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.
| Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | URS |
| NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
| in Helsinki, Finland 19 July 1952 – 3 August 1952 | |
| Competitors | 295 (255 men, 40 women) in 18 sports |
| Flag bearer | Yakov Kutsenko |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| 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) Individual Neutral Athletes (2024) | |
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
- 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 | |||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| Aleksandra Chudina | Long jump | 5.77 | 3 Q | 6.14 | |
| High jump | N/a | 1.63 | |||
| Javelin throw | 46.17 OR | 1 Q | 50.01 | ||
| Nina Dumbadze | Discus throw | 43.20 | 2 Q | 46.29 | |
| Galina Ganeker | High jump | N/a | 1.55 | 11 | |
| Yelena Gorchakova | Javelin throw | 45.18 | 4 Q | 49.76 | |
| 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 | |
| Klavdiya Tochonova | Shot put | 13.88 OR | 1 Q | 14.50 | |
| 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 | |
| Javelin throw | 45.95 | 2 Q | 48.35 | 4 | |
Basketball
- 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) → silver medal
- Team roster
- 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
Boxing
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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
Cycling
- 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
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Roman Brener | 3 m springboard | 69.37 | 7 Q | 96.26 | 5 | 165.63 | 5 |
| Gennady Udalov | 65.99 | 13 | Did not advance | ||||
| Aleksey Zhigalov | 71.25 | 6 Q | 80.06 | 8 | 151.31 | 8 | |
| Aleksandr Bakatin | 10 m platform | 71.86 | 7 Q | 55.00 | 8 | 126.86 | 7 |
| Roman Brener | 71.01 | 8 Q | 55.30 | 7 | 126.31 | 8 | |
| Mikhail Chachba | 65.02 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Valentina Chumicheva | 3 m springboard | 52.15 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| Ninel Krutova | 56.18 | 4 Q | 60.68 | 4 | 116.86 | 4 | |
| Lyubov Zhigalova | 54.18 | 7 Q | 59.65 | 5 | 113.83 | 6 | |
| Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya | 10 m platform | 40.67 | 8 Q | 16.83 | 8 | 57.50 | 8 |
| Ninel Krutova | 32.35 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||
| Tatyana Vereina | 43.26 | 5 Q | 17.83 | 6 | 61.09 | 6 | |
Equestrian
- 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
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 L 8–8 Egypt 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 L 8–8 Italy 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 L 7–9 Belgium 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
- Preliminary round
| Soviet Union | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Bulgaria |
|---|---|---|
| Bobrov 100' Trofimov 104' | Report | Kolev 95' |
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
- 1/8 finals
| Yugoslavia | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Mitić 29' Ognjanov 33' Zebec 44', 59' Bobek 46' | Report | Bobrov 53', 77', 87' Trofimov 75' Petrov 89' |
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
| Yugoslavia | 3–1 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Mitić 19' Bobek 29' (pen.) Čajkovski 54' | Report | Bobrov 6' |
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 16,916
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
- Team roster
- Leonid Ivanov
- Konstantin Krizhevsky
- Anatoli Bashashkin
- Avtandil Chkuaseli
- Yury Nyrkov
- Anatoly Ilyin
- Fridrikh Maryutin
- Igor Netto
- Valentin Nikolayev
- Vasily Trofimov
- Vsevolod Bobrov
- Aleksandr Tenyagin
- Avtandil Gogoberidze
- Konstantin Beskov
- Aleksandr Petrov
- Agustín Gómez
Gymnastics
- 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 | 9.70 | 9.80 | 19.50 | 9.45 | 9.75 | 19.20 | 9.80 | 9.80 | 19.60 | 9.60 | 9.80 | 19.40 | 5 | 115.70 | |||||
| Hrant Shahinyan | 9.30 | 9.60 | 18.90 | 8 | 9.80 | 9.95 | 19.75 | 9.90 | 9.50 | 19.40 | 9.05 | 9.45 | 18.50 | 35 | 9.50 | 9.85 | 19.35 | 4 | 9.45 | 9.60 | 19.05 | 14 | 114.95 | |||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
- 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 | 9.43 | 9.70 | 19.13 | 9.63 | 9.63 | 19.26 | 9.63 | 9.56 | 19.19 | 76.78 | |||||
| Nina Bocharova | 9.40 | 9.30 | 18.70 | 10 | 9.46 | 9.76 | 19.22 | 9.56 | 9.43 | 18.99 | 4 | 9.80 | 9.23 | 19.03 | 6 | 75.94 | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 454.03 | 1 | 527.03 |
Modern pentathlon
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 | Individual | 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 | Team | 76 | 69 | 81 | 37 | 30 | 293 | 5 | |||||||||
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's single sculls
- Yuriy Tyukalov — 8:12.8 → gold medal
