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Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Image
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Helsinki, Finland
19 July 1952 (1952-07-19) – 3 August 1952 (1952-08-03)
Competitors295 (255 men, 40 women)[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearer Yakov Kutsenko
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
22
Silver
30
Bronze
19
Total
71
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Image Russian Empire (1900–1912)
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Image Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–pres.)
Image Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–pres.)
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Image Armenia (1994–pres.)
Image Belarus (1994–2020)
Image Georgia (1994–pres.)
Image Kazakhstan (1994–pres.)
Image Kyrgyzstan (1994–pres.)
Image Moldova (1994–pres.)
Image Russia (1994–2016)
Image Ukraine (1994–pres.)
Image Uzbekistan (1994–pres.)
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Image Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 295 competitors, 255 men and 40 women, took part in 141 events in 18 sports.[2]

Medalists

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With 22 gold and 71 total medals, the USSR finished second in the final medal rankings.

Athletics

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Key
  • Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Aleksandr Anufriyev 5000 m 14:23.6 1 Q N/a 14:31.4 10
10,000 m N/a 29:48.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mykola Belokurov 1500 m 3:56.4 4 Q N/a 3:55.6 11 Did not advance
Yevhen Bulanchyk 110 m hurdles 14.65 1 Q N/a 14.70 2 Q 14.73 4
Petro Chevhun 800 m 1:51.8 2 Q N/a 1:52.8 7 Did not advance
Ardalion Ignatyev 400 m 48.22 1 Q 48.25 3 Q 47.49 5 Did not advance
Georgy Ivakin 800 m 1:56.4 5 N/a Did not advance
Bruno Junk 10 km walk 45:05.8 1 Q N/a 45:41.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pavel Kazankov 50 km walk N/a 5:02:37.8 23
Mikhail Kazantsev 100 m 11.16 3 Did not advance
Vladimir Kazantsev 3000 m steeplechase 8:58.0 OR 1 Q N/a 8:51.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nikolay Kuchurin 1500 m 4:03.6 8 N/a Did not advance
Yuriy Lituyev 400 m 49.01 2 Did not advance
400 m hurdles 53.5 1 Q 52.2 1 Q 51.8 1 Q 51.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sergey Lobastov 50 km walk N/a 4:32:34.2 5
Timofey Lunev 400 m hurdles 54.3 1 Q 52.7 1 Q 53.1 6 Did not advance
Fyodor Marulin 3000 m steeplechase 9:08.4 4 N/a Did not advance
Gennady Modoy 800 m 1:55.8 3 Q N/a 1:55.7 7 Did not advance
Yakov Moskachenkov Marathon N/a 2:34:43.8 20
Edmunds Pīlāgs 400 m 49.29 3 Did not advance
Nikifor Popov 5000 m 14:28.5 6 N/a Did not advance
10,000 m N/a 30:24.2 11
Sergey Popov 110 m hurdles 14.99 2 Q N/a 15.04 4 Did not advance
Ivan Pozhidayev 10,000 m N/a 30:13.4 9
Mikhail Saltykov 3000 m steeplechase 8:55.8 2 Q N/a 8:56.2 7
Levan Sanadze 100 m 11.13 3 Did not advance
200 m 22.26 1 Q 22.26 4 Did not advance
Ivan Semyonov 5000 m 14:28.0 6 N/a Did not advance
Grigory Suchkov Marathon N/a 2:38:28.8 28
Vladimir Sukharev 100 m 10.93 1 Q 10.92 3 Q 10.86 3 Q 10.88 5
200 m 22.08 1 Q 21.88 3 Did not advance
Vladimir Ukhov 50 km walk N/a 4:32:51.6 6
Feodosiy Vanin Marathon N/a 2:38:22.0 27
Mikhail Velsvebel 1500 m 3:52.6 4 Q N/a 3:52.6 11 Did not advance
Ivan Yarmysh 10 km walk 47:26.0 6 Q N/a 46:07.0 6
Anatoliy Yulin 400 m hurdles 53.6 1 Q 52.4 2 Q 52.1 3 Q 52.8 4
Pēteris Zeltiņš 10 km walk Disqualified N/a Did not advance
