Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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| Soviet Union at the Olympic Games | ||||||||
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| At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City | ||||||||
| Competitors | 313 (246 men, 67 women)[1] in 16 sports | |||||||
| Flag bearer | Leonid Zhabotinsky | |||||||
| Medals Rank: 2 |
Gold 29 |
Silver 32 |
Bronze 30 |
Total 91 |
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 Unified Team (1992) |
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
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[edit] Medals
The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 29 gold and 91 total medals.
[edit] 
Gold
- Natalia Kuchinskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Larissa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Natalia Kuchinskaya, Zinaida Voronina, Larissa Petrik, Olga Karaseva, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Lyubov Burda — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
- Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
- Yanis Lusis — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
- Viktor Saneev — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Valeri Sokolov — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Boris Lagutin — Boxing, Men's Light-middleweight
- Daniel Poznyak — Boxing, Men's Light-heavyweight
- Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva — Canoeing, Women's K-1 500m
- Aleksandr Sharapenko, Vladimir Morozov — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000m
- Ivan Kizimov, his horse Ijor — Equestrian, Individual Mixed
- Elena Novikova-Belova — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Aleksandra Zabelina, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Elena Novikova-Belova, Galina Gorokhova, Svetlana Chirkova — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
- Vladimir Nazlymov, Viktor Sidyak, Eduard Vinokurov, Mark Rakita, Umar Mavlikhanov — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
- Anatoli Sass, Aleksandr Timoshinin — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Valentyn Mankin — Sailing, Men's Finn
- Grigori Kosykh — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol
- Yevgeni Petrov — Shooting, Men's Skeet
- Eduard Sibiryakov, Valeri Kravchenko, Vladimir Belyaev, Yevgeni Lapinsky, Oleg Antropov, Vasilius Matushevas, Viktor Mikhalchuk, Yuri Poyarkov, Boris Tereshchuk, Vladimir Ivanov, Ivan Bugaenkov, Georgi Mondzolevsky — Volleyball, Men's Team
- Lyudmila Buldakova, Lyudmila Mikhailovskaya, Tatyana Veinberga, Vera Lantratova, Vera Galushka-Duyunova, Tatyana Sarycheva, Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova, Nina Smoleeva, Inna Ryskal, Galina Leontyeva, Roza Salikhova, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova — Volleyball, Women's Team
- Leonid Zhabotinsky — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Viktor Kurentsov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Boris Selitsky — Weightlifting, Men's Light-heavyweight
- Aleksandr Medved — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
- Boris Gurevich — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
- Roman Rurua — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
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Silver
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Individual All-round
- Zinaida Voronina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Mikhail Voronin, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Lisitsky, Valeri Karasev, Viktor Klimenko, Valeri Ilyinykh — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition
- Romuald Klim — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
- Antonina Okorokova-Lazareva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Jonas Chepulis — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Aleksei Kiselev — Boxing, Men's 71-75kg
- Aleksandr Sharapenko — Canoeing, Men's K-1 1000m
- Natalya Kuznetsova-Lobanova — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
- Tamara Fedosova-Pogozheva — Diving, Women's 3m Platform
- Yelena Petushkova, Pepel, Ivan Kizimov, Ijor, Ivan Kalita, Absent — Equestrian, Team Mixed
- Grigori Kriss — Fencing, Men's Epee Individual
- Grigori Kriss, Iosif Vitebsky, Aleksei Nikanchikov, Yuri Smolyakov, Viktor Modzalevsky — Fencing, Men's Epee Team
- German Sveshnikov, Yuri Sharov, Vasili Stankovich, Viktor Putyatin, Yuri Sisikin — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
- Mark Rakita — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Stasis Shaparnis, Boris Onishenko, Pavel Lednev — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- Valentin Kornev — Shooting, Men's 300m Free Rifle 3 Positions
- Vladimir Kosinsky — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
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Bronze
