 9.63 18.86 8 9.43 9.36 18.79 8 9.33 9.60 18.93 7 9.03 9.36 18.39 23 74.97 8
Medeya Jugeli 9.30 9.30 18.60 12 9.13 9.36 18.49 15 9.23 9.50 18.73 9 9.73 9.40 19.13 4 74.95 9
Ekaterina Kalinchuk 8.83 8.90 17.73 45 8.96 9.36 18.32 18 9.30 9.36 18.66 10 9.70 9.50 19.20 1st place, gold medalist(s) 73.91 13
Team
Athlete Event Team exercise
with portable apparatus 		Rank Best six individual
apparatus scores 		Rank Total Rank
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Nina Bocharova
Galina Minaicheva
Galina Urbanovich
Pelageya Danilova
Galina Shamrai
Medeya Jugeli
Ekaterina Kalinchuk 		Team 73.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 454.03 1 527.03 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1952.

Athlete Event Riding Fencing Shooting Swimming Running Total points Final rank
Time Penalty Points Placing
Points 		Wins Ties Placing
Points 		Hits Points Placing
Points 		Time Placing
Points 		Time Placing
Points
Igor Novikov 10:41.0 4.5 95.5 24 25 8 13 20 187 4 4:16.9 4 15:11.6 10 55 4
Pavel Rakityansky 10:13.5 3 97 19 21 9 28 19 173 34 5:04.6 29 15:15.4 13 123 23
Aleksandr Dekhayev 11:27.2 37 63 36 20 11 30 13 121 50 4:23.7 6 15:06.3 7 129 28
Igor Novikov
Pavel Rakityansky
Aleksandr Dekhayev 		76 69 81 37 30 293 5

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.[3]

Men's single sculls

  • Yuriy Tyukalov — 8:12.8 → 1st place, gold medalist(s) gold medal

Men's double sculls

  • Heorhiy Zhylin, Ihor Yemchuk — 7:38.3 → 2nd place, silver medalist(s) silver medal

Men's coxless pair

  • Mikhail Plaksin, Vasily Bagretsov — 2 h1 repêchage (→ did not advance)

Men's coxed pair

  • Yevgeny Morozov, Viktor Shevchenko, Mikhail Prudnikov — 3 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance)

Men's coxless four

  • Roman Zakharov, Yury Rogozov, Ivan Makarov, Vladimir Kirsanov — 2 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance)

Men's coxed four

  • Kirill Putyrsky, Yevgeny Tretnikov, Georgy Gushchenko, Boris Fyodorov, Boris Brechko — 2 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance)

Men's eight

  • Yevgeny Brago, Vladimir Rodimushkin, Aleksey Komarov, Igor Borisov, Slava Amiragov, Leonid Gissen, Yevgeny Samsonov, Vladimir Kryukov, Igor Polyakov — 6:31.2 → 2nd place, silver medalist(s) silver medal

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Points Rank
Boris Andreyev 50 m rifle prone 400 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 m rifle three positions 1163 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pyotr Avilov 50 m rifle prone 395 24
50 m rifle three positions 1162 5
Anatoli Bogdanov 300 m rifle three positions 1123 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vasily Frolov 25 m rapid fire pistol 573 8
Ivan Isayev Trap 185 10
Konstantin Martazov 50 m pistol 546 4
Yury Nikandrov Trap 183 15
Pyotr Nikolayev 100 m running deer 385 7
Vasily Novikov 25 m rapid fire pistol 569 11
Vladimir Sevryugin 100 m running deer 383 8
Lev Vainshtein 50 m pistol 546 5
300 m rifle three positions 1109 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Water polo[]

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Qualifying round
  • Lost to Netherlands (2–3)
  • Defeated India (12–0)
  • Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Lost to Hungary (3–5)
  • Defeated Egypt (3–2)
  • Defeated Germany (6–2)
  • Semi-final round (Group B)
  • Drew with Yugoslavia (3–3)
  • Lost to Netherlands (2–4)
  • Classification round (5–8)
  • Defeated Spain (4–2)
  • Drew with Belgium (3–3) → 7th place
  • Team roster
  • Boris Goikhman
  • Evgeny Semyonov
  • Yury Teplov
  • Lev Kokorin
  • Valentin Prokopov
  • Aleksandr Liferenko
  • Pyotr Mshvenieradze
  • Yury Shlyapin
  • Vitaly Ushakov
  • Anatoly Yegorov