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Sanadze
Vladimir Sukharev
Boris Tokarev		 4 × 100 m relay 41.45 1 Q N/a 41.01 2 Q 40.58 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ardalion Ignatyev
Gennady Slepnyov
Edmunds Pīlāgs
Yuriy Lituyev		 4 × 400 m relay 3:12.65 3 N/a Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Nikolay Anryushchenko Long jump 6.74 22 Did not advance
Volodymyr Brazhnyk Pole vault 4.00 15 Q 4.20 7
Boris Butenko Discus throw 46.43 14 Q 48.15 11
Petro Denysenko Pole vault 4.00 1 Q 4.40 4
Heorhiy Dybenko Hammer throw 53.70 8 Q 55.03 8
Georgy Fyodorov Shot put 15.16 7 Q 16.06 7
Oto Grigalka Shot put 15.90 2 Q 16.78 4
Discus throw 48.93 3 Q 50.71 6
Leonid Grigoryev Long jump 7.09 12 q 7.14 6
Yury Ilyasov High jump 1.87 24 Q 1.90 13
Viktor Knyazev Pole vault 4.00 14 Q 4.20 8
Mikhail Krivonosov Hammer throw 51.15 13 Q NM —
Vladimir Kuznetsov Javelin throw 64.38 17 Q 70.37 6
Khandadash Madatov Long jump NM — Did not advance
Boris Matveyev Discus throw 46.05 16 Q 48.70 10
Mykola Redkin Hammer throw 53.58 11 Q 56.55 85
Leonid Shcherbakov Triple jump 15.05 3 Q 15.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yury Shcherbakov Javelin throw 64.39 16 Q 64.52 13
Viktor Tsybulenko Javelin throw 69.42 3 Q 71.72 4
Yevhen Vansovych High jump 1.87 28 Q 1.80 28
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Vladimir Volkov Result 11.49 7.09 12.62 1.75 51.2 15.8 38.04 3.80 56.68 4:33.2 6674 4
Points 768 815 637 711 758 632 573 645 660 475
Sergey Kuznetsov Result 11.56 7.09 11.71 1.65 52.8 16.4 41.04 3.60 43.19 4:42.0 5937 10
Points 768 815 556 605 654 523 656 556 408 396
Pyotr Kozhevnikov Result 11.60 5.80 Did not finish
Points 768 466
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Anna Aleksandrova 80 m hurdles 11.86 3 N/a Did not advance
Elene Gokieli 80 m hurdles 11.59 1 Q N/a 11.46 w 4 Did not advance
Maria Golubnichaya 80 m hurdles 11.29 1 Q N/a 11.35 1 Q 11.24 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vera Kalashnikova 100 m 12.32 2 Q 12.26 2 Q 12.41 5 Did not advance
Flora Kazantseva 200 m 25.92 5 N/a Did not advance
Nadezhda Khnykina 100 m 12.25 2 Q 12.29 1 Q 12.17 4 Did not advance
200 m 24.47 WR 1 Q N/a 24.16 1 Q 24.37 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yevgeniya Sechenova 200 m 25.46 1 Q N/a 25.32 5 Did not advance
Irina Turova 100 m 12.25 2 Q 12.28 4 Did not advance
Nadezhda Khnykina
Vera Kalashnikova
Irina Turova
Yevgeniya Sechenova		 4 × 100 m relay 47.01 2 Q N/a 46.42 4
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yelisaveta Bagriantseva Discus throw 40.73 6 Q 47.08 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aleksandra Chudina Long jump 5.77 3 Q 6.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
High jump N/a 1.63 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Javelin throw 46.17 OR 1 Q 50.01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nina Dumbadze Discus throw 43.20 2 Q 46.29 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Galina Ganeker High jump N/a 1.55 11
Yelena Gorchakova Javelin throw 45.18 4 Q 49.76 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nina Kossova High jump N/a 1.58 7
Valentina Lituyeva Long jump 5.51 13 Q 5.65 11
Nina Romashkova Discus throw 45.05 1 Q 51.42 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Klavdiya Tochonova Shot put 13.88 OR 1 Q 14.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tamara Tyshkevich Shot put 12.76 8 Q 14.42 4
Nina Tyurkina Long jump 5.77 4 Q 5.81 6
Galina Zybina Shot put 13.66 3 Q 15.28 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Javelin throw 45.95 2 Q 48.35 4

