Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Soviet Union at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Soviet Union at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code	URS
NOC	Soviet Olympic Committee
in Helsinki, Finland; 19 July 1952 – 3 August 1952
Competitors	295 (255 men, 40 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Yakov Kutsenko
Medals; Ranked 2nd	Gold 22 Silver 30 Bronze 19 Total 71
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988;
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 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

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

Gold

Nina Bocharova — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
Hrant Shahinyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
Victor Chukarin, Hrant Shahinyan, Valentin Muratov, Yevgeni Korolkov, Vladimir Belyakov, Iosif Berdiev, Mikhail Perelman, Dmytro Leonkin — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition
Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova, Galina Shamrai, Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition
Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault
Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
Nina Romashkova — Athletics, women's discus throw
Galina Zybina — Athletics, women's shot put
Yuriy Tyukalov — Rowing, men's single sculls
Anatoli Bogdanov — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
Ivan Udodov — Weightlifting, men's bantamweight
Rafael Chimishkyan — Weightlifting, men's featherweight
Trofim Lomakin — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
Arsen Mekokishvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight
David Tsimakuridze — Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight
Johannes Kotkas — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman superheavyweight
Boris Maksovich Gurevich — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Yakov Punkin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Shazam Safin — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight

Silver

Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam
Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise
Grant Shaginyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round
Nina Bocharova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round
Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars
Hrant Shahinyan — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
Yevgeni Korolkov — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse
Victor Chukarin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bocharova, Galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova, Galina Shamrai, Medeya Dzhugeli, Ekaterina Kalinchuk — Artistic gymnastics, women's team, portable apparatus
Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars
Maria Gorokhovskaya — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
Vladimir Kazantsev — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase
Yuriy Lituyev — Athletics, men's 400 m hurdles
Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyayev, Levan Sanadze, Vladimir Sukharev — Athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay
Maria Golubnichaya — Athletics, women's 80 m hurdles
Elizaveta Bagryantseva — Athletics, women's discus throw
Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's javelin throw
Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's long jump
Leonid Shcherbakov — Athletics, men's triple jump
Stepas Brutautas, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Anatoly Konev, Otar Korkiya, Heino Kruus, Ilmar Kullam, Justinas Lagunavičius, Joann Lõssov, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Yuri Ozerov, Kazys Petkevičius, Stasys Stonkus, Maigonis Valdmanis, Viktor Vlasov — Basketball, men's team
Viktor Mednov — Boxing, men's light-welterweight
Sergei Scherbakov — Boxing, men's welterweight
Heorhiy Zhylin, Igor Emchuk — Rowing, men's double sculls
Vladimir Rodimushkin, Aleksey Komarov, Igor Borisov, Slava Amiragov, Leonid Gissen, Yevgeni Samsonov, Vladimir Kryukov, Igor Polyakov, Yevgeny Brago — Rowing, men's eight with coxswain
Boris Andreyev — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle prone
Nikolai Saksonov — Weightlifting, men's featherweight
Yevgeni Lopatin — Weightlifting, men's lightweight
Grigori Novak — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight
Rashid Mamedbekov — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight
Shalva Chikhladze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight

Bronze

Dmitri Leonkin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings
Galina Minaicheva — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault
Aleksandr Anufriyev — Athletics, men's 10000 m
Bruno Junk — Athletics, men's 10000 m walk
Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili — Athletics, women's 200 m
Nina Dumbadze — Athletics, women's discus throw
Aleksandra Chudina — Athletics, women's high jump
Yelena Gorchakova — Athletics, women's javelin throw
Klavdia Tochonova — Athletics, women's shot put
Anatoli Bulakov — Boxing, men's flyweight
Gennadi Garbuzov — Boxing, men's bantamweight
Boris Tishin — Boxing, men's light-middleweight
Anatoli Perov — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight
Nina Savina — Canoeing, women's K1 500 m
Lev Vainshtein — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions
Boris Andreyev — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
Arkadi Vorobyov — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight
Artem Teryan — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Nikolay Belov — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight

Athletics

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
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aleksandr Anufriyev	5000 m	14:23.6	1 Q	—				14:31.4	10
Aleksandr Anufriyev	10,000 m	—						29:48.2
Mykola Belokurov	1500 m	3:56.4	4 Q	—		3:55.6	11	Did not advance
Yevhen Bulanchyk	110 m hurdles	14.65	1 Q	—		14.70	2 Q	14.73	4
Petro Chevhun	800 m	1:51.8	2 Q	—		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	—		Did not advance
Bruno Junk	10 km walk	45:05.8	1 Q	—				45:41.0
Pavel Kazankov	50 km walk	—						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	—				8:51.6
Nikolay Kuchurin	1500 m	4:03.6	8	—		Did not advance
Yuriy Lituyev	400 m	49.01	2	Did not advance
Yuriy Lituyev	400 m hurdles	53.5	1 Q	52.2	1 Q	51.8	1 Q	51.3
Sergey Lobastov	50 km walk	—						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	—				Did not advance
Gennady Modoy	800 m	1:55.8	3 Q	—		1:55.7	7	Did not advance
Yakov Moskachenkov	Marathon	—						2:34:43.8	20
Edmunds Pīlāgs	400 m	49.29	3	Did not advance
Nikifor Popov	5000 m	14:28.5	6	—				Did not advance
Nikifor Popov	10,000 m	—						30:24.2	11
Sergey Popov	110 m hurdles	14.99	2 Q	—		15.04	4	Did not advance
Ivan Pozhidayev	10,000 m	—						30:13.4	9
Mikhail Saltykov	3000 m steeplechase	8:55.8	2 Q	—				8:56.2	7
Levan Sanadze	100 m	11.13	3	Did not advance
Levan Sanadze	200 m	22.26	1 Q	22.26	4	Did not advance
Ivan Semyonov	5000 m	14:28.0	6	—				Did not advance
Grigory Suchkov	Marathon	—						2:38:28.8	28
Vladimir Sukharev	100 m	10.93	1 Q	10.92	3 Q	10.86	3 Q	10.88	5
Vladimir Sukharev	200 m	22.08	1 Q	21.88	3	Did not advance
Vladimir Ukhov	50 km walk	—						4:32:51.6	6
Feodosiy Vanin	Marathon	—						2:38:22.0	27
Mikhail Velsvebel	1500 m	3:52.6	4 Q	—		3:52.6	11	Did not advance
Ivan Yarmysh	10 km walk	47:26.0	6 Q	—				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		—				Did not advance
Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev Boris Tokarev	4 × 100 m relay	41.45	1 Q	—		41.01	2 Q	40.58
Ardalion Ignatyev Gennady Slepnyov Edmunds Pīlāgs Yuriy Lituyev	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.65	3	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Oto Grigalka	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
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
Vladimir Volkov	Points	768	815	637	711	758	632	573	645	660	475	6674	4
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
Sergey Kuznetsov	Points	768	815	556	605	654	523	656	556	408	396	5937	10
Pyotr Kozhevnikov	Result	11.60	5.80	Did not finish
Pyotr Kozhevnikov	Points	768	466	Did not finish

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anna Aleksandrova	80 m hurdles	11.86	3	—		Did not advance
Elene Gokieli	80 m hurdles	11.59	1 Q	—		11.46 w	4	Did not advance
Maria Golubnichaya	80 m hurdles	11.29	1 Q	—		11.35	1 Q	11.24
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	—		Did not advance
Nadezhda Khnykina	100 m	12.25	2 Q	12.29	1 Q	12.17	4	Did not advance
Nadezhda Khnykina	200 m	24.47 WR	1 Q	—		24.16	1 Q	24.37
Yevgeniya Sechenova	200 m	25.46	1 Q	—		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	—				46.42	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yelisaveta Bagriantseva	Discus throw	40.73	6 Q	47.08
Aleksandra Chudina	Long jump	5.77	3 Q	6.14
	High jump	—		1.63
	Javelin throw	46.17 OR	1 Q	50.01
Nina Dumbadze	Discus throw	43.20	2 Q	46.29
Galina Ganeker	High jump	—		1.55	11
Yelena Gorchakova	Javelin throw	45.18	4 Q	49.76
Nina Kossova	High jump	—		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
Klavdiya Tochonova	Shot put	13.88 OR	1 Q	14.50
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
Galina Zybina	Javelin throw	45.95	2 Q	48.35	4

