The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
| Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | URS |
| NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
| in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Competitors | 53 (47 men, 6 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Oleg Goncharenko |
| Medals Ranked 1st |
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| 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–pres.) 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) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Nikolay Anikin, Pavel Kolchin Vladimir Kuzin, Fyodor Terentyev | Cross-country | Men's relay 4 x 10 km |
| Gold | Lyubov Kozyreva | Cross-country | Women's 10 km |
| Gold | Yevgeny Babich, Vsevolod Bobrov Alexei Guryshev, Nikolay Khlystov Yuri Krylov, Alfred Kuchevsky Valentin Kuzin, Grigory Mkrtychan Viktor Nikiforov, Yuri Pantyukhov Nikolai Puchkov, Viktor Shuvalov Genrikh Sidorenkov, Nikolai Sologubov Ivan Tregubov,Dmitry Ukolov Aleksandr Uvarov | Ice hockey | Men's team |
| Gold | Yevgeny Grishin | Speed skating | Men's 500 m |
| Gold | Yevgeny Grishin | Speed skating | Men's 1500 m |
| Gold | Yuri Mikhaylov | Speed skating | Men's 1500 m |
| Gold | Boris Shilkov | Speed skating | Men's 5000 m |
| Silver | Radya Yeroshina | Cross-country | Women's 10 km |
| Silver | Alevtina Kolchina, Lyubov Kozyreva Radya Yeroshina | Cross-country | Women's relay 3 x 5 km |
| Silver | Rafayel Grach | Speed skating | Men's 500 m |
| Bronze | Yevgeniya Sidorova | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
| Bronze | Pavel Kolchin | Cross-country | Men's 15 km |
| Bronze | Pavel Kolchin | Cross-country | Men's 30 km |
| Bronze | Fyodor Terentyev | Cross-country | Men's 50 km |
| Bronze | Oleg Goncharenko | Speed skating | Men's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Oleg Goncharenko | Speed skating | Men's 10000 m |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
| Gennady Chertishchev | Giant slalom | 3:48.9 | 55 | ||
| Downhill | DSQ | DNF | |||
| Aleksandr Filatov | Giant slalom | 3:27.8 | 33 | ||
| Slalom | 1:33.5 | 2:36.0 | 4:09.5 | 30 | |
| Downhill | 3:16.6 | 16 | |||
| Vyacheslav Melnikov | Slalom | TNK | DSQ | did not finish | |
| Yury Sharkov | Giant slalom | 3:41.8 | 46 | ||
| Slalom | DSQ | did not finish | |||
| Sergey Shustov | Downhill | DSQ | DNF | ||
| Viktor Talyanov | Giant slalom | 3:45.2 | 52 | ||
| Slalom | 1:49.2 | 2:06.9 | 3:56.1 | 24 | |
| Downhill | 3:26.5 | 21 | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
| Aleksandra Artyomenko | Giant slalom | 4:04.5 | 44 | ||
| Slalom | DSQ | did not finish | |||
| Downhill | 1:51.1 | 14 | |||
| Yevgeniya Sidorova | Giant slalom | 2:31.3 | 40 | ||
| Slalom | 56.9 | 59.8 | 1:56.7 | ||
| Downhill | 1:59.8 | 37 | |||
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Nikolay Anikin | 15 km | 50:58 | 7 |
| Viktor Baranov | 50 km | 3:03:55 | 7 |
| Minnevali Galiyev | 15 km | 52:49 | 18 |
| Pavel Kolchin | 15 km | 50:17 | |
| 30 km | 1:45:45 | ||
| 50 km | 2:58:00 | 6 | |
| Vladimir Kuzin | 15 km | 51:36 | 10 |
| 30 km | 1:46:09 | 5 | |
| Anatoly Shelyukhin | 30 km | 1:45:46 | 4 |
| 50 km | 2:56:40 | 5 | |
| Fyodor Terentyev | 30 km | 1:46:43 | 6 |
| 50 km | 2:53:32 | ||
| Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin | Relay 4 x 10 km | 2:15:30 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Anna Kaaleste | 10 km | 40:29 | 9 |
| Alevtina Kolchina | 10 km | 38:46 | 4 |
| Lyubov Kozyreva | 10 km | 38:11 | |
| Radya Yeroshina | 10 km | 38:16 | |
| Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina | Relay 3 x 5 km | 1:09:28 | |
Ice hockey
- Men
- Head coach: Arkady Chernyshev
| Pos. | No. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nikolai Puchkov | ||
| GK | Grigory Mkrtychan | ||
| D | Nikolai Sologubov | ||
| D | Dmitry Ukolov | ||
| D | Ivan Tregubov | ||
| D | Genrikh Sidorenkov | ||
| D | Alfred Kuchevsky | ||
| F | Yevgeny Babich | ||
| F | Viktor Shuvalov | ||
| F | Vsevolod Bobrov | ||
| F | Yuri Krylov | ||
| F | Aleksandr Uvarov | ||
| F | Valentin Kuzin | ||
| F | Yuri Pantyukhov | ||
| F | Alexei Guryshev | ||
| F | Nikolay Khlystov | ||
| F | Viktor Nikiforov |
- Preliminary round
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 27 January 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0) | Sweden |
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| 29 January 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 10–3 (4–1, 2–0, 4–2) | Switzerland |
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- Final round
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
| United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
| 30 January 1956 19:00 | Soviet Union | 4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0) | Sweden |
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| 31 January 1956 19:00 | Soviet Union | 8–0 (0–0, 7–0, 1–0) | Germany |
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| 2 February 1956 22:00 | Soviet Union | 7–4 (2–1, 3–0, 2–3) | Czechoslovakia |
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| 3 February 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0) | United States |
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| 4 February 1956 21:30 | Soviet Union | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Canada |
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Gold
Nordic combined
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Leonid Fyodorov | Individual 15 km | 201.0 | 12 | 59:17 | 228.500 | 12 | 429.500 | 10 |
| Nikolay Gusakov | Individual 15 km | 200.0 | 14 | 58:17 | 232.300 | 8 | 432.300 | 7 |
| Uno Kajak | Individual 15 km | 186.5 | 27 | 1:00:48 | 222.600 | 18 | 409.100 | 26 |
| Yury Moshkin | Individual 15 km | 217.5 | 1 | 1:04:18 | 209.100 | 31 | 426.600 | 13 |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | First round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
| Yury Moshkin | Normal hill | 91.5 | 35 | 92.5 | 184.0 | 34 |
| Nikolay Shamov | Normal hill | 103.0 | 14 | 98.0 | 201.0 | 16 |
| Koba Zakadze | Normal hill | 107.0 | 8 | 78.0 | 185.0 | 30 |
Speed skating
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oleg Goncharenko | 5000 m | 7:57.5 | |
| 10000 m | 16:42.3 | ||
| Rafayel Grach | 500 m | 40.8 | |
| Yevgeny Grishin | 500 m | 40.2 WR | |
| 1500 m | 2:08.6 WR | ||
| Robert Merkulov | 1500 m | 2:10.3 | 5 |
| Yuri Mikhaylov | 500 m | did not finish | |
| 1500 m | 2:08.6 WR | ||
| Dmitry Sakunenko | 5000 m | 8:10.5 | 16 |
| Yuri Sergeev | 500 m | 41.1 | 4 |
| Boris Shilkov | 1500 m | 2:11.9 | 8 |
| 5000 m | 7:48.7 OR | ||
| Vladimir Shilykovsky | 10000 m | 17:17.6 | 16 |
| Boris Tsybin | 10000 m | 17:03.4 | 9 |
| Boris Yakimov | 5000 m | 8:12.6 | 19 |
| 10000 m | 16:59.7 | 7 | |
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 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 35 |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 37 | |
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