Basketball

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Men's team competition
  • Main round (Group B)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (74–46)
  • Defeated Finland (47–35)
  • Defeated Mexico (71–62)
  • Final round (Group B)
  • Lost to United States (58–86)
  • Defeated Brazil (54–49)
  • Defeated Chile (78–60)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Uruguay (61–57)
  • Final
  • Lost to United States (25–36) → Image silver medal
  • Team roster

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Anatoli Bulakov Flyweight Image van der Zee (NED)
W 3–0		 Image Pozzali (ITA)
W 3–0		 Image Dower (GBR)
W 2–1		 Image Basel (GER)
L 1–2		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gennady Garbuzov Bantamweight Image Renard (FRA)
W 2–1		 Image Macías (MEX)
W 3–0		 Image Majdloch (TCH)
W 3–0		 Image Hämäläinen (FIN)
L 0–3		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yury Sokolov Featherweight Image Ventaja (FRA)
L 1–2		 Did not advance
Aleksandr Zasukhin Lightweight Image Ferrer (FRA)
W 2–1		 Image Reardon (GBR)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Viktor Mednov Light-welterweight Image Jones (AUS)
W TKO 2 R		 Image Ambruș (ROU)
W injured		 Image Weissmann (FRA)
W 3–0		 Image Mallenius (FIN)
W W/O		 Image Adkins (USA)
L 1–2		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sergei Scherbakov Welterweight Image Sarfatti (ARG)
W Disq		 Image van der Linde (RSA)
W KO 2 R		 Image Vescovi (ITA)
W 3–0		 Image Jörgensen (DEN)
W 3–0		 Image Chychła (POL)
L 0–3		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Boris Tishin Light-middleweight BYE Image Krawczyk (POL)
W TKO 2 R		 Image Cavalheiro (BRA)
W 3–0		 Image van Schalkwyk (RSA)
L 0–3		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Boris Silchev Middleweight BYE Image Madigan (AUS)
L 1–2		 Did not advance
Algirdas Šocikas Heavyweight Image Gościański (POL)
W TKO 2 R		 BYE Image Nieman (RSA)
L KO 1 R		 Did not advance

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Road competition

men's individual road race (190.4 km)

Track competition

Men's 1000 m time trial

  • Final — 1:15.2 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1000 m sprint scratch race

Diving

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Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Roman Brener 3 m springboard 69.37 7 Q 96.26 5 165.63 5
Gennady Udalov 65.99 13 Did not advance
Aleksey Zhigalov 71.25 6 Q 80.06 8 151.31 8
Aleksandr Bakatin 10 m platform 71.86 7 Q 55.00 8 126.86 7
Roman Brener 71.01 8 Q 55.30 7 126.31 8
Mikhail Chachba 65.02 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Valentina Chumicheva 3 m springboard 52.15 10 Did not advance
Ninel Krutova 56.18 4 Q 60.68 4 116.86 4
Lyubov Zhigalova 54.18 7 Q 59.65 5 113.83 6
Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya 10 m platform 40.67 8 Q 16.83 8 57.50 8
Ninel Krutova 32.35 14 Did not advance
Tatyana Vereina 43.26 5 Q 17.83 6 61.09 6

Equestrian

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Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Points Rank
Vladimir Raspopov Imeninnik Individual 433.5 19
Vasily Tikhonov Pevec 395.0 24
Nikolay Sitko Cesar 377.0 25
Vladimir Raspopov
Vasily Tikhonov
Nikolay Sitko		 See above Team 1205.5 7
Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Penalties Rank
Valerian Kuybyshev Perekop Individual 84.00 10
Boris Lilov Zagib Did not finish —
Yury Andreyev Logovoj Did not finish
Valerian Kuybyshev
Boris Lilov
Yury Andreyev		 See above Team Did not finish —
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Penalties Rank
Mikhail Vlasov Rota Individual 56.00 43
Nikolay Shelenkov Atiger 62.50 46
Gavriil Budyonny Yeger 83.25 47
Mikhail Vlasov
Nikolay Shelenkov
Gavriil Budyonny		 See above Team 201.75 14

Fencing

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16 fencers, 13 men and 3 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1952.