Basketball

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) → silver medal

Team roster

Boxing

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

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

men's individual road race (190.4 km)

Yevgeny Klevtsov — 5:23:34.0 (→ 40th place)
Anatoly Kolesov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Nikolay Bobarenko — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Vladimir Kryuchkov — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track competition

Men's 1000 m time trial

Lev Tsipursky

Final — 1:15.2 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1000 m sprint scratch race

Otar Dadunashvili — 13th place

Diving

Men's 3 m springboard

Roman Brener

Final — 165.63 points (→ 5th place)

Aleksey Zhigalov

Final — 151.31 points (→ 8th place)

Gennady Udalov

Preliminary round — 65.99 points (→ 13th place)

Men's 10 m platform

Aleksandr Bakatin

Preliminary round — 71.86 points (→ 7th place)
Final — 126.86 points (→ 7th place)

Roman Brener

Preliminary round — 71.86 points (→ 8th place)
Final — 126.31 (→ 8th place)

Mikhail Chachba

Preliminary round — 65.02 pts (→ 17th place)

Women's 3 m springboard

Ninel Krutova

Preliminary round — 56.18 points (→ 3rd place)
Final — 116.86 points (→ 4th place)

Lyubov Zhigalova

Preliminary round — 54.18 points (→ 7th place)
Final — 113.83 points (→ 6th place)

Valentina Chumicheva

Preliminary round — 52.15 points (→ 10th place)

Women's 10 m platform

Tatyana Vereina

Preliminary round — 43.26 points
Final — 61.09 points (→ 6th place)

Ninel Krutova

Preliminary round — 40.67 points
Final — 57.50 points (→ 8th place)

Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya

Preliminary round — 32.35 points (→ 14th place)

Equestrian

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

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

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	First round		Second round		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Appolinariya Plekhanova	Individual foil	York (USA) Lecomte-Guyonneau (FRA) Müller-Preis (AUT) Pym (AUS) Mattsson (FIN)	4 Q (W 2 — L 2)	Nyári (HUN) Allgayer (GER) Strukel (ITA) Drand (FRA) Buller (GBR)	1 Q (W 5 — L 0)	Elek (HUN) Garilhe (FRA) Mitchell (USA) Camber (ITA) Glen-Haig (GBR) Allgayer (GER) Filz (AUT)	8 (W 1 — L 6)	Did not advance
Anna Ponomaryova	Individual foil	Kunz (AUT) Nyári (HUN) Mitchell (USA) Poulsen (DEN) Norford (AUS)	2 Q (W 4 — L 1)	Lachmann (DEN) Mitchell (USA) Filz (AUT) Lecomte-Guyonneau (FRA) Elek (HUN)	6 (W 2 — L 3)	Did not advance
Nadezhda Shitikova	Individual foil	Lachmann (DEN) Camber (ITA) Buller (GBR) Kalka (FIN) Selle (VEN) Włodarczyk (POL)	4 Q (W 3 — L 3)	Elek (HUN) Camber (ITA) Craus (USA) Kunz (AUT) Sheen (GBR)	5 (W 1 — L 4)	Did not advance

Football

Preliminary round

15 July 1952
19:00

Soviet Union	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bulgaria
Bobrov 100' Trofimov 104'	Report	Kolev 95'

Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka

Attendance: 10,637

Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)

1/8 finals

20 July 1952
19:00

Yugoslavia	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Soviet Union
Mitić 29' Ognjanov 33' Zebec 44', 59' Bobek 46'	Report	Bobrov 53', 77', 87' Trofimov 75' Petrov 89'

