Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.[2]

Soviet Union at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors312 (246 men, 66 women)[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearerLeonid Zhabotinsky
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
29
Silver
32
Bronze
30
Total
91
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–)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)

Medalists

The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 29 gold and 91 total medals.

Gold

Silver
  • Dito Shanidze — Men's Weightlifting
  • 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 Kiselyov — Boxing, Men's 71–75 kg
  • Aleksandr Sharapenko — Canoeing, Men's K-1 1000m
  • Natalya Lobanova — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
  • Tamara Pogozheva — Diving, Women's 3m Platform
  • Yelena Petushkova, Pepel, Ivan Kizimov, Ijor, Ivan Kalita, Absent — Equestrian, Team Mixed
  • Grigori Kriss — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Grigori Kriss, Iosif Vitebsky, Aleksei Nikanchikov, Yuri Smolyakov, Viktor Modzalevsky — Fencing, Men's Épée 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

Bronze

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fifteen cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1968.

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

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1968.

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 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1968. They won a team silver and Pavel Lednyov won an individual bronze.

Individual
Team
  • Pavel Lednyov
  • Borys Onyshchenko
  • Stasys Šaparnis

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union had 27 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1968.[3]

Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four – 11th place
Men's coxed four – 6th place
Men's eight – 3rd place ( bronze medal)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Twelve shooters, all men, represented the Soviet Union in 1968. Between them they won two gold and two bronze medals.

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

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • 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
Women's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • 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

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • 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
  • Defeated Italy (8:5)
  • Final
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (11:13) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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References
  1. "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee (84): 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  2. "Soviet Union at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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