Men
Athlete Event First round Second round Semifinal Final
Opposition Rank Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Rank
German Bokun Individual foil Image Magnusson (SWE)
Image Galimi (ARG)
Image Raym. Paul (GBR)
Image Lund (AUS)
Image Kavanagh (VEN)
Image Asselin (CAN)		 2 Q
(W 4 — L 1)		 Image Lataste (FRA)
Image Palócz (HUN)
Image Verhalle (BEL)
Image Bukantzr (USA)
Image Klette (NOR)
Image Vîlcea (ROU)		 5
(W 2 — L 4)		 Did not advance
Mark Midler Individual foil Image Chelaru (ROU)
Image Lubell (USA)
Image Ramos (MEX)
Image Bach (SAA)
Image Rimini (URU)
Image Gutiérrez (VEN)		 4 Q
(W 3 — L 1)		 Image Di Rosa (ITA)
Image Dessouki (EGY)
Image Eriksson (SWE)
Image Twardokens (POL)
Image Raym. Paul (GBR)		 6
(W 0 — L 4)		 Did not advance
Yulen Uralov Individual foil Image Valcke (BEL)
Image Bukantz (USA)
Image Pawłowski (POL)
Image Raitio (FIN)
Image Knödler (SAA)
Image Menéndez (CUB)		 2 Q
(W 4 — L 1)		 Image René Paul (GBR)
Image d'Oriola (FRA)
Image Tilli (HUN)
Image Ballister (BEL)
Image Casmir (GER)
Image Ramos (MEX)		 4
(W 4 — L 2)		 Did not advance
Ivan Komarov
German Bokun
Yulen Uralov
Mark Midler		 Team foil Image Argentina
L 8–8
Image Egypt
L 4–9		 3
(W 0 — L 2)		 Did not advance
Yury Deksbakh Individual épéel Image Rerrich (HUN)
Image Jay (GBR)
Image Pekelman (BRA)
Image Rydz (POL)
Image Chelaru (ROU)
Image Bertorelli (VEN)
Image Duffy (IRL)		 5
(W 3 — L 4)		 Did not advance
Lev Saychuk Individual épéel Image Pinto (POR)
Image Nigon (FRA)
Image Parfitt (GBR)
Image Kearney (IRL)
Image Soberón (GUA)
Image de Paula (BRA)
Image Raitio (FIN)		 7
(W 2 — L 5)		 Did not advance
Juozas Ūdras Individual épéel Image Lund (AUS)
Image Dybkær (DEN)
Image von Koss (NOR)
Image Delaunois (BEL)
Image Mouyal (FRA)
Image Rettberg (ARG)
Image Menéndez (CUB)		 8
(W 1 — L 6)		 Did not advance
Genrikh Bulgakov
Juozas Ūdras
Lev Saychuk
Yury Deksbakh
Ak'ak'i Meipariani		 Team épée Image United States
L 8–8
Image Italy
L 4–8		 3
(W 0 — L 2)		 Did not advance
Boris Belyakov Individual sabre Image Ballister (BEL)
Image Anderson (GBR)
Image Sande (ARG)
Image Ramos (MEX)
Image Eriksen (NOR)
Image Ferreira (POR)		 2 Q
(W 4 — L 1)		 Image Berczelly (HUN)
Image Lechner (AUT)
Image Tudor (ROU)
Image Heywaert (BEL)
Image Tournon (FRA)
Image Greter (SUI)
