Soviet Union at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Squaw Valley
Competitors62 (49 men, 13 women)[1] in 8 sports
Flag bearerNikolai Sologubov
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
9
Total
21
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Estonia (1928–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–2014)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1998–)
 Tajikistan (2002–)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
 ROC (2022)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldMaria GusakovaCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 GoldYevgeny GrishinSpeed skatingMen's 500 m
 GoldYevgeny GrishinSpeed skatingMen's 1500 m
 GoldViktor KosichkinSpeed skatingMen's 5000 m
 GoldKlara Nesterova-GusevaSpeed skatingWomen's 1000 m
 GoldLidiya SkoblikovaSpeed skatingWomen's 1500 m
 GoldLidiya SkoblikovaSpeed skatingWomen's 3000 m
 SilverLyubov BaranovaCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 SilverRadya Yeroshina
Maria Gusakova
Lyubov Baranova		Cross-country skiingWomen's 3 x 5 km relay
 SilverViktor KosichkinSpeed skatingMen's 10000 m
 SilverNatalya DonchenkoSpeed skatingWomen's 500 m
 SilverValentina SteninaSpeed skatingWomen's 3000 m
 BronzeAleksandr PrivalovBiathlonMen's 20 km
 BronzeNikolay AnikinCross-country skiingMen's 30 km
 BronzeAnatoly Shelyukhin
Gennady Vaganov
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Nikolay Anikin		Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 km relay
 BronzeRadya YeroshinaCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km
 BronzeSoviet Union men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockeyMen's competition
 BronzeNikolay GusakovNordic combinedMen's individual (15 km)
 BronzeRafael GrachSpeed skatingMen's 500 m
 BronzeBoris SteninSpeed skatingMen's 1500 m
 BronzeTamara RylovaSpeed skatingWomen's 1000 m

Alpine skiing

Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Stalina Korzukhina Downhill 1:46.5 19
Giant slalom 1:45.7 21
Slalom 58.5 59.9 1:58.4 7
Yevgeniya Kabina Downhill 1:46.7 20
Giant slalom 1:50.0 31
Slalom 1:03.3 1:01.0 2:04.3 18
Lyubov Volkova Downhill 1:49.2 23
Giant slalom 1:48.9 30
Slalom 1:00.8 1:16.5 2:17.3 30

Biathlon

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Aleksandr Privalov 20 km 1:34:54.2 3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vladimir Melanin 20 km 1:35:42.4 4 4
Valentin Pshenitsyn 20 km 1:36:45.8 3 5
Dmitry Sokolov 20 km 1:38:16.7 5 6

Cross-country skiing

Men
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Nikolay Anikin 15 km 52:55.0 10
30 km 1:52:28.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 km 3:10:13.9 13
Aleksandr Gubin 15 km 53:29.1 15
Aleksey Kuznetsov 30 km 1:54:23.9 8
50 km 3-11:47.0 15
Ivan Lyubimov 50 km 3:25:06.4 18
Pavel Morshchinin 15 km 53:36.6 16
Anatoly Shelyukhin 30 km 1:58:21.3 15
Gennady Vaganov 15 km 52:18.0 4
30 km 1:52:49.2 4
50 km 3:05:27.6 7
Anatoly Shelyukhin
Gennady Vaganov
Aleksey Kuznetsov
Nikolay Anikin		 Relay 4 x 10 km 2:21:21.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Lyubov Baranova 10 km 40:04.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maria Gusakova 10 km 39:46.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Alevtina Kolchina 10 km 40:12.6 4
Radya Yeroshina 10 km 40:06.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Radya Yeroshina
Maria Gusakova
Lyubov Baranova		 Relay 3 x 5 km 1:05:02.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Figure skating

Athlete Event Points Places Rank
Nina Zhuk
Stanislav Zhuk		 Pairs 72.3 38.6 6
Ludmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov		 Pairs 68.6 60.5 9

Ice hockey

Men
Pos. No. Player Team
GK Nikolai Puchkov
GK Yevgeny Yerkin
D Nikolai Sologubov
D Yury Baulin
D Nikolay Karpov
D Genrikh Sidorenkov
D Alfred Kuchevsky
F Veniamin Alexandrov
F Aleksandr Almetov
F Konstantin Loktev
F Mikhail Bychkov
F Vladimir Grebennikov
F Yury Tsitsinov
F Viktor Yakushev
F Yevgeny Groshev
F Stanislav Petukhov
F Viktor Pryazhnikov
Preliminary round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Soviet Union 22001644
 Germany 2110492
 Finland 20205120
19 February 1960Soviet Union 8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 Germany
Yevgeny YerkinGoaliesMichael HobelsbergerReferees:
Marsh Ryman
Everett Riley
Baulin (Alexandrov) – 1:321–0
Pryazhnikov (Petukhov) – 4:012–0
Alexandrov – 18:443–0
Petukhov (Sologubov) – 22:444–0
Groshev (Yakushev) – 31:535–0
Almetov (Alexandrov) – 38:166–0
Sologubov (Tsitsinov) – 45:197–0
Loktev (Alexandrov, Kuchevsky) – 49:068–0
16 minPenalties20 min
32Shots18
20 February 1960Soviet Union 8–4
(2–1, 4–0, 2–3)		 Finland
Nikolai Puchkov
Yevgeny Yerkin		GoaliesEsko NiemiReferees:
Bill MacKenzie
Hugh McLean
Grebennikov (Petukhov, Tsitsinov) – 4:431–0
Groshev (Yakushev, Karpov) (PP) – 9:352–0
2–118:09 – Lampainen (PP2)
Karpov – 22:363–1
Yakushev (Petukhov) – 29:364–1
Tsitsinov (Grebennikov, Karpov) – 36:215–1
Groshev (Petukhov) – 37:306–1
6–243:20 – Pulli
Loktev (Alexandrov) – 44:317–2
7–347:15 – Nieminen (Pulli)
Grebennikov (Tsitsinov) (PP) – 56:288–3
8–459:42 – Nieminen
26 minPenalties8 min
41Shots36
Final round
Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 United States 5500291110
 Canada 541031128
 Soviet Union 522124195
 Czechoslovakia 523021234
 Sweden 513119193
 Germany 50505450
22 February 1960
13:00		Soviet Union 8–5
(3–2, 2–1, 3–2)		 Czechoslovakia
Nikolai PuchkovGoaliesVladimír Nadrchal
Vladimír Dvořáček
Tsitsinov (Bychkov, Sologubov) (PP) – 7:331–0
1–114:17 – Bubník
Loktev (Almetov, Alexandrov) – 15:562–1
Alexandrov – 18:263–1
3–219:44 – Černý
Tsitsinov (Grebennikov) – 25:384–2
Loktev (Almetov, Sologubov) – 30:315–2
5–335:01 – Pantůček (Potsch, Bubník) (PP)
Alexandrov (Almetov, Loktev) – 41:086–3
Petukhov (Yakushev) – 44:287–3
7–445:03 – Pantůček (Bubník, Bronislav Danda)
7–550:13 – Pantůček (Bronislav Danda)
Loktev (Grebennikov, Groshev) – 53:098–5
14 minPenalties8 min
43Shots37
24 February 1960
15:30		Soviet Union 2–2
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 Sweden
Nikolai PuchkovGoaliesKjell Svensson
0–142:30 – Nilsson (Lundvall)
Loktev (Groshev, Sologubov) (PP) – 48:071–1
Alexandrov (Sologubov) – 51:492–1
2–258:32 – Nilsson (Lundvall, Pettersson)
4 minPenalties4 min
34Shots28
25 February 1960
13:00		Soviet Union 7–1
(0–1, 4–0, 3–0)		 Germany
Yevgeny YerkinGoaliesMichael HobelsbergerReferees:
Barry Riley
Bill Riley
0–13:17 – Huber
Grebennikov (Tsitsinov) – 27:471–1
Tsitsinov (Baulin) – 31:332–1
Alexandrov (Kuchevsky, Yakushev) – 33:403–1
Petukhov (Kuchevsky) – 34:424–1
Tsitsinov (Bychkov) (PP) – 50:415–1
Petukhov (Sidorenkov) – 53:246–1
Sidorenkov (PP2) – 59:167–1
6 minPenalties10 min
37Shots13
27 February 1960
13:30		United States 3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)		 Soviet Union
Jack McCartanGoaliesNikolai PuchkovReferees:
Kurt Hauser
Richard Wagner
Bill Cleary (Bob Cleary) – 4:041–0
1–15:03 – Alexandrov (Sologubov)
1–29:37 – Bychkov (Grebennikov)
B. Christian (R. Christian) – 31:012–2
B. Christian (Williams, R. Christian) – 54:593–2
4 minPenalties6 min
34Shots29
28 February 1960Canada 8–5
(3–0, 1–3, 4–2)		 Soviet Union
Harold Hurley
Don Head		GoaliesNikolai PuchkovReferees:
Kurt Hauser
Richard Wagner
Etcher (Attersley) – 7:321–0
Sinden (Attersley, Etcher) – 18:122–0
Samolenko (Attersley, Sinden) – 18:273–0
Rope (Rousseau) – 22:374–0
4–125:28 – Almetov (Alexandrov) (PP)
4–225:51 – Alexandrov (Sologubov, Loktev) (PP)
4–329:56 – Grebennikov (Bychkov, Sologubov)
Etcher (Attersley) – 45:335–3
Connelly – 46:486–3
Martin Connelly, Laufman – 47:537–3
7–450:16 – Groshev (Sidorenkov) (PP)
7–555:02 – Pryazhnikov (Groshev, Baulin)
Attersley (Etcher) – 59:528–5
12 minPenalties6 min
47Shots33
 Bronze