Ratina Stadion, Tampere

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

22 July 1952
19:00

Yugoslavia	3–1	Soviet Union
Mitić 19' Bobek 29' (pen.) Čajkovski 54'	Report	Bobrov 6'

Ratina Stadion, Tampere

Attendance: 16,916

Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

Team roster

Gymnastics

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		9.70	9.80	19.50		9.45	9.75	19.20		9.80	9.80	19.60		9.60	9.80	19.40	5	115.70
Hrant Shahinyan	9.30	9.60	18.90	8	9.80	9.95	19.75		9.90	9.50	19.40		9.05	9.45	18.50	35	9.50	9.85	19.35	4	9.45	9.60	19.05	14	114.95
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		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		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
	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

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		9.43	9.70	19.13		9.63	9.63	19.26		9.63	9.56	19.19		76.78
Nina Bocharova	9.40	9.30	18.70	10	9.46	9.76	19.22		9.56	9.43	18.99	4	9.80	9.23	19.03	6	75.94
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		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		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		454.03	1	527.03

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1952.

Athlete	Event	Riding				Fencing			Shooting			Swimming		Running		Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Penalty	Points	Placing Points	Wins	Ties	Placing Points	Hits	Points	Placing Points	Time	Placing Points	Time	Placing Points	Total points	Final rank
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

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

Men's single sculls

Yuriy Tyukalov — 8:12.8 → gold medal

Men's double sculls

Heorhiy Zhylin, Ihor Yemchuk — 7:38.3 → silver medal

Men's coxless pair

Mikhail Plaksin, Vasily Bagretsov — 2 h1 repêchage (→ did not advance)

Men's coxed pair

Yevgeny Morozov, Viktor Shevchenko, Mikhail Prudnikov — 3 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance)

Men's coxless four

Roman Zakharov, Yury Rogozov, Ivan Makarov, Vladimir Kirsanov — 2 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance)

Men's coxed four

Kirill Putyrsky, Yevgeny Tretnikov, Georgy Gushchenko, Boris Fyodorov, Boris Brechko — 2 h1 r4/5 (→ did not advance)

Men's eight

Yevgeny Brago, Vladimir Rodimushkin, Aleksey Komarov, Igor Borisov, Slava Amiragov, Leonid Gissen, Yevgeny Samsonov, Vladimir Kryukov, Igor Polyakov — 6:31.2 → silver medal

Sailing

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Boris Andreyev	50 m rifle prone	400
Boris Andreyev	50 m rifle three positions	1163
Pyotr Avilov	50 m rifle prone	395	24
Pyotr Avilov	50 m rifle three positions	1162	5
Anatoli Bogdanov	300 m rifle three positions	1123 WR
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
Lev Vainshtein	300 m rifle three positions	1109

Swimming

Water polo

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

Men

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

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Final rounds	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgy Sayadov	−52 kg	Sigiran (FRA) W 3–0	Mewis (BEL) W 3–0	Peery (USA) W 3–0	Weber (GER) W 3–0	Mollaghasemi (IRI) L 1–2	Did not advance	4
Rashid Mammadbeyov	−57 kg	Yaghoubi (IRI) W 0:32 ^VT	Hänni (SUI) W w/o	Borders (USA) W 10:40 ^VT	Bencze (HUN) L 1–2	Jadhav (IND) W 3–0	Ishii (JPN) L 0–3
Ibrahim Dadashov	−62 kg	Essawi (EGY) W 1:37 ^VT	Şit (TUR) L 0–3	Bielle (FRA) W 3–0	Henson (USA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Armenak Yaltyryan	−67 kg	Anderberg (SWE) L 14:06 ^VT	Talosela (FIN) W 13:10 ^VT	Østrand (DEN) W 3–0	BYE	Tofigh (IRI) L 0–3	Did not advance	4
Vasyl Rybalko	−73 kg	Islioğlu (TUR) L 1–2	Mojtabavi (IRI) L 1–2	Did not advance
David Tsimakuridze	−79 kg	Lindblad (SWE) L 1–2	Hodge (USA) W 5:58 ^VT	Hussain (EGY) W 4:55 ^VT	BYE	Gurics (HUN) W 3–0	Takhti (IRI) W 2–1
August Englas	−87 kg	Atan (TUR) W 3–0	Jadhav (IND) W 0:58 ^VT	Leichter (GER) W 3:47 ^VT	Wittenberg (USA) L 0–3	Palm (SWE) L 1–2	Did not advance	4
Arsen Mekokishvili	+87 kg	Kovács (HUN) W 6:05 ^VT	Waltner (GER) W 3–0	Richmond (GBR) W 2–1	Vecchi (ITA) W 4:10 ^VT	Antonsson (SWE) W 2–1	BYE