Men's double sculls
- Heorhiy Zhylin, Ihor Yemchuk — 7:38.3 → 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 → silver medal
Sailing
Shooting
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Andreyev | 50 m rifle prone | 400 | |
| 50 m rifle three positions | 1163 | ||
| Pyotr Avilov | 50 m rifle prone | 395 | 24 |
| 50 m rifle three positions | 1162 | 5 | |
| Anatoli Bogdanov | 300 m rifle three positions | 1123 WR | |
| 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 |
Swimming
- Men
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lev Balandin | 100 m freestyle | 58.9 | 2 Q | 58.8 | 4 | Did not advance | |
| Endel Edasi | 1:00.1 | 3 Q | 59.8 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| Vladimir Skomarovsky | 1:00.0 | 3 Q | 1:01.1 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Viktor Drobinsky | 400 m freestyle | 4:56.5 | 2 | Did not advance | |||
| Anatoly Raznochintsev | 4:56.8 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Vladimir Lavrinenko | 1500 m freestyle | 20:07.8 | 5 | N/a | Did not advance | ||
| Endel Press | 20:11.7 | 4 | N/a | Did not advance | |||
| Vladimir Lopatin | 100 m backstroke | 1:10.8 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Leonid Sagayduk | 1:11.4 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Viktor Solovyov | 1:09.5 | 2 Q | 1:09.6 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Vladimir Borisenko | 200 m breaststroke | 2:43.2 | 3 Q | 2:46.2 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Yury Kurchashov | 2:47.3 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Pyotr Skripchenkov | 2:47.3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Viktor Drobinsky Vasily Karmanov Leonid Meshkov Lev Balandin | 4 × 200 m freestyle | 9:01.9 | 4 | N/a | Did not advance | ||
- Women
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mariya Havrysh | 200 m breaststroke | 3:01.6 | 4 Q | 2:58.6 | 3 Q | 2:58.9 | 6 |
| Vera Kostina | 3:07.3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Roza Zenziveyeva | 3:10.5 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Water polo
- 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
- 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 | |
| Rafael Chimishkyan | −60 kg | 97.5 | 3 | 105.0 | 1 | 135.0 | 1 | 337.5 WR | |
| Nikolay Saksonov | −60 kg | 95.0 | 4 | 105.0 | 2 | 132.5 | 2 | 332.5 | |
| Yevgeny Lopatin | −67.5 kg | 100.0 | 7 | 107.5 | 4 | 142.5 | 1 | 350.0 | |
| Trofim Lomakin | −82.5 kg | 125.0 | 3 | 127.5 | 1 | 165.0 OR | 1 | 417.5 | |
| Arkady Vorobyov | −82.5 kg | 120.0 | 6 | 127.5 | 1 | 160.0 | 3 | 407.5 | |
| Grigory Novak | −90 kg | 140.0 OR | 1 | 125.0 | 2 | 145.0 | 9 | 410.0 | |
Wrestling
- 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 | −52 kg | 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 | −57 kg | 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 | |
| Ibrahim Dadashov | −62 kg | 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 | −67 kg | 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 | −73 kg | Islioğlu (TUR) L 1–2 | Mojtabavi (IRI) L 1–2 | Did not advance | ||||
| David Tsimakuridze | −79 kg | 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 | |
| August Englas | −87 kg | 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 | +87 kg | 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 | |
- 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 | −52 kg | 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 | |
| Artem Teryan | −57 kg | 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 | |
| Hódos (HUN) W 3–0 | ||||||||
| Yakov Punkin | −62 kg | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Semyon Marushkin | −73 kg | 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 | −79 kg | Gryt (POL) W 2:17 VT | BYE | Courtois (BEL) W w/o | Grönberg (SWE) L 0–3 | BYE | Rauhala (FIN) L 0–3 | |
| Shalva Chikhladze | −87 kg | 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 | |
| Johannes Kotkas | +87 kg | 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 | |
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 | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 19 | 35 | 15 | 69 |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 10 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Georgian SSR | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Armenian SSR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Estonian SSR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Uzbek SSR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Lithuanian SSR | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan SSR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Latvian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 37 | 62 | 20 | 119 | |
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