Image Carnera (DEN)		 5
(W 3 — L 4)		 Did not advance
Lev Kuznetsov Individual sabre Image Frey (DEN)
Image Greter (SUI)
Image Abdel Rahman (EGY)
Image Eriksson (SWE)
Image Silva (POR)
Image Maki (JPN)
Image Porebski (GBR)		 3 Q
(W 5 — L 1)		 Image Kovács (HUN)
Image Plattner (AUT)
Image Ballister (BEL)
Image Gurath (ROU)
Image Worth (USA)
Image Zabłocki (POL)
Image Pomini (ARG)		 6
(W 3 — L 4)		 Did not advance
Ivan Manayenko Individual sabre Image Heywaert (BEL)
Image Pawłowski (POL)
Image Carnera (DEN)
Image Rau (SAA)
Image Fethers (AUS)
Image Cámara (MEX)
Image Gutiérrez (VEN)		 2 Q
(W 5 — L 1)		 Image Gerevich (HUN)
Image Suski (POL)
Image Nostini (ITA)
Image Frey (DEN)
Image Haro (MEX)
Image D'Andrea (ARG)
Image Kwartler (USA)		 3 Q
(W 5 — L 2)		 Image Darè (ITA)
Image Gerevich (HUN)
Image Lechner (AUT)
Image Sande (ARG)
Image de Capriles (USA)
Image Tudor (ROU)		 4
(W 2 — L 3)		 Did not advance
Ivan Manayenko
Mark Midler
Vladimir Vyshpolsky
Lev Kuznetsov
Boris Belyakov		 Team sabre Image Germany
L 7–9
Image Belgium
L 2–9		 3
(W 0 — L 2)		 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event First round Second round Semifinal Final
Opposition Rank Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Rank
Appolinariya Plekhanova Individual foil Image York (USA)
Image Lecomte-Guyonneau (FRA)
Image Müller-Preis (AUT)
Image Pym (AUS)
Image Mattsson (FIN)		 4 Q
(W 2 — L 2)		 Image Nyári (HUN)
Image Allgayer (GER)
Image Strukel (ITA)
Image Drand (FRA)
Image Buller (GBR)		 1 Q
(W 5 — L 0)		 Image Elek (HUN)
Image Garilhe (FRA)
Image Mitchell (USA)
Image Camber (ITA)
Image Glen-Haig (GBR)
Image Allgayer (GER)
Image Filz (AUT)		 8
(W 1 — L 6)		 Did not advance
Anna Ponomaryova Individual foil Image Kunz (AUT)
Image Nyári (HUN)
Image Mitchell (USA)
Image Poulsen (DEN)
Image Norford (AUS)		 2 Q
(W 4 — L 1)		 Image Lachmann (DEN)
Image Mitchell (USA)
Image Filz (AUT)
Image Lecomte-Guyonneau (FRA)
Image Elek (HUN)		 6
(W 2 — L 3)		 Did not advance
Nadezhda Shitikova Individual foil Image Lachmann (DEN)
Image Camber (ITA)
Image Buller (GBR)
Image Kalka (FIN)
Image Selle (VEN)
Image Włodarczyk (POL)		 4 Q
(W 3 — L 3)		 Image Elek (HUN)
Image Camber (ITA)
Image Craus (USA)
Image Kunz (AUT)
Image Sheen (GBR)		 5
(W 1 — L 4)		 Did not advance