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Final rounds	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Boris Gurevich	−52 kg	Vukov (YUG) W 3–0	Thomsen (DEN) W 4:52 ^VT	Kenéz (HUN) W 3–0	Mewis (BEL) W 3–0	Honkala (FIN) W 3–0	Fabra (ITA) W 3–0
Artem Teryan	−57 kg	Toboła (POL) W 4:53 ^VT	Demirsüren (TUR) W 3–0	Lombardi (ITA) W 3–0	Popescu (ROU) W 3–0	Persson (SWE) W 3–0	Chihab (LIB) L 1–2
Artem Teryan	−57 kg	Toboła (POL) W 4:53 ^VT	Demirsüren (TUR) W 3–0	Lombardi (ITA) W 3–0	Popescu (ROU) W 3–0	Persson (SWE) W 3–0	Hódos (HUN) W 3–0
Yakov Punkin	−62 kg	Merle (FRA) W 11:17 ^VT	BYE	Taha (LIB) W 3–0	Bozbey (TUR) W 3–0	Polyák (HUN) W 1:26 ^VT	Rashed (EGY) W 3:28 ^VT
Shazam Safin	−67 kg	Akbulut (TUR) W 3–0	Eriksen (NOR) W 12:35 ^VT	Rasmussen (DEN) W 8:15 ^VT	Cuc (ROU) W 3–0	Athanasov (TCH) W 2:46 ^VT	Freij (SWE) W 3–0
Semyon Marushkin	−73 kg	Sekal (TCH) W 3–0	Gołaś (POL) W 3–0	Şenol (TUR) W 3–0	Andersson (SWE) L 0–3	Did not advance		4
Nikolay Belov	−79 kg	Gryt (POL) W 2:17 ^VT	BYE	Courtois (BEL) W w/o	Grönberg (SWE) L 0–3	BYE	Rauhala (FIN) L 0–3
Shalva Chikhladze	−87 kg	Leichter (GER) W 9:22 ^VT	Silvestri (ITA) W 3–0	BYE	Kovács (HUN) L 0–3	Nilsson (SWE) W 2:39 ^VT	Gröndahl (FIN) L 1–2
Johannes Kotkas	+87 kg	Baarendse (BEL) W w/o	Fahlqvist (SWE) W 2:40 ^VT	Fantoni (ITA) W 3:41 ^VT	Kovanen (FIN) W 2:43 ^VT	BYE	Růžička (TCH) W 4:32 ^VT

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.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russian SFSR	19	35	15	69
2	Ukrainian SSR	10	11	1	22
3	Georgian SSR	3	4	2	9
4	Armenian SSR	3	2	1	6
5	Estonian SSR	1	3	0	4
6	Uzbek SSR	1	1	0	2
7	Lithuanian SSR	0	4	0	4
8	Azerbaijan SSR	0	1	1	2
9	Latvian SSR	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		37	62	20	119

References

^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
^ "Soviet Union at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
^ "Agustín Gómez". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ 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.

External links

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

[sports-reference-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.

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v t e Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland
Africa	Egypt Gold Coast Nigeria South Africa
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Cuba Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Burma Ceylon China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Lebanon Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Saar Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand