Soviet Union at the 1968 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:URS
Nocname:Soviet Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1968
Flagcaption:Flag of the Soviet Union
Oldcode:SOV
Location:Grenoble
Competitors:74 (53 men, 21 women)[1]
Sports:8
Flagbearer:Viktor Mamatov (biathlon)
Rank:2
Gold:5
Silver:5
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1956
App End Year:1988
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent



Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Pairs
Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Men's competition
Men's large hill
Women's 500 m
Men's 20 km
Men's 50 km
Women's 5 km

Pairs
Women's 1000 m
Men's 20 km
Women's 5 km


Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vasily MelnikovDownhillDSQ -
Andrey Belokrinkin2:10.9849
Viktor Belyakov2:09.3240
Andrey BelokrinkinGiant Slalom1:56.47591:56.36463:52.8352
Viktor Belyakov1:52.72541:53.55393:49.2746
Vasily Melnikov1:52.42421:56.55473:48.9745
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRank
Viktor Belyakov58.05455:562did not advance
Andrey Belokrinkin57.462 QF -  - 1:08.964558.90292:07.8631
Vasily Melnikov54.322 QF -  - 54.943859.48301:54.4226
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Galina SidorovaDownhill1:51.7435
Alfina Sukhanova1:48.7429
Nina Merkulova1:48.0427
Irina TurundayevskayaGiant SlalomDSQ -
Nina Merkulova2:12.7140
Galina Sidorova2:12.0139
Alfina Sukhanova2:06.4834
Nina MerkulovaSlalomn/a?DSQ - DSQ -
Galina Sidorova49.633053.26241:42.8926
Alfina Sukhanova49.572952.01201:41.5825
Irina Turundayevskaya46.602551.66191:38.2619

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 kmViktor Mamatov1'19:20.811'20:20.87
Nikolay Puzanov1'17:14.531'20:14.56
Vladimir Gundartsev1'16:27.421'18:27.4
Aleksandr Tikhonov1'12:40.421'14:40.4
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 kmFyodor Simashov51:05.326
Vladimir Voronkov50:40.722
Anatoly Akentyev50:19.916
Valery Tarakanov49:04.49
30 kmValery Tarakanov1'39:25.017
Vyacheslav Vedenin1'38:36.114
Anatoly Akentyev1'37:52.410
Vladimir Voronkov1'37:10.84
50 kmIgor Voronchikhin2'40:48.231
Anatoly Akentyev2'34:54.520
Vladimir Voronkov2'33:07.316
Vyacheslav Vedenin2'29:02.5
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 kmAlevtina Olyunina-Smirnova17:43.220
Rita Achkina16:55.16
Alevtina Kolchina16:51.6
Galina Kulakova16:48.4
10 kmFaadiya Salimzhanova39:17.913
Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova39:10.311
Alevtina Kolchina38:52.97
Galina Kulakova38:26.76
Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Sergei Volkov16171632.015818
Sergei Chetverukhin11111737.0939
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Galina Grzhibovskaya25111628.514416
Elena Shcheglova13101670.411012
Pairs
AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Tamara Moskvina
Alexei Mishin		65300.3445
Tatiana Zhuk
Alexander Gorelik		22312.317
Liudmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov		11315.210

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Medal round

RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts
17610481012
27511331711
37520281510
4742123189
5733117237
6724123285
7716013392
8707013480

USSR – Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Polupanov.
Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)

USSR – East Germany 9:0 (4:0, 2:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Alexandrov, Zaytsev.
Referees: Wycisk (POL), Johannessen (NOR)

USSR – USA 10:2 (6:0, 4:2, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Polupanov 2, Kuzkin, Starshinov, Moiseyev– Ross, Morrison.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Kubinec (CAN)

USSR – West Germany 9:1 (4:1, 4:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Polupanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Starshinov, Majorov, Moiseyev, Firsov – Funk.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Valentin (AUT)

USSR – Sweden 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)

Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Polupanov.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)

USSR – Canada 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Zimin.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)

Roster

USSR
Goaltenders: Viktor Konovalenko, Viktor Zinger.
Defence: Viktor Blinov, Vitalij Davidov, Viktor Kuzkin, Alexandr Ragulin, Oleg Zaytsev, Igor Romiševskij.
Forwards: Anatolij Firsov, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Viktor Polupanov, Vladimir Vikulov, Venjamin Alexandrov, Yury Moiseyev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Yevgeni Zimin, Anatoly Ionov, Boris Majorov.
Coaches: Arkadij Černyšev, Anatolij Tarasov.

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Events:

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Mikhail ArtyukhovIndividual66.069.0192.42651:32.4199.5020391.9019
Tõnu Haljand68.570.0202.81750:40.5209.8812412.6812
Robert Makara72.574.0222.8551:09.3204.1217426.927
Vyacheslav Dryagin71.574.5222.8551:22.0201.5819424.388

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Vladimir SmirnovNormal hill69.589.570.0 (fall)58.8148.355
Vladimir Belousov73.5102.973.0104.6207.58
Gary Napalkov75.0104.373.0101.1205.414
Anatoly Zheglanov79.5110.074.5101.5211.56
Vladimir SmirnovLarge hill88.089.183.580.8169.941
Gary Napalkov96.5107.090.596.1203.111
Anatoly Zheglanov99.0108.592.097.2205.78
Vladimir Belousov101.5118.098.5113.3231.3

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mValery Kaplan41.621
Valery Muratov41.418
Anatoly Lepeshkin41.011
Yevgeny Grishin40.64
1500 mValery Kaplan2:07.212
Ants Antson2:07.212
Aleksandr Kerchenko2:07.111
Eduard Matusevich2:06.18
5000 mAnatoly Mashkov7:41.914
Stanislav Selyanin7:38.511
Valery Lavrushkin7:37.910
10000 mAnatoly Mashkov16:22.116
Stanislav Selyanin15:56.410
Valery Lavrushkin15:54.89
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mTatyana Sidorova46.99
Irina Yegorova46.99
Lyudmila Titova46.1
1000 mLāsma Kauniste1:35.311
Irina Yegorova1:34.45
Lyudmila Titova1:32.9
1500 mLidiya Skoblikova2:27.611
Lyudmila Titova2:26.87
Lāsma Kauniste2:25.45
3000 mLāsma Kauniste5:16.012
Anna Sablina5:12.58
Lidiya Skoblikova5:08.06

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.

References

Notes and References

  1. The USSR and Olympism . . . 84 . 530–557 . October 1974 . PDF . 2008-03-28.

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