Football

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Preliminary round
Soviet Union Image2–1 (a.e.t.)Image Bulgaria
Bobrov Image 100'
Trofimov Image 104'		 Report Kolev Image 95'
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
1/8 finals
Yugoslavia Image5–5 (a.e.t.)Image Soviet Union
Mitić Image 29'
Ognjanov Image 33'
Zebec Image 44', 59'
Bobek Image 46'		 Report Bobrov Image 53', 77', 87'
Trofimov Image 75'
Petrov Image 89'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Yugoslavia Image3–1Image Soviet Union
Mitić Image 19'
Bobek Image 29' (pen.)
Čajkovski Image 54'		 Report Bobrov Image 6'
Attendance: 16,916
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
  • Team roster

Gymnastics

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Men
Individual
Athlete Apparatus Total Rank
Floor Rings Pommel horse Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar
Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R
Viktor Chukarin 8.65 9.80 18.45 29 9.65 9.90 19.55 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.70 9.80 19.50 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.45 9.75 19.20 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.80 9.80 19.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.60 9.80 19.40 5 115.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hrant Shahinyan 9.30 9.60 18.90 8 9.80 9.95 19.75 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.90 9.50 19.40 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.05 9.45 18.50 35 9.50 9.85 19.35 4 9.45 9.60 19.05 14 114.95 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Valentin Muratov 9.35 9.50 18.85 11 9.45 9.90 19.35 5 9.70 8.60 18.30 32 9.25 9.45 18.70 19 9.55 9.70 19.25 8 9.65 9.55 19.20 9 113.65 4
Yevgeny Korolkov 9.00 9.30 18.30 35 9.45 9.70 19.15 7 9.75 9.65 19.40 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8.90 9.50 18.40 44 9.50 9.80 19.30 5 9.35 9.45 18.80 23 113.35 6
Vladimir Belyakov 9.25 9.50 18.75 14 9.25 9.70 18.95 14 9.60 9.50 19.10 7 9.10 9.40 18.50 35 9.45 9.80 19.25 8 9.25 9.55 18.80 23 113.35 6
Iosif Berdiev 9.25 9.40 18.65 19 9.50 9.60 19.10 11 9.55 9.25 18.80 15 9.30 9.60 18.90 7 9.45 9.70 19.15 11 9.20 9.30 18.50 38 113.10 10
Mikhail Perlman 8.70 9.45 18.15 41 9.35 9.70 19.05 13 9.70 9.60 19.30 4 9.05 9.25 18.30 65 9.25 9.75 19.00 15 9.30 9.40 18.70 29 112.50 11
Dmytro Leonkin 8.95 9.55 18.50 27 9.55 9.85 19.40 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3.75 8.35 12.10 164 9.20 9.50 18.70 19 7.10 9.60 16.70 127 9.05 9.30 18.35 43 103.75 78
Team
Athlete Apparatus (best 5 scores) Total Rank
Floor Rings Pommel horse Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar
Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R
Viktor Chukarin
Hrant Shahinyan
Valentin Muratov
Yevgeny Korolkov
Vladimir Belyakov
Iosif Berdiev
Mikhail Perlman
Dmytro Leonkin		 46.15 47.95 94.10 2 47.95 49.30 97.25 1 48.75 48.05 96.80 1 46.30 47.80 94.10 2 47.80 49.00 96.80 1 47.35 47.95 95.30 4 574.40 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Individual
Athlete Apparatus Total Rank
Floor Balance beam Uneven bars Vault
Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R Comp. Vol. Total R
Maria Gorokhovskaya 9.50 9.70 19.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.43 9.70 19.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.63 9.63 19.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9.63 9.56 19.19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 76.78 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nina Bocharova 9.40 9.30 18.70 10 9.46 9.76 19.22 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9.56 9.43 18.99 4 9.80 9.23 19.03 6 75.94 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Galina Minaicheva 9.36 9.60 18.96 6 9.13 9.53 18.66 10 9.36 9.53 18.89 8 9.73 9.43 19.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 75.67 4
Galina Urbanovich 9.43 9.56 18.99 4 9.40 9.53 18.93 5 9.16 9.46 18.62 12 9.70 9.40 19.10 5 75.64 5
Pelageya Danilova 9.23 9.43 18.66 11 9.26 9.50 18.76 9 9.43 9.56 18.99 7 9.46 9.16 18.62 12 75.03 7
Galina Shamrai 9.23 9.63 18.86 8 9.43 9.36 18.79 8 9.33 9.60 18.93 7 9.03 9.36 18.39 23 74.97 8
Medeya Jugeli 9.30 9.30 18.60 12 9.13 9.36 18.49 15 9.23 9.50 18.73 9 9.73 9.40 19.13 4 74.95 9
Ekaterina Kalinchuk 8.83 8.90 17.73 45 8.96 9.36 18.32 18 9.30 9.36 18.66 10 9.70 9.50 19.20 1st place, gold medalist(s) 73.91 13
Team
Athlete Event Team exercise
with portable apparatus		 Rank Best six individual
apparatus scores		 Rank Total Rank
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Nina Bocharova
Galina Minaicheva
Galina Urbanovich
Pelageya Danilova
Galina Shamrai
Medeya Jugeli
Ekaterina Kalinchuk		 Team 73.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 454.03 1 527.03 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1952.

Athlete Event Riding Fencing Shooting Swimming Running Total points Final rank
Time Penalty Points Placing
Points		 Wins Ties Placing
Points		 Hits Points Placing
Points		 Time Placing
Points		 Time Placing
Points
Igor Novikov Individual 10:41.0 4.5 95.5 24 25 8 13 20 187 4 4:16.9 4 15:11.6 10 55 4
Pavel Rakityansky 10:13.5 3 97 19 21 9 28 19 173 34 5:04.6 29 15:15.4 13 123 23
Aleksandr Dekhayev 11:27.2 37 63 36 20 11 30 13 121 50 4:23.7 6 15:06.3 7 129 28
Igor Novikov
Pavel Rakityansky
Aleksandr Dekhayev		 Team 76 69 81 37 30 293 5

Rowing

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The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1952.[4]

Men's single sculls

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

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Shooting

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Men
Athlete Event Points Rank
Boris Andreyev 50 m rifle prone 400 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 m rifle three positions 1163 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pyotr Avilov 50 m rifle prone 395 24
50 m rifle three positions 1162 5
Anatoli Bogdanov 300 m rifle three positions 1123 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vasily Frolov 25 m rapid fire pistol 573 8
Ivan Isayev Trap 185 10
Konstantin Martazov 50 m pistol 546 4
Yury Nikandrov Trap 183 15
Pyotr Nikolayev 100 m running deer 385 7
Vasily Novikov 25 m rapid fire pistol 569 11
Vladimir Sevryugin 100 m running deer 383 8
Lev Vainshtein 50 m pistol 546 5
300 m rifle three positions 1109 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

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Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lev Balandin 100 m freestyle 58.9 2 Q 58.8 4 Did not advance
Endel Edasi 1:00.1 3 Q 59.8 7 Did not advance
Vladimir Skomarovsky 1:00.0 3 Q 1:01.1 8 Did not advance
Viktor Drobinsky 400 m freestyle 4:56.5 2 Did not advance
Anatoly Raznochintsev 4:56.8 3 Did not advance
Vladimir Lavrinenko 1500 m freestyle 20:07.8 5 N/a Did not advance
Endel Press 20:11.7 4 N/a Did not advance
Vladimir Lopatin 100 m backstroke 1:10.8 5 Did not advance
Leonid Sagayduk 1:11.4 4 Did not advance
Viktor Solovyov 1:09.5 2 Q 1:09.6 5 Did not advance
Vladimir Borisenko 200 m breaststroke 2:43.2 3 Q 2:46.2 8 Did not advance
Yury Kurchashov 2:47.3 6 Did not advance
Pyotr Skripchenkov 2:47.3 4 Did not advance
Viktor Drobinsky
Vasily Karmanov
Leonid Meshkov
Lev Balandin		 4 × 200 m freestyle 9:01.9 4 N/a Did not advance
Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mariya Havrysh 200 m breaststroke 3:01.6 4 Q 2:58.6 3 Q 2:58.9 6
Vera Kostina 3:07.3 4 Did not advance
Roza Zenziveyeva 3:10.5 4 Did not advance

Water polo

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Men's team competition
  • Qualifying round
  • Lost to Netherlands (2–3)
  • Defeated India (12–0)
  • Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Lost to Hungary (3–5)
  • Defeated Egypt (3–2)
  • Defeated Germany (6–2)
  • Semi-final round (Group B)
  • Drew with Yugoslavia (3–3)
  • Lost to Netherlands (2–4)
  • Classification round (5–8)
  • Defeated Spain (4–2)
  • Drew with Belgium (3–3) → 7th place
  • Team roster

Weightlifting

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Men
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ivan Udodov −56 kg 90.0 4 97.5 OR 1 127.5 OR 1 315.0 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rafael Chimishkyan −60 kg 97.5 3 105.0 1 135.0 1 337.5 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nikolay Saksonov −60 kg 95.0 4 105.0 2 132.5 2 332.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yevgeny Lopatin −67.5 kg 100.0 7 107.5 4 142.5 1 350.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Trofim Lomakin −82.5 kg 125.0 3 127.5 1 165.0 OR 1 417.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Arkady Vorobyov −82.5 kg 120.0 6 127.5 1 160.0 3 407.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Grigory Novak −90 kg 140.0 OR 1 125.0 2 145.0 9 410.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wrestling

