Soviet Union at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Soviet Union at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Rome, Italy
25 August 1960 (1960-08-25) – 11 September 1960 (1960-09-11)
Competitors283 (233 men, 50 women)[1] in 17 sports
Flag bearerYury Vlasov
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
43
Silver
29
Bronze
31
Total
103
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–pres.)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–pres.)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–pres.)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–pres.)
 Belarus (1994–pres.)
 Georgia (1994–pres.)
 Kazakhstan (1994–pres.)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–pres.)
 Moldova (1994–pres.)
 Russia (1994–2016)
 Ukraine (1994–pres.)
 Uzbekistan (1994–pres.)
 Azerbaijan (1996–pres.)
 Tajikistan (1996–pres.)
 Turkmenistan (1996–pres.)
 ROC (2020)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 283 competitors, 233 men and 50 women, took part in 145 events in 17 sports.[2]

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 43 gold and 103 total medals.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

13 male cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000 m time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semi-final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Vyacheslav Chernyshov 3 m springboard 50.87 17 Did not advance
Yury Melnikov 53.30 10 Q 38.56 13 91.86 12 Did not advance
Gennady Galkin 10 m platform 54.07 5 Q 42.67 5 96.74 5 Q 44.95 7 141.69 6
Anatoly Sysoyev 54.03 6 Q 39.00 7 93.03 8 Q 42.56 8 135.59 8
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semi-final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Yelena Kosolapova 3 m springboard 47.88 12 Q 36.13 12 84.01 11 Did not advance
Ninel Krutova 52.35 4 Q 39.84 3 92.19 2 Q 43.92 5 136.11 5
Raisa Gorokhovskaya 10 m platform 51.53 8 Q N/a 31.50 5 83.03 5
Ninel Krutova 53.38 3 Q N/a 33.61 3 86.99

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

21 fencers, 15 men and 6 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1960. In the team event, they won the silver medal.

Individual
Team
  • Igor Novikov
  • Nikolay Tatarinov
  • Hanno Selg

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1960.[3]

Men's single sculls – 1st place ( Gold medal)
Men's double sculls – 2nd place ( Silver medal)
Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( Gold medal)
Men's coxed pair – 2nd place ( Silver medal)
Men's coxless four – 3rd place ( Bronze medal)
Men's coxed four – 4th place
Men's eight

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1960. Between them, they won three bronze medals, two silvers and two golds.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Igor Luzhkovsky 100 m freestyle 57.9 =19 Q 57.5 14 Did not advance
Vitaly Sorokin 58.2 =23 Q 58.7 23 Did not advance
Leonid Kolesnikov 400 m freestyle DNF N/a Did not advance
Gennady Androsov 1500 m freestyle 18:39.0 16 N/a Did not advance
Leonid Barbier 100 m backstroke 1:03.5 4 Q 1:04.3 7 Q 1:03.5 5
Veiko Siimar 1:04.6 9 Q 1:04.6 8 Q 1:04.6 8
Arkady Golovchenko 200 m breaststroke 2:41.0 6 Q 2:40.9 9 Did not advance
Georgy Prokopenko 2:39.2 4 Q 2:41.0 10 Did not advance
Grigory Kiselyov 200 m butterfly 2:24.6 =13 Q 2:24.8 11 Did not advance
Valentin Kuzmin 2:19.3 6 Q 2:19.1 3 Q 2:18.9 7
Igor Luzhkovsky
Gennady Nikolayev
Vitaly Sorokin
Boris Nikitin
Serhiy Tovstoplet 		4 × 200 m freestyle 8:30.6 =7 Q N/a 8:32.8 8
Leonid Barbier
Leonid Kolesnikov
Grigory Kiselyov
Igor Luzhkovsky 		4 × 100 m medley 4:16.2 7 Q N/a 4:16.8 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marina Shamal 100 m freestyle 1:06.4 =17 Did not advance
Ulvi Voog 1:06.7 19 Did not advance
Lyudmila Klipova 100 m backstroke 1:14.5 19 N/a Did not advance
Larisa Viktorova 1:12.8 10 N/a Did not advance
Lyudmila Korobova 200 m breaststroke 3:02.7 21 N/a Did not advance
Eve-Mai Maurer 3:03.1 22 N/a Did not advance
Zinaida Belovetskaya 100 m butterfly 1:12.6 7 Q N/a 1:13.3 6
Valentina Poznyak 1:13.2 =9 N/a Did not advance
Irina Lyakhovskaya
Ulvi Voog
Galina Sosnova
Marina Shamal 		4 × 100 m freestyle 4:31.9 8 Q N/a 4:29.0 8
Larisa Viktorova
Lyudmila Korobova
Zinaida Belovetskaya
Marina Shamal
Valentina Poznyak 		4 × 100 m medley 4:54.4 6 Q N/a 4:58.1 8

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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.

RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russian SFSR393130100
2 Ukrainian SSR1611633
3 Byelorussian SSR4228
4 Georgian SSR25310
5 Armenian SSR1214
6 Latvian SSR0426
7 Lithuanian SSR0213
8 Azerbaijan SSR0202
 Estonian SSR0202
10 Moldavian SSR0101
 Turkmen SSR0101
Totals (11 entries)626345170

References

  1. ^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
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