- Larissa Petrik — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Natalia Kuchinskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
- Natalia Kuchinskaya — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round
- Viktor Klimenko — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Mikhail Voronin — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse
- Zinaida Voronina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
- Sergei Diomidov — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Vault
- Zinaida Voronina — Artistic Gymnastics, Women's Vault
- Nikolai Smaga — Athletics, Men's 20km Walk
- Natalya Pechenkina — Athletics, Women's 400m
- Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Ignatyeva-Samotesova — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
- Valentin Gavrilov — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Valentina Kozyr — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Tatyana Talysheva — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Eduard Gushchin — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
- Nadezhda Chizhova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Anatoli Krikun, Modestas Paulauskas, Zurab Sakandelidze, Vadim Kapranov, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Polivoda, Sergei Belov, Priit Tomson, Sergei Kovalenko, Gennadi Volnov, Yaak Lipso, Vladimir Andreev — Basketball, Men's Team
- Vladimir Musalimov — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Vitali Galkov — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
- Naum Prokupets, Mikhail Zamotin — Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000m
- Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva, Antonina Seredina — Canoeing, Women's K-2 500m
- Pavel Lednev — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
- Zigmas Yukna, Antanas Bogdanavichus, Vladimir Sterlik, Yozanas Yagelavichus, Aleksandr Martishkin, Vitautas Julius Briedis, Valentin Kravchuk, Viktor Suslin, Yuri Lorentson — Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain
- Renart Suleimanov — Shooting, Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Vitali Parkhimovich — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
- Nikolai Pankin — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Galina Prozumenschikova-Stepanova — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Yuri Gromak, Vladimir Kosinsky, Vladimir Nemshilov, Leonid Ilyichev — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Vladimir Bure, Semyon Belits-Geiman, Georgi Kulikov, Leonid Ilyichev — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Ivan Kochergin — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Round Robin
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- Lost to United States (2-3)
- Defeated Brazil (3-2)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
- Defeated Poland (3-0)
- Defeated East Germany (3-2)
- Defeated Japan (3-1)
- Defeated Mexico (3-1)
- Defeated Belgium (3-0)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-0) → Gold Medal
- Team Roster
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- Eduard Sibiryakov
- Valeri Kravchenko
- Vladimir Belyaev
- Yevgeni Lapinsky
- Oleg Antropov
- Vasilius Matushevas
- Viktor Mikhalchuk
- Yuri Poyarkov
- Boris Tereshchuk
- Vladimir Ivanov
- Ivan Bugaenkov
- Georgi Mondzolevsky
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Round Robin
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- Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1)
- Defeated Poland (3-0)
- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Defeated Peru (3-0)
- Defeated United States (3-1)
- Defeated Mexico (3-0)
- Defeated Japan (3-0) → Gold Medal
- Team Roster
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- Lyudmila Buldakova
- Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya
- Tatyana Veinberga
- Vera Lantratova
- Vera Galushka-Duyunova
- Tatyana Sarycheva
- Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova
- Nina Smoleeva
- Inna Ryskal
- Galina Leontyeva
- Roza Salikhova
- Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova
[edit] Water Polo
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated Cuba (11:4)
- Defeated West Germany (6:3)
- Defeated Spain (5:0)
- Lost to Hungary (5:6)
- Defeated United States (8:3)
- Defeated Brazil (8:2)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated Italy (8:5)
- Final
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (11:13) → Silver Medal
- Lost to Yugoslavia (11:13) →
- Team Roster
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- Aleksey Barkalov
- Aleksandr Dolgushin
- Aleksandr Shidlovsky
- Boris Grishin
- Givi Chikvanaya
- Leonid Osipov
- Oleg Bovin
- Vadim Gulyaev
- Vladimir Semyonov
- Vyacheslav Skok
- Yury Grigorovsky
[edit] References
- ^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF) (October 1974). Olympic Review (84): 530–557. International Olympic Committee.
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