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Leonid Fyodorov Individual 15 km 202.0 17 1:02:13.1 225.548 15 427.548 16
Nikolay Gusakov Individual 15 km 212.0 10 58:29.4 240.000 1 452.000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dmitry Kochkin Individual 15 km 219.5 2 1:01:32.1 228.194 11 447.694 5
Mikhail Pryakin Individual 15 km 200.5 21 1:00:25.7 232.452 9 432.952 12

Ski jumping

Athlete Event First round Final
Points Rank Points Total Rank
Leonid Fyodorov Normal hill 97.2 26 95.9 193.1 27
Nikolay Kamenskiy Normal hill 110.2 3 106.7 216.9 4
Nikolay Shamov Normal hill 103.2 15 107.4 210.6 10
Koba Zakadze Normal hill 107.0 7 104.1 211.1 9

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Yury Malyshev 41.2 10
Gennady Voronin 40.7 5
Rafael Grach 40.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yevgeny Grishin 40.2 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Lev Zaytsev 2:22.1 31
Gennady Voronin 2:14.7 12
Boris Stenin 2:11.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yevgeny Grishin 2:10.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
5000 m Oleg Goncharenko 8:06.6 6
Valery Kotov 8:05.4 5
Viktor Kosichkin 7:51.3 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10000 m Nikolajs Štelbaums DSQ –
Vladimir Shilykovsky 17:13.9 20
Viktor Kosichkin 15:49.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Klara Nesterova-Guseva 46.8 6
Tamara Rylova 46.2 4
Natalya Donchenko 46.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1000 m Lidiya Skoblikova 1:35.3 4
Tamara Rylova 1:34.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Klara Nesterova-Guseva 1:34.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Valentina Stenina 2:29.2 5
Klara Nesterova-Guseva 2:28.7 4
Lidiya Skoblikova 2:25.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3000 m Tamara Rylova 5:30.0 9
Valentina Stenina 5:16.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lidiya Skoblikova 5:14.3 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee (84): 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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