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ivan Udodov −56 kg 90.0 4 97.5 OR 1 127.5 OR 1 315.0 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rafael Chimishkyan −60 kg 97.5 3 105.0 1 135.0 1 337.5 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nikolay Saksonov −60 kg 95.0 4 105.0 2 132.5 2 332.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yevgeny Lopatin −67.5 kg 100.0 7 107.5 4 142.5 1 350.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Trofim Lomakin −82.5 kg 125.0 3 127.5 1 165.0 OR 1 417.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Arkady Vorobyov −82.5 kg 120.0 6 127.5 1 160.0 3 407.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Grigory Novak −90 kg 140.0 OR 1 125.0 2 145.0 9 410.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Final rounds Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Georgy Sayadov  Sigiran (FRA)
W 3–0 		 Mewis (BEL)
W 3–0 		 Peery (USA)
W 3–0 		 Weber (GER)
W 3–0 		 Mollaghasemi (IRI)
L 1–2 		Did not advance 4
Rashid Mammadbeyov  Yaghoubi (IRI)
W 0:32 VT 		 Hänni (SUI)
W w/o 		 Borders (USA)
W 10:40 VT 		 Bencze (HUN)
L 1–2 		 Jadhav (IND)
W 3–0 		 Ishii (JPN)
L 0–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ibrahim Dadashov  Essawi (EGY)
W 1:37 VT 		 Şit (TUR)
L 0–3 		 Bielle (FRA)
W 3–0 		 Henson (USA)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Armenak Yaltyryan  Anderberg (SWE)
L 14:06 VT 		 Talosela (FIN)
W 13:10 VT 		 Østrand (DEN)
W 3–0 		BYE  Tofigh (IRI)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 4
Vasyl Rybalko  Islioğlu (TUR)
L 1–2 		 Mojtabavi (IRI)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
David Tsimakuridze  Lindblad (SWE)
L 1–2 		 Hodge (USA)
W 5:58 VT 		 Hussain (EGY)
W 4:55 VT 		BYE  Gurics (HUN)
W 3–0 		 Takhti (IRI)
W 2–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
August Englas  Atan (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Jadhav (IND)
W 0:58 VT 		 Leichter (GER)
W 3:47 VT 		 Wittenberg (USA)
L 0–3 		 Palm (SWE)
L 1–2 		Did not advance 4
Arsen Mekokishvili  Kovács (HUN)
W 6:05 VT 		 Waltner (GER)
W 3–0 		 Richmond (GBR)
W 2–1 		 Vecchi (ITA)
W 4:10 VT 		 Antonsson (SWE)
W 2–1 		BYE 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Final rounds Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Boris Gurevich  Vukov (YUG)
W 3–0 		 Thomsen (DEN)
W 4:52 VT 		 Kenéz (HUN)
W 3–0 		 Mewis (BEL)
W 3–0 		 Honkala (FIN)
W 3–0 		 Fabra (ITA)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Artem Teryan  Toboła (POL)
W 4:53 VT 		 Demirsüren (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Lombardi (ITA)
W 3–0 		 Popescu (ROU)
W 3–0 		 Persson (SWE)
W 3–0 		 Chihab (LIB)
L 1–2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Hódos (HUN)
W 3–0
Yakov Punkin  Merle (FRA)
W 11:17 VT 		BYE  Taha (LIB)
W 3–0 		 Bozbey (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Polyák (HUN)
W 1:26 VT 		 Rashed (EGY)
W 3:28 VT 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shazam Safin −67 kg  Akbulut (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Eriksen (NOR)
W 12:35 VT 		 Rasmussen (DEN)
W 8:15 VT 		 Cuc (ROU)
W 3–0 		 Athanasov (TCH)
W 2:46 VT 		 Freij (SWE)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Semyon Marushkin  Sekal (TCH)
W 3–0 		 Gołaś (POL)
W 3–0 		 Şenol (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Andersson (SWE)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 4
Nikolay Belov  Gryt (POL)
W 2:17 VT 		BYE  Courtois (BEL)
W w/o 		 Grönberg (SWE)
L 0–3 		BYE  Rauhala (FIN)
L 0–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shalva Chikhladze  Leichter (GER)
W 9:22 VT 		 Silvestri (ITA)
W 3–0 		BYE  Kovács (HUN)
L 0–3 		 Nilsson (SWE)
W 2:39 VT 		 Gröndahl (FIN)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Johannes Kotkas  Baarendse (BEL)
W w/o 		 Fahlqvist (SWE)
W 2:40 VT 		 Fantoni (ITA)
W 3:41 VT 		 Kovanen (FIN)
W 2:43 VT 		BYE  Růžička (TCH)
W 4:32 VT 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russian SFSR19351569
2 Ukrainian SSR1011122
3 Georgian SSR3429
4 Armenian SSR3216
5 Estonian SSR1304
6 Uzbek SSR1102
7 Lithuanian SSR0404
8 Azerbaijan SSR0112
9 Latvian SSR0101
Totals (9 nations)376220119

References[]

  1. ^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee (84): 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Soviet Union at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

Further reading[]

  • Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. – for medal stats by republic

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