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Men's freestyle
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Final rounds Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Georgy Sayadov −52 kg Image Sigiran (FRA)
W 3–0		 Image Mewis (BEL)
W 3–0		 Image Peery (USA)
W 3–0		 Image Weber (GER)
W 3–0		 Image Mollaghasemi (IRI)
L 1–2		 Did not advance 4
Rashid Mammadbeyov −57 kg Image Yaghoubi (IRI)
W 0:32 VT		 Image Hänni (SUI)
W w/o		 Image Borders (USA)
W 10:40 VT		 Image Bencze (HUN)
L 1–2		 Image Jadhav (IND)
W 3–0		 Image Ishii (JPN)
L 0–3		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ibrahim Dadashov −62 kg Image Essawi (EGY)
W 1:37 VT		 Image Şit (TUR)
L 0–3		 Image Bielle (FRA)
W 3–0		 Image Henson (USA)
L 1–2		 Did not advance
Armenak Yaltyryan −67 kg Image Anderberg (SWE)
L 14:06 VT		 Image Talosela (FIN)
W 13:10 VT		 Image Østrand (DEN)
W 3–0		 BYE Image Tofigh (IRI)
L 0–3		 Did not advance 4
Vasyl Rybalko −73 kg Image Islioğlu (TUR)
L 1–2		 Image Mojtabavi (IRI)
L 1–2		 Did not advance
David Tsimakuridze −79 kg Image Lindblad (SWE)
L 1–2		 Image Hodge (USA)
W 5:58 VT		 Image Hussain (EGY)
W 4:55 VT		 BYE Image Gurics (HUN)
W 3–0		 Image Takhti (IRI)
W 2–1		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
August Englas −87 kg Image Atan (TUR)
W 3–0		 Image Jadhav (IND)
W 0:58 VT		 Image Leichter (GER)
W 3:47 VT		 Image Wittenberg (USA)
L 0–3		 Image Palm (SWE)
L 1–2		 Did not advance 4
Arsen Mekokishvili +87 kg Image Kovács (HUN)
W 6:05 VT		 Image Waltner (GER)
W 3–0		 Image Richmond (GBR)
W 2–1		 Image Vecchi (ITA)
W 4:10 VT		 Image Antonsson (SWE)
W 2–1		 BYE 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Final rounds Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Boris Gurevich −52 kg Image Vukov (YUG)
W 3–0		 Image Thomsen (DEN)
W 4:52 VT		 Image Kenéz (HUN)
W 3–0		 Image Mewis (BEL)
W 3–0		 Image Honkala (FIN)
W 3–0		 Image Fabra (ITA)
W 3–0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Artem Teryan −57 kg Image Toboła (POL)
W 4:53 VT		 Image Demirsüren (TUR)
W 3–0		 Image Lombardi (ITA)
W 3–0		 Image Popescu (ROU)
W 3–0		 Image Persson (SWE)
W 3–0		 Image Chihab (LIB)
L 1–2		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Image Hódos (HUN)
W 3–0
Yakov Punkin −62 kg Image Merle (FRA)
W 11:17 VT		 BYE Image Taha (LIB)
W 3–0		 Image Bozbey (TUR)
W 3–0		 Image Polyák (HUN)
W 1:26 VT		 Image Rashed (EGY)
W 3:28 VT		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shazam Safin −67 kg Image Akbulut (TUR)
W 3–0		 Image Eriksen (NOR)
W 12:35 VT		 Image Rasmussen (DEN)
W 8:15 VT		 Image Cuc (ROU)
W 3–0		 Image Athanasov (TCH)
W 2:46 VT		 Image Freij (SWE)
W 3–0		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Semyon Marushkin −73 kg Image Sekal (TCH)
W 3–0		 Image Gołaś (POL)
W 3–0		 Image Şenol (TUR)
W 3–0		 Image Andersson (SWE)
L 0–3		 Did not advance 4
Nikolay Belov −79 kg Image Gryt (POL)
W 2:17 VT		 BYE Image Courtois (BEL)
W w/o		 Image Grönberg (SWE)
L 0–3		 BYE Image Rauhala (FIN)
L 0–3		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shalva Chikhladze −87 kg Image Leichter (GER)
W 9:22 VT		 Image Silvestri (ITA)
W 3–0		 BYE Image Kovács (HUN)
L 0–3		 Image Nilsson (SWE)
W 2:39 VT		 Image Gröndahl (FIN)
L 1–2		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Johannes Kotkas +87 kg Image Baarendse (BEL)
W w/o		 Image Fahlqvist (SWE)
W 2:40 VT		 Image Fantoni (ITA)
W 3:41 VT		 Image Kovanen (FIN)
W 2:43 VT		 BYE Image Růžička (TCH)
W 4:32 VT		 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Image Russian SFSR19351569
2Image Ukrainian SSR1011122
3Image Georgian SSR3429
4Image Armenian SSR3216
5Image Estonian SSR1304
6Image Uzbek SSR1102
7Image Lithuanian SSR0404
8Image Azerbaijan SSR0112
9Image Latvian SSR0101
Totals (9 entries)376220119

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. ↑ "Soviet Union at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Agustín Gómez". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

Further reading

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  • Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. – for medal stats by republic
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