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Soviet Union at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) – 24 October 1964 (1964-10-24)
Competitors317 (254 men, 63 women)[1] in 19 sports
Flag bearer Yury Vlasov
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
30
Silver
31
Bronze
35
Total
96
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 (2020–2022)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 317 competitors, 254 men and 63 women, took part in 154 events in 19 sports.[2]

Medalists

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The USSR finished second in the final medal rankings, with 30 gold and 96 total medals.

Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Athletics

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The Soviet Union had 84 participants (61 men and 23 women) in 36 athletics events in 1964.[3]

Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1500 metres
Men's 5000 metres
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's marathon
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Men's 20 kilometres walk
Men's 50 kilometres walk
Men's high jump
Men's pole vault
Men's long jump
Men's triple jump
Men's shot put
Men's discus throw
Men's hammer throw
Men's javelin throw
Men's decathlon
Women's 100 metres
Women's 200 metres
Women's 400 metres
Women's 800 metres
Women's 80 metres hurdles
Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Women's high jump
Women's long jump
Women's shot put
Women's discus throw
Women's javelin throw
Women's pentathlon

Basketball

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Twelve male basketball players represented the Soviet Union:[4]

Boxing

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Ten male boxers represented the Soviet Union:[5]

Men's flyweight
Men's bantamweight
Men's featherweight
Men's lightweight
Men's light welterweight
Men's welterweight
Men's light middleweight
Men's middleweight
Men's light heavyweight
Men's heavyweight

Canoeing

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The Soviet Union had thirteen participants (10 men and 3 women) in seven canoeing events in 1964.[6]

Men's K-1 1000 metres
Men's K-2 1000 metres
Men's K-4 1000 metres
Men's C-1 1000 metres
Men's C-2 1000 metres
Women's K-1 500 metres
Women's K-2 500 metres

Cycling

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Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1964.

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

Diving

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Equestrian

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Fencing

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20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1964.

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

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathlete represented the Soviet Union in 1964. The team won gold, Albert Mokeyev won an individual bronze and Igor Novikov won an individual silver.

Individual
Team
  • Igor Novikov
  • Albert Mokeyev
  • Viktor Mineyev

Rowing

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The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1964.[7]

Men's single sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
Men's double sculls – 1st place ( gold medal)
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair – 4th place
Men's coxless four – 7th place
Men's coxed four – 5th place
Men's eight – 5th place

Sailing

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Shooting

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Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1964. Shota Kveliashvili won a silver in the 300 m rifle, three positions and Pāvels Seničevs won a silver in the trap event.

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

Swimming

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Volleyball

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Men's team competition
  • Round robin
  • Defeated Romania (3–0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Hungary (3–0)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3–2)
  • Lost to Japan (1–3)
  • Defeated United States (3–0)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3–0) → gold medal
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Round robin
  • Defeated Romania (3–0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Defeated Poland (3–0)
  • Defeated United States (3–0)
  • Lost to Japan (0–3) → silver medal
  • Team roster

Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Medals by republic

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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 SFSR37272892
2 Ukrainian SSR158831
3 Byelorussian SSR3429
4 Georgian SSR24511
5 Kazakh SSR2114
6 Latvian SSR1528
7 Turkmen SSR1001
8 Azerbaijan SSR0549
9 Estonian SSR0202
10 Uzbek SSR0112
11 Armenian SSR0101
 Lithuanian SSR0101
 Moldavian SSR0101
Totals (13 entries)616051172

References

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  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 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Basketball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Canoeing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
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